The Floresville Independent School District will connect children 18 and younger and enrolled students with disabilities up to 21 years old with healthy, no cost summer meals. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition program administered in the Lone Star State by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA). For the children who rely on […]

The Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin is proud to join museums nationwide in participating in Blue Star Museums, a program that provides free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families during the summer. Free exhibition admission for military families will be available through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5. Military families are invited to explore three […]

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS The Sutherland Springs Cemetery Association welcomes the community to the annual Memorial Day Service on Monday, May 30, at 9:30 a.m. in the cemetery, located at 6961 F.M. 539 in Sutherland Springs. Guests are encouraged to take a lawn chair and urged to not block the driveway. In case of rain, the ceremony will relocate to the Sutherland […]

The following defendants were among those listed on recent dockets for the 81st District Court in Wilson County: •Ernest Lopez, 30, of Floresville was charged with online solicitation of a minor, after allegedly using an electronic messaging service in November 2015 to send a sexually explicit picture to a minor. He pleaded guilty in November 2016 and was sentenced to […]

Area law-enforcement agencies have reported the following recent activity: Floresville police •May 10, David M. Butler, 20, of Floresville was arrested at his residence in the 300 block of Paloma Drive on a warrant charging him with assault causing bodily injury in family violence, after allegedly punching his wife April 19. •May 12, Alisha B. Anderson, 59, of Floresville was […]

The Wilson County Grand Jury met May 13 and returned indictments in 42 cases. The following eight individuals are among the defendants scheduled for arraignment June 1: •Rudolfo Alfaro, 40, of Floresville was indicted on a charge of manufacture or delivery of between 4 and 200 grams of a controlled substance in Penalty Group 2, after allegedly attempting to deliver […]

In observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 30, all city and county offices will be closed, including city halls in Elmendorf, Floresville, La Vernia, Poth, and Stockdale. Additionally, all Wilson County Public Libraries will be closed, including the Jane Yelvington McCallum Public Library in La Vernia and Sarah Bain Chandler Public Library in Stockdale. The Sam Fore Jr. Public […]