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The school board meeting on Monday, March 8th, began with open forum. Suree Burke spoke on behalf of parents who wish to start a youth basketball program. Currently, Johnson City kids who want to participate in a basketball league must drive to Marble Falls. The target age for the program will be kids in the 3rd-6th grades.

"Where is he?! Where is he?" panicked 6th grader Nathan Oertli. "I don’t know, I don’t know! Oh man, I died!" responded LBJ Middle School peer Thomas Tobolka. On Saturday, March 6th these two young men were facing off in an epic battle of Halo 3 with some of their friends.

Kelly Carper Polden, a local author and communications consultant, signed a contract with Arcadia Publishing, the leading local history publisher in the United States, to author a book entitled Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park. The book is scheduled for release in December 2010 and will commemorate the 2011 grand opening of the Texas White House at LBJ Ranch. "I am honored to work with the National Park Service staff here in Johnson City, to create what will be the first-ev ...

Superintendent David Shanley inspects the scene after a 3 year old sent a car into the side of the elementary building.

On Thursday, February 25th, a public hearing was held to consider the Kirchman Gallery application for a beer and wine permit. The Kirchman Gallery, located at 305 E. Main, is owned and operated by Susan Kirchman and Warren Vilmaire. This property is the second gallery opened by Kirchman. The first gallery, located in Johnson City on Nugent Street across from Blanco County Courthouse, opened two years ago. In an effort to increase business and to maintain visitor interest in Johnson ...

With gorgeous blue Texas skies and mild temperatures, voters came out and the results are in, with a total sweep by Republican candidates. Some interesting facts: There are 6,827 total registered voters in Blanco County. 30% of them voted in this election, not what one would consider a strong turnout.

Last Thursday, February 25th JCISD Elementary school was going about classes as usual when a mini van bumped into the exterior of one of the classrooms. A parent went into the school and left a 3 year old child in the vehicle while it was running. The child put the car in drive and slowly coasted into the side of the building.

Hye, Texas – Garrison Brothers Distillery™, the first and only pure bourbon whiskey distillery in Texas, is pleased to announce a pre-release of 1,000 bottles of the first and finest Texas bourbon whiskey ever made! This unique pre-release of small batch bourbon is bottled from a few superior barrels that were personally selected by the proprietor from the distillery’s growing barrel inventory.

Pedernales Electric’s Board of Directors unanimously voted on Monday, Feb. 22 to place a member bill of rights on the 2010 ballot, giving PEC’s 196,000 members the power to ratify the document at the Cooperative’s annual meeting on June 19 in Johnson City. If ratified, the bill of rights would establish core rights, such as election safeguards, which could only be changed with a member vote. "The member bill of rights is a first-ever initiative that establishes the ...

Brenda Bryson, PT, is no stranger to Fredericksburg or to providing myofascial physical therapy. Ms. Bryson grew up in Fredericksburg and received her masters in physical therapy from Texas Tech University in 1997. She has since provided treatment to patients for over twelve years, and she received John F. Barnes training in myofascial release in 2002.