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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.

Bandera County Committee on Aging Inc., DBA The Silver Sage, is a nonprofit organization that has been operating as Meals on Wheels, a Senior Center, Community Center and Resource Center since its establishment in 1984.

The Lady Bulldogs went head-to-head with the Hondo Lady Owls on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at the Competition Gym in Bandera.

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.

Medina ISD recently announced that multiple volleyball and football palyers were named as All-District Players.

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.

Young voters were one of the core coalitions that installed President Biden in the White House, supporting him by a twenty-four-point margin in 2020. Peering deeper into the data, young voters have been slowly drifting away from Democrats in each election since 2012. That drift has rapidly accelerated in the past three years as economic issues have become paramount for young adults. New polling suggests Biden is on track to lose double-digits with voters under thirty compared to the 2020 election, and economic issues are at the center of the problem.

What is happening to America, known since its founding as “The Shining City On A Hill,” a term derived from Jesus’s teaching in the Sermon on the Mount, making this country a model of Christian charity, a beacon of hope for the world and a place where all could be free?

I can’t imagine the complexities of running a newspaper in the digital age, and as an old schooler who loves his flip phone and doesn't have a Netflix account, I am grateful to live in a county where I can pick up a physical copy of the newspaper.

ROSE GARR

April 10, 1966 — Nov. 13, 2023. Kimberly Mansell Laine, aged 57, of San Antonio, passed away on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. Born on April 10, 1966, in Bangor, ME, Kimberly was the daughter of the late Robert Mansell and Carrol Moores Mansell. Kimberly’s journey in life led her to marry the love of her life, Marc Laine, on June 25, 2005, in Austin. Together, they built a life filled with love and companionship.

June 26, 1951 — Nov. 14, 2023. Randle Lee “Randy” Alanis passed from this life Nov. 14, at the age of 72, after a lengthy battle with heart disease. The fourth of five sons born to Dan C. Alanis, Jr. and Frances Polvogt Alanis, Randy grew up in and later raised his own family in the town he loved, Bandera. Playing football for the Bandera Bulldogs in the late 1960’s, Randy graduated with Bandera’s Class of 1970. After graduation, he married Bandera local Jeannie Ullrich and started a family.

This is now but that was then. Things ain’t like they used to be. 

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

If we leave for the rodeo without our cell phone, we'll run back into the house to get it.

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