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The Boerne Champion boys basketball team closed out 2021 with a record-setting performance by one of its players Friday when the Chargers hosted Seguin.

Boerne Champion won its fifth district game in a row in girls basketball, defeating Seguin on the road last Friday afternoon to close out 2021.

The Comfort girls basketball team hosted the Comfort Deer Classic to close out 2021 and posted a 2-2 record at its own tournament.

Comfort High played in the Nixon-Smiley Tournament last weekend and posted a 1-3 mark at the event.

The Geneva School of Boerne girls basketball team hosted the Hill Country Classic tourney last weekend and went unbeaten at the event.

Several residents spoke before the Kendall County commissioners during their meeting last week, pressing for the denial of the Lily Ranch development’s 80-acre second phase variances. In the end, commissioners approved the variances but they made it clear this wasn’t a development they were fond of and that this was just an initial step in a longer and more detailed process.

Tragedy struck a family at home on New Year’s Eve Friday night as 47-yearold Jason Evans allegedly shot and killed his wife, Emily Fulton Evans, while the couple’s six children were inside the home in the 100 block of Ridge Place.

It’s a good thing Boerne received plentiful precipitation during the first 11 months of the year because December didn’t add much of the wet stuff to help fill area aquifers.

Have you ever wondered why we celebrate January 1 as the first day of the year?

Several fire departments worked together to get a fire under control Thursday morning, which destroyed a Cordillera Ranch home and left little behind.

Auditions are scheduled in January for the Omnia Youth Chorale, a newly formed youth chorus based in Boerne. The group’s goal is to connect young singers ages 9-18 living in the Hill Country and greater surrounding areas of San Antonio.

More than 20 new state laws went into effect as Texans rang in the New Year with another half-dozen to go on the books on Jan. 18, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Those laws include a ban on transgender athletes competing on sports teams that reflect their gender identity and penalties for illegally restraining dogs.