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Both Boerne High and Boerne Champion placed in the top 10 in their respective divisions in this year’s UIL Lone Star Cup standings.

While no individual team awards were handed out at the recent Boerne High softball team awards ceremony, several of the girls were recognized for their work in the classroom and on the field.

Comfort High recently held its annual summer volleyball camp that was attended by close to 30 young ladies who showed up to improve their volleyball skills. 

The Tapatio Springs Men’s Golf Association recently held its Tapatio Cup event over two days and 54 players took part. The scoring was nine holes Schamble and nine holes Best Ball on both days. The Green team and the Gold team squared off and the Gold team won, 45-37. 

There were no major changes that came out of the recent UIL Standing Committee on Athletics meeting held in June.

Kendall County Judge Darrel Lux issued a disaster declaration to ensure certain fireworks are neither sold nor set off in the county during this July 4 holiday weekend.

Salvador Dobbs played host to a stein holding contest practice session last weekend to give people the opportunity to try their hand at the traditional German-rooted event before September’s Boerne BierFest.  Star photos by Zachary-Taylor Wright

With water becoming more and more precious in the Hill Country and Texas as a whole, the Boerne City Council is gearing up to implement new incentives and restrictions to help in long-term conservation efforts.

In an effort to become more energy friendly, the Boerne Independent School District is hoping to add an electric bus to its fleet, maybe as soon as this coming academic year.

Kendall Batchelor, the 22-year-old charged with intoxicated manslaughter earlier this month, was arrested again last Friday for violating her bond conditions.

As part of the ongoing Interstate 10 frontage road work, the Texas Department of Transportation announced on Thursday that the contractor is progressing into the last stage of construction for the new Highway 87 bridge. That, in turn, necessitates transitioning the I-10 mainlane traffic from the current location to the segment that is currently a work area closed to traffic.

The Boerne Star is partnering with a local nonprofit through a special subscription drive this month.