New beginnings are underway in Bandera in more ways than one.
The Hix Ranch celebrated a grand opening thanks to the Bandera County Chamber of Commerce. Guests enjoyed touring the historic site and the ranch house and heard some great stories. The ranch is a hosts weddings, family reunions, company picnics and more! To contact the Hix Ranch, call 979-229-1401.
New beginnings are underway in Bandera in more ways than one.
VIGIL HELD FOR ISAACKS
The Silver Sage Hill Country Resource Center provided a great weekend of music and fun for Bandera County residents Dec. 1-3.
The Medina Lady Cats defended their home court on Tuesday, Nov. 28, against the visiting Tigerettes from Brackett.
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The Lady Bulldogs went head-to-head with the Hondo Lady Owls on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at the Competition Gym in Bandera.
Medina ISD recently announced that multiple volleyball and football palyers were named as All-District Players.
At least 74 people have been killed and 189 injured during high-speed car chases near the U.S.-Mexico border since Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star, a multibillion-dollar border security initiative, according to a report published by Human Rights Watch, a nonprofit agency.
Just before World War II, the world watched and did nothing except chatter as Nazis turned a section of Warsaw, Poland into the “Warsaw Ghetto.”
President Joe Biden continues to trail former President Donald Trump by several percentage points with the latest national polls showing Trump ahead by four points and ahead in five of six battleground states.
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.
Robert Russell Bowie was born into this world on Nov. 6, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas. He passed from this world on Nov. 2, 2023. He was referred to by all who knew him as Russell.
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.
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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.