Kerr County News

City council members may agree that local economic development efforts need revamping, but what they don't seem to agree on is who should lead the charge.

In an ongoing effort to restructure the area's economic development efforts, city council members will be asked to appoint the first person to a task force that will look at revising the Kerrville Economic Development Foundation.

Raising the speed limit on a Center Point road and changes to the county's holiday schedule are among the highlights of today's Kerr County Commissioners Court agenda.

Kerr County officials are hoping money through a federal grant program will help them save money in the long run by making the courthouse more energy efficient.

A Kerrville man was airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio Monday night, following a chain saw accident.

Two town hall meetings haven't won over county officials to a city request for a certificate of convenience and necessity to provide water outside the Kerrville municipal limits.

They were young, brash and brave. They left this country boys and returned home men.

A man wanted for a murder that happened more than 18 years ago will finally face charges.

Texas 21st District Focus: Turn TX-21 Blue Republican Lamar Smith is another Republican who is ignoring the uninsured citizens in his district by opposing much needed healthcare reform.

The trial of former Lakehills resident, Karl Anthony Hodson, in the alleged 2007 murder of pizza deliveryman, Leon Poe, 27, of San Antonio, slated to begin Tuesday, Nov.

A man charged with murder 18 years ago in the killing of his estranged wife in Kerr County was returned Thursday to Texas from Mexico, where he fled after the slaying.

From entertainment on the steps of the historic Schreiner Museum to Kerr County's annual lighted parade and Kerrville Performing Arts Society's production of 'The Nutcracker in the Hills,' there will be numerous opportunities this weekend for local residents to begin getting into the holiday spirit.

Nov. 17--It's a fact. People from Kerrville spend a lot of their money outside the community.

Learning about the history of Kerr County just became a bit easier. At Monday's meeting of the Kerr County Historical Commission, member Jeanne Sutton, who headed the recent reorganization of the county archives, detailed the new organization of historical records.

Upper Turtle Creek Road residents whose families have lived in the area for generations will be asked to make their involvement in the community cemetery official by forming an association to maintain the property.

A 27-year-old woman is recovering today after being abducted at knife point and physically assaulted Wednesday morning.

Keeping up with the testimony at a Texas Water Development Board hearing here last week required the roughly 75 people who attended to digest a smorgasbord of abbreviations.

Kerr County commissioners threw their weight behind the Kerr Economic Development Foundation Monday - the day before city officials are expected to offer proposed changes to how the organization operates.

The cases have been made and the jury is out until next year on whether water management guidelines established by the Groundwater Management Area 9 are an accurate measure of local water supply.

Texas voters will decide the fate of 11 proposed constitutional amendments today ranging from issues concerning homestead exemptions to public access to beaches.