In open forum and again as an agenda item, parents voiced concerns about Blanco High School’s basketball program at the March 8 trustees’ meeting. “Basketball is not given priority” in the district, complained parent Mike Barnes, explaining that his family moved here two years ago because of the academic excellence and strong athletics of the district. Although he expressed satisfaction with the academic program, he stressed that basketball should be mor ...

Blanco County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the use of the interior of the Blanco County Courthouse for the Wild Flower Festival Youth Art Show. The Festival, scheduled for April 17, may use the lower floor of the Courthouse at times when it will not interfere with normal county business. Commissioners approved set-up on Friday after 5:00 p.m.

The Lady Panther softball team played outstanding defense, winning four games and securing first place in the 7th Annual Blanco Panther Softball Tournament. The Panther’s faced the Llano Yellow Jackets first, who jumped out in the lead, 2-0, scoring one run in the first inning and another to keep the lead in the fourth inning.

Johnson City, TX – 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 Jo ...