Guadalupe County News

A year ago, Seguin Independent School District Transportation Director James Pizana attended a Breathe Easy Propane School Bus workshop hosted by Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams in San Antonio.

Guadalupe County commissioners have adopted new on-site sewage facility rules for multi-family construction.

It was a love story right out of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet.' Or it was a predator taking sexual advantage of a naive 13-year-old girl.

Guadalupe County's top emergency management planner and his staff got high marks Tuesday from county commissioners for their response to April's H1N1 flu outbreak.

Comment on this article Despite drought-like conditions throughout much of the county, there have been no restrictions placed on fireworks use in Wilson County as of press time June 29.

The ongoing drought has become a very serious affair. This isn't one of those annoying dry spells we expect every few years.

What would have happened in late April if Guadalupe County's swine flu outbreak had turned deadly? County officials got an indication at the Navarro Independent School District campus when they tested a drive-through system for dispensing life-saving medication to the entire population in the event of a flu, smallpox or similar pandemic.

A man who head-butted a police officer after a foot chase Wednesday afternoon was pepper-sprayed and taken into custody at Guadalupe Regional Medical Center.

Guadalupe County banned certain types of fireworks Tuesday, and local officials said it could just be a matter of time before Comal County looks to take the bang out of this year's Fourth of July.

In the event of a fire or flood, area churches and local emergency officials want people to be prepared.

Caldwell County is under a burn ban as is Comal, and Guadalupe County residents have been allowed to burn only on weekends.

A 42-year-old Cibolo man has been arrested on a murder charge for allegedly slashing his wife to death late Wednesday afternoon.

Guadalupe County conducts its annual 'garage sale' out at the road department Saturday, and county officials say it will be worth a look.

Lots of people garden, just like retired Marion ISD ag teacher Clyde Schultze does.

Seven ranches in the San Antonio area have been recognized in the Family Land Heritage Program of the Texas Department of Agriculture for remaining intact as a family operation for at least 100 years.

Ten-year-old Saru Chigubu saw her dad, Noel, typing really fast one day, and said, "Wow Daddy, you type really fast without looking at the keys!" Impressed, Saru asked her dad to teach her, and he did.

Emory and Leah Barker built this rock house in 1871. Known as the Barker-Huebinger House, it has been designated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; the historical-marker dedication will be one of the Wilson County Sesquicentennial events in 2010.

The thought might not occur to everyone, but the employees in the office of the Tax Assessor-Collector can be a county's most important ambassadors.

Mark Gretchen has spent years researching the early life and times of Seguin Negro League baseball player, 'Smokey' Joe Williams, who like many local residents of African American descent, is descended from Guadalupe County's slave population, which at one point made up more than 30 percent of county residents.

Officials are investigating sexual allegations that have been lodged against two Seguin Police Department officers, Police Chief Kevin Kelso said Thursday.