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At the Nov. 9 Commissioners’ Court, a resolution in support of additional measures to secure the Texas border was unanimously approved.

A search is underway for a woman wanted in connection with a homicide probe following the discovery of missing Bandera County man’s remains.

County commissioners conducted various business at their Nov. 9 regular meeting that included grants, the library, jailhouse restoration and more.

The Bandera County Retired Teachers met Nov. 15 at the Dixie Dude Ranch, beginning their meeting with a celebration of the passage of Proposition 9, which approved a one-time cost of living raise for teachers who retired before 2021.

Editor’s note – Readers are reminded that an arrest is not an indication of guilt. People are presumed innocent after an arrest until convicted. Although reasonable care is taken, clerical errors may exist.

A documentary about Bandera was met with both support and criticism at Nov. 14’s city council meeting, with the council agreeing to consider approving HOT funds for marketing the film.

The Bandera varsity football team gave a high-powered Ingleside squad everything it could have for nearly three quarters Friday night in the area round of the Class 4A Division II playoffs, but the Mustangs ultimately pulled away enroute to a 63-33 finish at Pleasanton’s Eagle Stadium.

Rep. Andrew Murr (TX-53) announced Monday afternoon that he will not be seeking reelection following the completion of his term in 2025.

The Joshua D. Brown Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 27, at 10 a.m.

The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposed voucher plan, also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported. A coalition of rural Republicans and Democrats joined together to take education savings accounts out of the bill by an 84-63 margin.

The Bandera Bulletin is thrilled to announce that “Growing Up in Bandera: Volume 2” is now available for pre-order.

Community parade and event honors local, national heroes

The Frontier Times Museum is asking the public to help save its dressed fleas by coming to the museum’s annual Fall Super Yard Sale.

The Bandera Canyonlands Alliance, an organization dedicated to the preservation of natural resources in the Hill Country held its fall meeting at the Love Creek Preserve on Oct. 21.

The Medina Community Library staff is honored to announce the visit of New York Times bestselling author Jodi Thomas.

There is a new art exhibit at the Lakehills Area Library. Art instructor Shelly Swifts is displaying several works of art created by her and four of her students.

The Bandera Republican Party met on Thursday, Nov. 9, at the BEC Community Room, the party’s first meeting chaired under the leadership of new Party Chairman David Allen and recorded by new Party Secretary Elisa Greene.

The Texas Legislature, conceived as a part-time body to meet every other year for 140 days, is now in its record fifth session (counting the regular session). When the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is included, legislators have been in Austin pretty much the entire year, as the Texas Tribune noted. While legislators are paid just $7,200 a year in salary, per diem payments – meant to cover their expenses while in Austin – have mounted. If the fourth special session goes a full 30 days, taxpayers will have spent $4.8 million keeping lawmakers in Austin.

“I am humbled and honored to serve as the GOP Chair for the remainder of the unexpired term of our former Chairman, Mr. Conrad (Butch) Striegl.”