Converse News

That Billy Keen reveres abstract expressionist painters such as Mark Rothko and hangs titles such as "The Agony and the Effigy" on the multimedia creations he shows in fine art galleries all over Texas is not readily apparent in the work for which he is best known.

Darcy Griffith, a new Fetch! Pet Care franchise owner, takes Thumper and Zuri for a walk.

Last year, December 8, 2008, a 4th grade teacher assigned what should have been a fun task to her class; write a letter to Santa and tell him your wish.

Disclaimer: The author of this entry is responsible for this content, which is not edited by the Wilson County News or wilsoncountynews.com. December 9, 2009 Comment on this blog entry American troops send holiday greetings to local families in South Texas.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following men and women are being recognized for their enlistment, promotion, retirement, or duty change within various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following men and women are being recognized for their enlistment, promotions or duty changes within various branches of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Bids have been opened and a contractor has been chosen for the half-million-dollar drainage and road-widening Schaefer Road project, which is expected to get under way within the next two weeks and wrap up in about five months.

Members of the Resurrection Baptist Church Mass Choir of Schertz share their prayers after a recent rehearsal.

CONVERSE City Council passed an ordinance removing the Parks and Recreation Committee from operating Night in Ole Converse and heard a report that the rain-shortened festival netted almost $20,000. During their regular meeting Oct.

Cibolo Aug. 31: 100 block of Spring Willow, the right rear passenger window of a Honda Civic sedan was shattered; damage estimated at $200. - 200 block of Arcadia Place, a home builder superintendent reported that two 6x6 wood columns, 120 pieces of cement siding, 5 pieces of cement soffit, two 15 pound rolls of felt and four pieces of flashing ...

The Converse City Council considered the legal residency of Councilwoman Renee Paschall during its Sept.

Hartsel Lee Edwards, Sr. was born in Choate, TX on July 24, 1926, to Charles N. and Mattie M. Edwards.

A 183-acre tract of land along the western edge of Converse could become home to the Metrocom's next industrial park.

The widening of a 2.2-mile stretch of Loop 1604 in Converse has been put on the fast track, with construction bidding expected in spring 2010.

Celebrating 75, 70 and 60 years of religious service in the Sisters of the Incarnate Word, from left, are Sister George Vasek, 75 years; Sister Pauline Marie Ermis, 70 years; Sister Mary Virginia Sheblak, 60 years; Sister Scholastica Friesenhahn, 70 years; and Sister Sylvia Grahmann, 60 years.

Two San Antonio men remained Thursday in the Bexar County Jail on aggravated robbery charges after being accused of breaking into a Converse home and taking a personal safe full of pornographic material, among other items, according to authorities.

Converse July 7: 700 block of South Seguin Street, someone in a red van was recorded picking the locks on vacuum machines at a car wash.

I started an avocado seed in a plastic sandwich bag with a small amount of water and placed it in a window.

If temperatures keep soaring into the triple digits and the Edwards Aquifer keeps dropping, Stage 3 restrictions are looming for some Metrocom communities.

As I float in an inner tube down the Congo River beside a volcano on the verge of eruption, the mist thickens.