In a recent livestreamed awards ceremony, Our Lady of the Hills College Prep High School recognized a number of students for academic achievement, community service, and in other categories.
Kami Rae Cooper of Kerrville was among 3,417 graduates who received degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during a virtual graduation celebration May 9.
The “Tivy Project Graduation 2020” parents and friends fundraiser is asking for the community’s support to provide the most incredible Project Graduation Party ever, at the Kroc Center.
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Schreiner University introduces its Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program. Starting fall of 2020, the Schreiner University Air Force ROTC will be a part of Detachment 842, through a cross-town agreement with the University of Texas at San Antonio.
The Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library announces that it has joined forces with Mango Languages to offer more than 70 world language courses, including English, taught in the user’s native language.
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The Hill Country Chapter of the National Weather Association, in partnership with Schreiner University, welcomes Troy Kimmel via TEAMs Live Event on Tuesday, April 21 at 7 p.m. This virtual event is free and open to the public.
Now is the perfect time for Kerr County citizens who want to become volunteer deputy registrars to do their training at home.
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The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club will be offering childcare services to all essential employees unable to work from home beginning Monday, April 20 and registration is currently under way.
Central Texas College and Texas Tech University-Fredericksburg have announced courses to be offered for the summer session at the Hill Country University Center. Summer registration for TTU is open now, and opened April 6 for CTC students.
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Ten area students were recently selected as recipients of the Bandera Electric Cooperative Scholarship, an award of $2,500 for the 2020-2021 school year.
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The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will offer its award-winning “Ranchers Ag-ricultural Leasing Workshop” as an online course available anytime.
Schreiner University has named qualified students to its President's and Dean's List.
The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center in San Antonio provided this notice of upcoming stops in Kerrville for their blood donation sites and times.
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Ingram Tom Moore High School junior Walker Ragsdale recently participated in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards conference in New Braunfels. The Rotary Club of Kerrville-Morning (Morning Rotary) underwrote the expenses for Walker to attend the leadership training.
The Hill Country Cluster of Dog Shows will be held in Kerrville, at the Hill Country Youth Event Center, March 5-8.
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Three Schreiner University Honors Society students Matthew Walton, Katie Buerk and Sofia Lopez - who are also 2019-20 Dean Scholars - presented their Dean’s Scholars Research initiative Saturday at the 2020 Southwest Fulbright Research Symposium in San Antonio.
All the valentines in February remind us that our child/children are not here to share these hearts.
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Tara Schultz, a member of the Tivy High School Choir, will perform with the Texas All-State Treble Choir in San Antonio, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 at the Henry B. González Convention Center as part of the 2020 Texas Music Educators Association Clinic/Convention.
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The Hill Country Preppers will once again host Professor Jeff Addicott on the subject of Terrorism.
The Kiwanis Club of Kerrville will be hosting its 74th “all you can eat” Annual Pancake Supper on Friday, Feb. 7, at the Tivy High School cafeteria.
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Schreiner University welcomes Dr. Joshua Hren, from Belmont Abbey College, for the annual Margaret Syers Lecture series. He will be giving a lecture titled "Middle- earth and Just-Mercy: Tol-kien's Ethics" at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, in Schreiner University’s Junkin Campus Ministry Buil…
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Hill Country Master Gardener Jackie Skinner has been recognized as the 2019 “Volunteer of the Year” for her exceptional work with the service organization.
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Harbor Freight Tools, America’s leading retailer of quality tools at the lowest prices, will celebrate the grand opening of its new store in Kerrville on Saturday, Feb. 1.
Peterson Health will be offering the American Lung Association’s “Freedom from Smoking” program, a seven-week, eight-course smoking cessation class for adults.
Kathleen Maxwell-Rambie will be leading a new nine-week session of “The Gathering – Bringing God into everyday life” starting Tuesday, Jan. 28, at the Kroc Center -Chapel; and the public is invited to register and attend the free Tuesday meetings.
