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Aiming to provide even more assistance to a local nonprofit, the Bevy Hotel in March again will turn into a house of beauty and fashion.
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Kronkosky Place was hopping on Saturday as hundreds of individuals participated in the annual Empty Bowls Hill Country fundraiser. Proceeds from the event were donated to Hill Country Family Services and its Corner Cupboard Grocery and Nutrition Center. Star photo by Cindy Bormann
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Tori Bellos and her daughter, Brooke, left, and JoAnn Schroeder and her daughter, Paige, look over some of the hand-crafted bowls available Saturday as part of the Empty Bowls Hill Country fundraiser at Kronkosky Place. For $25, individuals purchased a bowl and received a bowl of soup and a piece of bread. The meal represented what a homeless person may receive from a soup kitchen. All the proceeds from the event were donated to Hill Country Family Services and its Corner Cupboard Grocery and Nutrition Center. All 500 bowls were sold, and the event raised more than $15,000. Star photo by Cindy Bormann
Read moreLocal water resources grabbed state-level attention at the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District last week.
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Geneva School of Boerne students spent part of their Valentine’s Day Friday in downtown Boerne as they went on their annual Love Thy Neighbor field trip. During the day, the youngsters swept city sidewalks and performed other cleanup duties. TOP: Grant Dillinger, center, sweeps debris off the sidewalk in the 100 block of South Main Street. ABOVE LEFT: Ava Jersin pushes a broom as she works with her classmates to clean city sidewalks. ABOVE RIGHT: Abby Sutton and Dillinger work together with their brooms. Star photos by Keith E. Domke
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Todd Setliff and Adam Zenner will face off in the Republican primary election for Precinct 1 constable, the position vacated by former Constable Don White in August 2019. Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hudson has been filling the role in addition to his deputy of security duties in the courthouse, but in January 2021 the new constable will take office. White had been in office since 1997.
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It’s a three-way race for Precinct 2 constable on the Republican ticket as incumbent James R. Schmidt contends for his seat against challengers Paul Knoll and Milburn Dearing. Schmidt has served as constable for the past three years.
Read moreA Kendall County jury on Friday sentenced 23-year-old Jacob Charles Smith, of Boerne, to 99 years in prison within the Texas Department of Correction system on two counts of aggravated assault on a public servant and 10 years in prison for possession of a prohibited weapon.
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