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The 2024 Bandera County Junior Livestock Show will be held Jan. 11-13 at Mansfield Park outside Bandera, and officials believe it will be a big success like last year.

Some good seats are still available for the Symphony of the Hills’ pops concert “Pops and Popcorn: A Night at the Movies” on Saturday, Jan. 6, at 7 p.m. in the Cailloux Theater, 910 Main, Kerrville.

New Year’s Day arrived on Monday, and with it comes the kickoff of the 38th Toyota ShareLunker season. Anglers from across Texas and the nation will cast their lines in anticipation of landing a Legacy Lunker largemouth bass (13-plus pounds) in Texas’ world-class fisheries.

Medina Elementary students participated in the District UIL Meet on Dec. 7 in Nueces Canyon, earning second place overall for the first time since the 2011-2012 season.

On a recent cool windy morning I was walking around the front yard under my two big pecan trees and it brought back memories of a long ago time.

After the Texas Legislature spent much of 2023 in session, a bevy of new laws go into effect on New Year’s Day, though some have been delayed by lawsuits challenging their constitutionality.

Undergraduate and graduate students studying music with ambitions for future careers can take time over the holiday break to apply for the DAR Marian Anderson Legacy Scholarship.

Hill Country Master Gardener Anne Brown was recently recognized with the prestigious President’s Volunteer Service Lifetime Achievement Award.

Is this not the weirdest week of the year? You don’t know if you’re coming or going or how that piece of cheese got into your hand.

On Dec. 11 at the monthly meeting of the Faith and Freedom Club of Medina, Jayne Ramblin was honored as Medina’s 2023 Volunteer of the Year.

I’ve heard it said you can be unhappy before eating a cookie, and you can be unhappy after eating a cookie, but you’ll never be sad while eating a cookie.

As many of us prepare to celebrate Christmas, while the world is ablaze with war and suffering, it is easy to feel comforted by our relatively safe and cozy lives within our relatively peaceful country. There is nothing wrong with that, in fact our gratitude should really be boundless as we see how others are forced to live, through no fault of their own.

The Old Bandera Players brought the original play “Hide and Horns” to Bandera for its premiere performance on Saturday at the Coconut Cowboy Stage on the corner of Maple and Eleventh Street.

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It is countdown to Christmas folksm so be ready. We have the cookbooks for all the cookies, family dinners and even craft cocktails. We have tons of Christmas movies on DVD for cuddling up on the couch and having a quiet night in.

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You are about to enter another dimension. A journey into a wonderous land where time and calories have no meaning. Next stop, the HOLidAy TiMe WaRP. From now until the 31st of December it’s a whirlwind of cookies, presents and carols. Stopping by your local library and getting a great book or movie is the perfect way to slow down.