Comal County News

After narrowly missing out in 2008, Comal County Commissioners are again shooting for state funding to restore the downtown courthouse.

New Braunfels' rivers make it an ideal place to cool off on a summer day. Now the world famous water park, Schlitterbahn , wants to put your holiday fun on ice.

After a 30-day petition drive collected more than 3,000 signatures above the necessary threshold to force an election, the downtown justice center's fate is closer than ever to being decided at the ballot box.

New Braunfels attorney Glen Peterson and his supporters delivered a petition with more than 6,000 signatures Monday to the Comal County Clerk's office to force an election in May in order to give taxpayers a say in the expenditure of $36 million for a proposed justice center in New Braunfels.

Comal County commissioners postponed voting on issuing certificates of obligation for a proposed justice center Thursday to allow time for county officials to verify a batch of petition signatures submitted in an effort to put the issue before voters in May.

The fate of Janice Vickers, convicted Friday of murder, still hung in the balance after the first day of her sentencing hearing Monday.

National Transportation Safety Board investigators spent Monday going through the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Comal County.

The Comal County Sheriff's Office continues Operation Green Santa this holiday season for the 19th year in a row.

Andrew Star Glick, convicted Oct. 7 of evading arrest with a motor vehicle, was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison.

New Braunfels SWAT team officers shot and killed a 30-year-old San Antonio man early Wednesday morning after a five-hour manhunt ended in a standoff in the middle of Interstate 35.

The decision by members of the Comal County Commissioners Court to move forward with plans for a new justice center in New Braunfels - one of the most expensive construction projects in county history - has caused controversy among area residents who would rather the issue be presented to voters next May.

Comal County officials said they're hoping the third effort to protect the area's water resources doesn't strike out, as the state and county are again laboring to create a groundwater conservation district over the Trinity Aquifer.

Two children and an adult are dead after a plane en route to Pearland crashed Sunday in Comal County near Bulverde, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Three people are dead after a plane crashed midday Sunday in Comal County near Bulverde, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Federal Aviation Administration.

After suffering through a near-record drought, Comal County Commissioners described a dire need Thursday to manage and protect the limited amount of groundwater flowing underneath the majority of the county.

County officials made their case once again for the proposed $36-million Comal County Justice Center at a public meeting in Garden Ridge Thursday night.

In a state of more than 24 million people, only about 2 million doses of the H1N1 influenza shot have been allocated to Texas by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fire crews were called to the 1000 block of Linde Drive around 2:40 a.m. NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas -- Two people were injured after an apartment complex caught fire early Wednesday.

Comal County Commissioner Jay Millikin will not seek re-election in 2010. The veteran public official said Tuesday he would forgo a possible run for county judge and 'mosey on the down the road' to retirement when his term as county commissioner expires in December of next year.

Today is the last chance to cast ballots on 11 constitutional amendments regarding, among other issues, eminent domain, the state's authority to boost veteran services and the direction of Texas collegial research institutions.