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Attorney General Ken Paxton and his allies began working to repair fissures among GOP voters after he routed incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in the March 26 runoff, The Dallas Morning News reported. Both Paxton and his general election opponent, Democratic nominee James Talarico, swiftly went on the attack in what promises to be the most expensive Senate general election race in history. “The futu...

Wilson County Memorial Hospital District board members Randy Bruett (l-r), Allison Lamberth, Amy Maytum, and Larry Richardson are sworn in May 21 by Wilson County Judge Hank Whitman. The four incumbents were all unopposed in the May 2 election. Incumbent Justin Cook, also unopposed, was not present but will be sworn in at an upcoming meeting. The hospital district board governs Connally Memorial M...

Catherine Foerster is not the first girls athletic director in the La Vernia Independent School District, as stated in “LVISD names first-ever girls athletic director,” May 27. Richard Hinojosa was the district’s first girls athletic director, serving in that capacity for several years until 2018, when the role was again combined into a single athletic director for the boys and girls athletics. Re...

A man allegedly receiving narcotics through the U.S. Postal Service has been arrested. Floresville Police Department personnel conducted a traffic stop the morning of May 21, during which they located marijuana inside the vehicle. Lawrence P. Talamantez, 34, of Floresville was taken into custody. During the investigation, officers discovered that Talamantez was allegedly receiving narcotics throug...

Area law-enforcement agencies have reported the following recent activity: Editor’s Note: All individuals arrested and charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt. Department of Public Safety •May 20, Javier A. Almanza, 43, of Brownsville was arrested at the intersection of S.H. 123 and C.R. 427 near Stockdale and charged with driving with an inval...

The following defendants were among those listed on recent dockets for the 81st District Court in Wilson County: •Roland L. Vela, 35, of Elmendorf was originally sentenced in February 2024 to two years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice facility, suspended to four years of community supervision each for two counts of endangering a child and a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a...

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Dear Dave, My husband and I are in Baby Step 3. We currently have [post_excerpt],800 saved toward our fully funded emergency fund goal of ,000. I want to spend 0 on a flour mill that’s on sale. You use them to mill wheat into flour. Our household income is about ,000 a year, and we have enough money in our checking account to cover the cost without putting us in a bind. Would this be okay? Teresa...

LA VERNIA — Preliminary investigation has led the La Vernia Police Department to cite wet road conditions as the reason for a rollover accident last Wednesday morning involving an armored vehicle. The accident occurred as thunderstorms rolled through the area in the wake of overnight storms. According to La Vernia police Sgt. Joshua Johnson, a Loomis armored truck was traveling eastbound on U.S. 8...

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John Cornyn’s tenure as a U.S. senator representing Texas will end with his current term, after his loss May 26 in the Republican Party primary runoff against current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Paxton outpolled incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Wilson County and across the state, securing his party’s nomination to run for U.S. Senate. He’ll face Democrat James Talarico in November. Wilson Coun...

WCN “Meeting Watches” present highlights from recent meetings of some area entities; not all entities, or their actions or discussions, are included here. View WCN’s video coverage of these meetings online at wilsoncountynews.com/meeting-coverage/. Commissioners May 26 Floresville City Council May 28 Wilson County Memorial Hospital District Board (Connally Memorial Medical Center) Meeting: Regular...

The Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District is looking for public comments on proposed desired future conditions (DFCs) for aquifers in the district’s four counties. The DFCs are expressed as average water drawdowns in Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, and Wilson counties, which all fall within Groundwater Management Areas 13 or 15. Such information assists in water planning for the area and permi...

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Official Clergy Assignments announced in May by the Archdiocese of San Antonio affect some Catholic parishes in the Wilson County News coverage area. The assignments are effective July 1. Father Jordan Milligan will now be the pastor of St. Ann Catholic Church in La Vernia; he previously was the parish administrator. Father Rafael Lopez Negroni also transfers from administrator of Sacred Heart Chu...

Fajitas Restaurant in La Vernia is closed, following a fire Sunday morning. Wilson County District 1 Fire & Rescue crews were alerted at 6:51 a.m. of a blaze at the restaurant in the 12000 block of U.S. 87 W. According to Battalion Chief Tyler Dietert’s report, crews arrived within 2 minutes from the station nearby, and found a fire that was started by a kitchen appliance. The fire was “rapidl...

President Donald Trump may be the smallest, meanest and most vengeful man to serve in the Oval Office. Every time I think he and his minions could stoop no lower, they surprise me. There is simply no limit to Trump’s hunger for vengeance, or the willingness of his minions to do his bidding, no matter how unethical. The latest is Wednesday’s news, first reported by CNN, that the Justice Department...

Billionaires are getting a bad name. “Eat the rich” is the new mantra of the Left’s greed and envy lobby. Once upon a time, we saluted and celebrated America’s empire builders who got rich but created great industries that built the richest nation on earth. Now the Left in America demonizes them. We see the assault on wealth every day: wealth taxes, blue states are raising their income taxes on mi...

Editor: Why are so many of our cemeteries unkept? Why doesn’t Wilson County follow the law regarding unkept cemeteries? Section 713.021 of the Health and Safety Code states that a (county) commissioners court by resolution may establish a perpetual trust fund to provide maintenance for a neglected or unkept public or private cemetery in the county. The Commissioners Court shall appoint the county...

Editor: Ken Paxton’s public life is basically a corruption saga. He has had nine years of securities fraud, turned the Attorney General’s office into a concierge service for a donor under FBI investigation, and been the subject of an impeachment so sprawling it reads like a crime anthology. The Texas Senate may have bailed him out, but the rot is the headline. And, naturally, Donald Trump, a walki...

Editor: Do we presume to have any influence in our chaotic and hypocritical political nightmare that surrounds our existence? Yes, we do and we must continue thus. I started early last year sending Cornyn emails insisting that he vehemently adopt the Trump MAGA initiative. I am sure that other high-end MAGA supporters did the same. Despite our reminders, he chose to ride the fence of the wishy-was...

Editor: Re: “A crash, a community, and a second chance: Chet Eastin’s road to recovery,” May 20 Thank you for the inspiring, beautifully written documentation of a brave man. To suffer all Mr. Eastin and his family are being put through, and through no fault of their own, and still have such a caring, accepting attitude is just amazing. It lifted my spirit. BETTY BERRYNatalia Article Link

POTH — Emmanuel Assembly of God will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a public centennial ceremony Saturday, June 6, honoring a century of worship, service, and missions in Poth from its earliest outdoor gatherings to the congregation that meets there today. Rural beginnings According to the church’s written history, the gospel was first preached in Poth around 1915, and a number of itinerant...

On June 15, 2026, the pipe organ at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Kosciusko reaches a milestone: its 90th year of service. For nearly a century, this instrument has provided the voice to our parish’s most sacred moments, from joyful weddings to solemn funerals. To celebrate this anniversary, it’s worth looking back at the history of the instrument that has become a part of our community. A humble b...