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The Comfort girls basketball team solidified its grip on the No. 3 spot in District 25-3A by holding off the Llano Lady Jackets Saturday night in Comfort.

It’s always an intense match when the Geneva School of Boerne and Austin Regents girls soccer teams play and their last match was no exception.

Boerne Champion earned a pair of district wins in boys basketball after the Chargers defeated Kerrville Tivy at home Saturday and picked up a road victory last Tuesday in Seguin.

The Hill Country Mile resembled an icy ghost town throughout the day last Thursday before showing signs of life again on Friday as inclement winter weather invaded the area and officials across the state urged residents to stay home. However, Kendall County and its encompassed cities fared well compared to last year’s February storm.

After reviewing modeled traffic data, it’s becoming clear the city of Boerne’s most congested intersections may be more difficult to solve than expected.

The Boerne Star is sponsoring a pair of candidate forums for contested Kendall County races featured on the March 1 primary election ballot.

A motorist inside a northbound Ford pickup truck sideswiped two vehicles Friday afternoon on South Main Street before flipping the vehicle onto its driver’s side in front of 259 Brantley Bistro.

The Roy Maas Youth Alternatives has a new addition to its Meadowlands location in Boerne, thanks to The Rotary Club of Fair Oaks Ranch. The local community service organization contributed a professional golf putting green for the 42-acre campus. The putting green is expected to help bring golf therapy to RMYA children, develop social skills, build self-confidence and learn a life-long talent. The green campaign was initiated by Rotarian Charles Pearson and was the largest service project undertaken by the FOR Rotary Club in its 10-year history. Pictured above are RMYA Chief Development Officer Gail Ribalta, left, and CEO Blair Thompson, right, joining Pearson and FOR Rotary President Greg Maxton in accepting a check reflecting the cost of the new putting green. Submitted photo

Early voting in the March 1 primary begins on Feb. 14 and runs through Feb. 25. The last day to apply for a ballot by mail is Feb. 18.

Q: We’re strongly considering adopting a baby boy from the foster-care system. He was removed from his birth home due to abuse when only a few months old. What do we need to know?

LAW ENFORCEMENT

Four individuals are hoping to become the Republican nominee for the newly formed Texas House District 19 representative. Late last year, Kyle Biedermann, the current District 73 state representative before redistricting altered the state’s political map, decided he was not going to seek another term in the legislature. Biedermann could have filed as an incumbent in the moved District 73 or the new District 19.