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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.

The city of Boerne is going through one of its worst late spring – or anytime – heat waves in its history as triple-digit temperatures have been semi-regular during the first half of June as have daily record highs.

Kendall County’s groundwater district has moved the unincorporated areas of the county into Stage 3 drought conditions as water levels continue to drop and water ceases to fall from the sky, leaving the area in drought conditions of historic proportion.

The Geneva School of Boerne announced that Aaron Southwick has been named Logic School headmaster “to provide leadership to the faculty, staff and students in grades 6-8.”

Boerne Noon Rotary Club members spent early Tuesday morning putting up American flags along Main Street and other downtown areas in observance of Flag Day, which was June 14. The activity is one of the things the local Rotary Club does as a service organization. ABOVE: Outgoing Rotary President Leigh Owen, the vice president of development for the Cibolo Center for Conservation, unrolls a flag and gets it ready to fly as she hangs it in front of Texas Heritage Bank on South Main Street. LEFT: Owen and her husband, Daniel Owen, put a flag in place in front of The Dienger Restaurant near Main Plaza. Star photos by Keith E. Domke

A founder of the local chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays and Touchstone Community Church pastor said the group’s efforts in Boerne – including the 5th annual Boerne Pride Walk last Saturday – are leading to positive change for local members of the LGBTQ community. But she said there’s still work to be done.