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Boerne teenager Maddie Barber earned $30,500 at the 2022 Kendall County Junior Livestock Show and Sale last week after she showed several pigs – two Yorks, a Duroc and a Cross – during the January 4 swine show. Barber, a junior at Champion High School, said she is donating all her earnings to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, where she was treated for brain cancer from 2017-18. Barber was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma and has been cancer-free since 2018. She committed to donating 100 percent of her sale donations to St. Jude to help future children get treatment and enable them to pursue activities they enjoy. Barber is an FFA officer and a National Honor Society member at Champion. Photos courtesy of BISD

The 24-year-old Alton, Texas, resident whose vehicle struck and killed a Kendall County deputy in the summer of 2019 pleaded guilty to a Class B misdemeanor earlier this week, ending the two-year-long court process and resolving the incident that shook the county and the local law enforcement community.

Both Kelsey Pfeiffer and her Brahman cow seemingly eye the judge as they patiently stand in line during last Friday’s cattle competition at the Kendall County Junior Livestock Show at the youth agriculture and equestrian center.

The Texas Department of Transportation announced that as part of the ongoing Interstate 10 frontage road construction, the project contractor is progressing into the next stage of construction which will require the demolition of the existing Highway 46 (Bandera Road) bridge.

The Kendall County District Attorney’s Office is assisting local law enforcement to track down a crew of alleged thieves who reportedly have stolen, burglarized or attempted to steal several vehicles around town in recent days. In all, the individuals attempted to burglarize or successfully did steal about 10 cars in a weeklong period, resulting in about $300,000 in losses, authorities said.

LAW ENFORCEMENT 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 kc-crimestoppers.com.

As the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus continues to spread quickly across the state of Texas and the country, the Hill Country, including Kendall County, has seen rising numbers that left Kendall County with its highest number of active cases since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.

The deaths of a married couple, 36-year-old Elizabeth Fulton Evans and 47-year-old Jason Evans on New Year’s Eve likely officially will be ruled a murder-suicide based on forensic evidence from the crime scene, authorities said.

A cloudy, wet day didn’t put a damper on sales or the turnout at the 2022 Kendall County Junior Livestock Show and Sale as this year’s auction was a record year in terms of sales, beating out last year’s $1.4 million amount.

Founded in 1939, the Kendall County Junior Livestock Show and Sale provides youth as young as 7 years old and up to seniors in high school the opportunity to exhibit livestock to the community and develop valuable skills inside and outside the show ring. And for many families, the heritage of this event runs through generations of dedicated parents and children.

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is again extending emergency food benefits this month, with more than $307 million in emergency allocations expected to help more than 1.5 million Texas households.

Dave Neighbor recently announced he is a Republican candidate for the Precinct 2 justice of the peace position.