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Millions of Texas children are heading back to school this month, as early as this week in some districts. The Texas Department of Transportation urges drivers to be especially alert and focused when driving in school zones and near bus stops.

The Boerne Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday took a hard stance against the unbridled growth invading the Hill Country by voting down a zoning request allowing the densely populated “horizontal apartments” aimed at Old Fredericksburg Road.

Boerne Independent School District teachers, staff and administrators went back to the future on Tuesday as they vividly were reminded that that future is in their classrooms.

Boerne is perhaps experiencing its worst combined hot and dry summer on record as the month of July provided no relief to the extreme conditions experienced since May and before.

Someone involved in the case where a jury that convicted and sentenced Comfort resident Jose Jimenez raised an unclear concern that led to a special court session Wednesday afternoon.

Reports of an active shooter at the Woodlands Apartments ended Monday afternoon when the assailant, 36-yearold Boerne resident Robert Anthony Limauro, fatally shot himself.

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Four local University of Texas college students received the opportunity to experience the working world firsthand this summer as they participated in the Home to Texas program.

After years of work and hundreds of projects reviewed and catalogued, the Kendall County, Boerne and Fair Oaks Transportation Committee is wrapping up its efforts with hopes of completion by the end of August.

The Boerne Star brought home a haul of hardware over the weekend as the newspaper earned six awards at the Texas Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.