In 1938, playwright Thornton Wilder came up with a timeless and meaningful script that targets life and all we don’t realize while we’re living it.
In 1938, playwright Thornton Wilder came up with a timeless and meaningful script that targets life and all we don’t realize while we’re living it.
There are ghosts that haunt Boerne, or so says information from the Kuhlmann King House Museum.
The third annual Family Ranch Rodeo Fest, featuring task competitions that ranch hands regularly encounter, took place on Saturday afternoon at the Kendall County Youth Ag and Equestrian Center near Comfort. ABOVE: Co-Op Trailers team members Barry Burk, Reno Hellman and Cody Hines wrestle a young steer in an effort to get it into the trailer as part of the competition. The team ended up in second place overall out of the seven teams that participated. LEFT: Miss Rodeo Texas Jordan Maldonado, owner of the JM Cattle team, concentrates on maneuvering a steer into the pen as part of the competition. Maldonado is from Boerne and was crowned 2019 Miss Rodeo Texas. Her reign was extended until June 2021 after this year’s pageant was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Crooked Horn Ranch won the rodeo while Bar F finished third. See Page 2 for additional photos. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
The Kendall County economy soon will get a big boost after it was announced a major manufacturing operation is relocating to Comfort.
Boerne’s downtown is hurting, severely in some instances, according to some of the small business store owners and managers who man the Hill Country Mile and beyond.
The American flag at Veterans Plaza is flown at half staff on Friday because of 9/11.
The Boerne Agricultural Heritage Center and Museum played host to its antique tractor pull and pumpkin festival on Saturday. Dozens of old tractors and their drivers competed in the pull, including Kellen Pfeiffer, whose Oliver pops a wheelie as he tries to pull the 3,600 pounds of weight a little further down the track. At right, 3-year-old Matthew Peach expresses his happiness as he lifts a pumpkin from a pile on the museum grounds. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
The Boerne Independent School District earned another academic feather to tuck into its cap as it was announced Monday that both Boerne and Champion are ranked in the top 10 best public high schools in the San Antonio area for the 2020-21 academic year.
Boerne residents are being asked to weigh in as the city’s Unified Development Code is nearing completion.
County officials said they actively are working with state legislators to enact changes that would return some control over development to the local level.
The Boerne Agricultural Heritage Center and Museum played host to its antique tractor pull and pumpkin festival on Saturday. Dozens of old tractors and their drivers competed in the pull, including Kellen Pfeiffer, whose Oliver pops a wheelie as he tries to pull the 3,600 pounds of weight a little further down the track. At right, 3-year-old Matthew Peach expresses his happiness as he lifts a pumpkin from a pile on the museum grounds. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
The Boerne Independent School District earned another academic feather to tuck into its cap as it was announced Monday that both Boerne and Champion are ranked in the top 10 best public high schools in the San Antonio area for the 2020-21 academic year.
The latest class selected for induction into the Boerne ISD Athletic Hall of Honor will be recognized this Friday during a ceremony at Tapatio Springs.
UVALDE – For the second straight week, the Boerne High football team has had a slow start to a district game, but for the second straight week, the Greyhounds overcame that slow start with a strong finish.
In a recent Tweet, an editor named Dima Kronfeld opined that there are only four wedding themes — Mumford and Sons, Money, Beach Vacation and Gender. I literally have no idea what that Tweet was supposed to mean, but it did get me reflecting on where my own wedding would fit.
I’ve always enjoyed things that make me think or have an unusual twist attached, even if it’s too farfetched to believe. That doesn’t mean I like to have the wits scared out of me, but the deep or eerie stuff – real or fake, funny or serious – is the straw that stirs my drink.
Alfonso Barrera Barron Sr.
