Wilson County News

Editor: As the daughter of an elementary schoolteacher from Stockdale, I would like to encourage your readers in Wilson County to vote for James Talarico for the U.S. Senate in the upcoming midterm election. A former middle school teacher himself, he is a strong defender of public education who has spoken out forcefully against the voucher program that is currently destroying our public schools, w...

Editor: Forget that James Talarico is a “Christian who hates Christianity,” believes “Abba” and “our Father who art in Heaven” is non-binary, believes there are six genders, and attends a church whose head pastor does not believe in the virgin birth and the associate pastor is a lesbian that states that Talarico is back-tracking his true beliefs until after the election. Forget the fact that Talar...

Editor: Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel laureate often called the “godfather of AI,” now puts the odds of AI causing human extinction at 10 to 20 percent. Evan Hubinger, who leads alignment research at Anthropic, has said the same risk exceeds 10 percent within the decade, while publicly acknowledging his own company has no plan to align a superintelligent system. Paul Christiano, who helped build the...

Editor: To the elected officials and all those various enterprises who are fast forwarding the “economic development” of our once peaceful living paradise in Wilson County. Exactly why does our county need to be economically developed in the first place? Are we in a race with Bexar, Guadalupe, and Comal counties to become the most traffic-jammed and overpopulated on the planet? Why are you all so...

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Scenes from the 2026 Coronation of the Court of Confectionery Creations, Grand Parade, and Festival held in downtown Floresville. Article Link

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The Falls City Community Hall will host its next Market Day on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the hall on U.S. 181 in Falls City. This family-friendly community event includes craft vendors, garage sales, and farmer’s market items. Breakfast tacos and complimentary coffee will be available at 8 a.m. and there will be a food truck with a variety of menu items for lunch. This is als...

Loyal readers visit the Wilson County News office to receive gift certificates or gifts from local businesses, which is their prize for participating in WCN’s “Dog Days of Summer Photo Contest” and “Football Trivia” promotions. Article Link

Julia Magee, a member of the Sticker Bur Book Club in La Vernia, shares this recipe for Persian Raisin Cookies. Magee makes treats to take to meetings of the book club, based on what the club is reading each month. “As I read, I make a list of any food item mentioned and then choose one to prepare,” she said. These cookies are from the book, A Man Called Ove, “about a man whose wife dies and how h...

The Wilson County Aggie Moms Club will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Morea Italian Steakhouse, 101 Club Drive in Floresville. An informal social will begin at 6 p.m., followed by the business meeting at 6:30 p.m. The guest speaker will be Angela Winkler, Assistant Director in Student Life at Texas A&M University. For additional information, visit the Wilson County Aggie Moms...

Enjoy food and bingo and support veterans on Sunday, Oct. 18, at American Legion Post 539, 14290 F.M. 1346, in St. Hedwig. Serving of a turkey dinner with all the trimmings begins at 11 a.m.; plates are each. Meals may be enjoyed on site or to go. Guests can also participate in a silent auction and bingo. Desserts will be available for donations, and the bar will be open. For more information, ema...

Enjoy a spooky evening below the stars at Haunted Hill Road Haunted House, at 174 Oak Hill Road, near La Vernia. The terror awaits visitors for this multiple evening event, with plenty of thrills from 8-10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 16-17, 23-24, and 30-31. Guests will experience live scare actors, frightening scenes, loud noises, flashing lights, fog, darkness, and plenty of unexpected s...

The Wilson County Extension Master Gardeners will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, Oct. 22, from 6-7:30 p.m. “Garden Winterization Basics” will be presented by a member of the Guadalupe County Master Gardeners. Meetings, which are free and open to the public, are held in the Wilson County Justice Center Annex, located at 800 10th St. (U.S. 181) in Floresville. For information, call 830-393-...

Wilson County News’ WCN Live fans receive prizes from C Street Gift Shop after commenting during a live broadcast hosted on Facebook every Wednesday at 10 a.m. Stay tuned for the next WCN Live and be sure to comment to be entered in the drawing. Rewatch WCN Live episodes at www. wilsoncountynews.com/wcnlive. Article Link

I experienced a rather solemn week past, making decisions no one likes to make. My little Chihuahua of thirteen years just couldn’t take another step. Declining in her physical abilities for the past six months, all the meds and love couldn’t reverse or slow the aging process. Normally, my supervisor roams around the yard as I trim and mow the grass, but Wednesday she just laid without concern lea...

  Early Voting October 19-30 Main Location: Wilson County Annex Building, 1103 4th St., Ste. 101, Floresville  Monday, October 19-Friday, October 23, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.;  Saturday, October 24, 7 a.m.-7 p.m; Sunday, October 25, 1-7 p.m.;  Monday, October 26-Friday, October 30, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Branch Location: La Vernia Church of Christ, 131 Industrial Dr., La Vernia Monday, October 19-Friday, October 23,...

Head out to Helton Nature Park on F.M. 775 north of Floresville on Saturday, Oct. 17, and enjoy a free Fall Festival, hosted by the San Antonio River Authority from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the park at 15662 F.M. 775. Take the whole family to Helton Nature Park for this free fall celebration filled with live music and entertainment, family-friendly activities, games and outdoor recreation, food and sh...

The Floresville City Council has unanimously approved a “full reversal” of its new utility rates; the action came during a special meeting Oct. 1. A packed house filled the city council chambers, overflowing even into the lobby of Floresville City Hall, with residents whose October utility bills — including both water and sewage — had doubled, tripled, or, in some cases, had gone up “1,000 percent...

October is observed as National Clergy Appreciation Month (also known as Pastor Appreciation Month), and Pastor Appreciation Day — a day set aside within the month to celebrate pastors — is October 11 this year. The month recognizes the contributions and services of pastors, priests, reverends, ministers, and all other clergymen. Devotees, on Pastor Appreciation Day, come together to express their...

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Knights of Columbus Council 6641 invites the community to come together, walk together, and pray together in a March for Life on Saturday, Oct. 17, in Floresville. Preceding the march will be breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Wilson County Courthouse at 1420 Third St. in Floresville. At 9:15 a.m., the march will proceed to Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 1009 Trail St., where a Mass...

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For more than 75 years, the New Berlin School educated students in the vicinity of New Berlin in Guadalupe County, north of La Vernia. The property now belongs to the New Berlin Community Club and serves as a community center, hosting the annual New Berlin Sausage Festival and other community events. According to an article by Vivian Warncke McKee for the New Berlin Historical Society, Ed Tewes pr...