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A body found in the woods in an undeveloped piece of property along Norris Lane – between the shopping center on Bandera Road and Interstate 10 – has been identified by investigators as 65-year-old Samuel Offer.

The Boerne Independent School District held its third-annual Incubator Pitch Night at Boerne-Champion High School. Students from both Boerne and Champion High School pitched their businesses to judges from the business community. A total of $20,000 in seed money was won by the students.

BOERNE – Paid parking — a first for the city — is coming to a site on South Main Street that for five decades has been free and open, officials said.

A woman accused of practicing medicine in town without a license will spend eight years behind bars after pleading guilty to two felony fraud charges last week.

BOERNE – Goodwill Industries International Inc. will have to wait before setting up a thrift shop after city officials denied the nonprofit a special-use permit.

2 You put your trust in me as County Judge, and I wanted to give you a 100day report to update you on how hard your Commissioners Court is working to get things done.

The following is a brief, partial recap of incidents reported by the Boerne Police Department and the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. General locations are listed rather than specific addresses. An arrest should not imply guilt or innocence, which will be decided in court at a later date. Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to call the Boerne Police at 830-249-8645, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office at 830-249-9721 or Kendall County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-348-LEAD (5323) or c-crimestoppers.com

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AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Special Agents assigned to the Austin Violent Crimes Task Force (AVCTF) seized over 507,000 lethal doses of fentanyl along with other narcotics, guns, ammunition, and several stolen vehicles this morning.

Fair Oaks Ranch– On April 18, the City of Fair Oaks Ranch held its second quarterly town hall meeting to discuss the upcoming expansion of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and to provide information and gather feedback from residents on the impact of the Winter Storm Mara weather event and the City’s disaster response.

For the second time in three years, Boerne ISD Fine Arts Music Programs has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. BISD also earned this honor in 2021.