Registration is currently underway for The Salvation Army Kroc Center Victory Sports Youth Volleyball League.
It’s time for the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Academy and applications are now being taken for participants.
Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, has announced the students achieving the Dean's List designation for the 2019 fall semester.
“The Gathering,” hosted by local columnist Kathleen Maxwell-Rambie and her team, will begin its spring session Tuesday, Jan. 28 at The Kroc Center from 6:30-7:45 p.m.
Alan Cone, volunteer instructor for AARP Safe Driver Classes in Kerrville, is offering the classes four times per month locally.
It’s time for the Kerr County Sheriff’s Office Citizen’s Academy and applications are now being taken for participants.
Want to get involved in the voting process this coming year? Want to encourage people to vote? If so, then Kerr County has the perfect opportunity. Local elections officials are looking for volunteer deputy registrars.
Alan Cone, volunteer instructor for AARP Safe Driver Classes in Kerrville, is offering the classes four times per month locally.
Qualified registered voters of Kerr County may soon be able to ask that an official 2020 General Primary ballot be mailed to them, according to Bob Reeves, Kerr County’s tax assessor-collector and head of the local elections department.
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The Compassionate Friends “Worldwide Candle Lighting” unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who died too soon.
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To round out this month’s salute to veterans, Our Lady of the Hills Regional Catholic High School students collected and delivered personal-care items to patients at Kerrville’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3600 Memorial Boulevard.
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Last week the Mountaineer Leadership Academy Sophomore class hosted their semester project called “Beat Hunger.”
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Rick Fink got into beekeeping about 16 years ago when he noticed his dad's plants weren't producing as much as they both would have liked.
The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center in San Antonio provided this list of upcoming stops in Kerrville for their blood donation sites and times.
During the holidays bereaved parents look for ways to manage grief and handle social situations.
Trinity Baptist, Hosanna Lutheran, First Baptist Center Point and Impact Christian Fellowship are providing free new shoes and socks for children in need.
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Our Lady of the Hills Regional Catholic High School students collected cans instead of candy for Halloween to help community families in need.
Texas Public Radio invites local residents to participate in a live broadcast recording of “Mysterious Creatures: Exploring the Depths of our Aquifers” at Schreiner University on Wednesday, Nov. 13 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Schreiner University’s Cailloux Campus Activity Center Ballroom, Kerrville.
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The Kerr Regional History Center announced the second lecture of its Kerr Regional Lecture Series. On Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m., local author John Aceti will speak on the topic “Life Stories of Texans.” Aceti has written several books telling the stories of countless men and women who moved…
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Our Lady of the Hills Regional Catholic High School welcomed eight new members into the National Honor Society during ceremonies Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the OLH library with approximately 100 family members, friends, school faculty and staff in attendance.
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The Western Heritage Museum and Lea County, N.M., Cowboy Hall of Fame has announced that Dr. Darrell Beauchamp, currently the executive director of the Museum of Western Art, will be this year’s recipient of the Hall of Fame’s “Silver Concho” Award.
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Sheriff Rusty Hierholzer was the guest of honor at the October meeting of the Hill Country Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution.
The busy staff at Peterson Regional Medical Center needs added volunteers in a variety of jobs at the medical center campus.
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The Kerrville Public School Foundation (KPSF) has awarded 58 Kerrville ISD teachers with Instant Impact Grant funds that will enhance student learning in their classrooms.
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Broadway Bank is pleased to announce the recent addition of Mike Huff as senior vice president and commercial loan officer. He arrives at Broadway with 32 years of commercial banking experience, including the last 12 years as a bank executive for Wells Fargo in Kerrville. Huff is a graduate …
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Kelley Schneider has been appointed Youth Director at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 135 Methodist Encampment Road, Kerrville. A native of the Kansas City, Mo. area, he and his wife, Goldie, and their three children moved to Kerrville in 2012 to live in Goldie’s hometown.
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