Spring Branch News

School may be out for the summer, but police were handing grades out this afternoon on the northwest side.

Title: Lutherans Open Their Church Doors To Immigrant Families ELCA NEWS SERVICE >June 23, 2009 Lutherans Open Their Church Doors To Immigrant Families 09-136-MRC CHICAGO -- For Howard Lamont being welcoming to the immigrant population is "simply part of the Christian message." "Congregations must develop a passion to reach out to strangers," said ...

Eleven-year-old Brianna Leyba can see herself patrolling New Braunfels as a law enforcement officer one day.

On Aug. 7, 2000, New Braunfels resident and Department of Public Safety Trooper Randy Vetter was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Hays County.

Four of Comal County's seven emergency services districts' representatives are looking to levy sales taxes or raise property taxes in today's election.

Wal-Mart opened its first Latino-centric supermarket in Spring Branch, Texas, a community with a strong Latino presence to 'give customers what they were asking for,' according to a corporate officer.

The polls are set to open Saturday in elections that will affect local cities, schools and emergency service districts.

Will Smith. No not the actor. The left-handed pitcher and #12 Angels' prospect. The 6' 5" 230 pound starter was drafted in the seventh round last year out of Gulf Cost, Florida Community College, the same school currentTraveler closer David Herndon attended in '06. The twenty year old Smith started the season at Low-A forCedar Rapidsand is ...

Harold Kent Gage of Spring Branch, Texas, passed away on the morning of April 21, 2009, at the age of 59.

Navy Seaman Recruit Daniel R. Omeara, a 2005 graduate of Smithson Valley High School, Spring Branch, Texas, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, IL.

Despite the scattered rainstorms last month, area experts are warning residents that Comal County is still in the middle of a record drought and that record-low water levels on the Guadalupe River require extra caution - for flows as well as contaminants.

An illegal burn is believed to have ignited a brush fire Thursday afternoon in Spring Branch, according to officials from the Comal County Fire Marshal's office.

This last weekend was loaded with events. The Fire Department fish fry, the town cleanup, the visit of Kinky Friedman... What a weekend! However, many missed out on a visit by an internationally-famous author, a man considered a living legend to many.

The Comal County Sheriffa s Office raided three businesses and arrested five people on charges of illegal gambling.

Georgia Anna Moore-Bailey beloved mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother was born on February 1, 1920 in Curryville, Missouri.

It was almost like Texans in history took the weekend off with one major exception.

Odessa High School's girls and boys track and field teams will return to action today at Smithson Valley's Ranger Relays in Spring Branch.

At 7:00pm, you are invited to a brief worship service of Holy Communion. Feel free to "come-as-you-are", and to invite your friends and neighbors.

I have found that gift baskets are great for cats. Once all the items are used and the packaging materials removed, a towel or baby blanket can be placed in the bottom to make a cat bed.

With a rapidly growing county, Comal County's emergency service personnel are squeezing every penny to provide for residents in need.