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You might enjoy owning your home – but the mortgage? Not so much. In fact, you might want to do everything you can to pay it off as quickly as possible. But is that always the best strategy?

LAW ENFORCEMENT The following is a brief, partial recap of incidents reported by the Boerne Police Department, Kendall County Sheriff’s Department and the Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department. 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, the Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department at 210-698-0990 or Kendall County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-348-LEAD (5323) or kc-crimestoppers.com.

The International Center for Leadership in Education, with a mission to encourage, inspire and support today’s educators, has named the Boerne Independent School District a 2022 Innovative District for its systemwide focus on instruction and organization structures to increase student growth.

Jay Boy Adams and his band performed at the Patrick Heath Public Library Thursday night as part of its Live! At the Library series. 

Some furry friends have been keeping some city employees company at Boerne City Hall recently as part of a partnership between Animal Care Services and the city’s Customer Care and Billing departments.

The Boerne Convention and Visitors Bureau underwent several changes during a city council meeting earlier this month, announcing a rebranding effort and amending city policy to allow non-residents to hold a board position.

A 56-year-old Boerne resident, Robert Martin Schmidt, may have caught a break of sorts last week as he was facing 25 years to life in prison after he tried to strangle a woman.

Twelve men ended up behind bars over the weekend on salacious charges as the result of a state law enforcement sting operation based in Kendall County, but local and state officials remain tight-lipped on the details of the sting.

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week released his agency’s plan to support the expansion of broadband internet access to areas with limited or no access. Hegar and his agency’s Broadband Development Office received feedback through a series of town halls, virtual discussions and more than 16,000 responses to a survey.