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The Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation proudly announces the winners of its 2026 Silesian Texans Essay Contest. This year’s recipients are: •Ellie Helmke of Plano East Sr. High School. She will be attending Southern Methodist University. •Claire E. Laskowski of Falls City High School. She will be attending Texas A&M University in College Station. •James Marlow of Floresville High School. He...

During the 2025-26 school year, Amazon invested ,000 in the Dee Howard Foundation, directly supporting East Central Independent School District (ISD) students through hands-on drone education and experiential learning. This investment is actively expanding the district’s Drone Classroom Program with equipment, industry-aligned curriculum, FAA Part 107 certification preparation, and professional de...

With the arrival of spring, we love to be outdoors and take our pets with us to explore and enjoy the beauties of nature. Trails and parks abound in Texas and offer a wide array of habitats — from Piney Woods to coastal plains, and low deserts to high alpine forests. Encounters with snakes can happen anywhere, from our backyards to state park campsites. The exhilaration of being in these pristine...

What would you do if you received a text telling you to pay a traffic fine within 24 hours? The message appears to be from the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) and is titled “Final Notice: Outstanding Traffic Citation.” The text provides a link to an “official” site with instructions on how to make the payment. According to the text, if you don’t pay within the limited timeframe: •Your v...

[Video below] The Floresville Economic Development Corp. (FEDC) is showing its support for local events and organizations. The Floresville Peanut Festival Association was awarded funds from the corporation during its April 13 meeting, in the amount of ,500 for marketing and entertainment costs for the 82nd annual Peanut Festival in October. Association Past Presidents Betty Freasier and Albert Sae...

[Video below] Floresville City Manager Andrew Muñoz is taking steps to mitigate public nuisance buildings and “weedy” lots. As a result of a survey put out by the city seeking public interest on the direction of the upcoming budget development, Muñoz brought several items for consideration at the city council’s April 16 meeting. “Several of the comments that I received were regarding weedy lots an...

A new amendment to an ordinance approved by the Floresville City Council will impact certain businesses and multi-family residences. The city approved to amend its Recreational Utility Fee March 26, which will be reflected on May 22 utility bills. The amendment incorporates multifamily and multi-business premises under the recreational fee ordinance. The ordinance includes a monthly utility fee of...

Texas will need to invest 4 billion over the next 50 years to keep up with water demand, according to a draft 2027 state water plan approved last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported. That is more than twice the projected cost in the previous state water plan published in 2022. The draft report, released by the Texas Water Development Board, says the increased costs are due to a number of...

Help save a life by donating blood this Sunday, April 26. St. Ann Catholic Church in La Vernia will host the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center this Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Goertz Hall at the church, located at 14151 U.S. 87 W. in La Vernia. All donors will receive an exclusive T-shirt. To register for a donation time, visit https://donor. southtexasblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_ sche...

Wilson County Emergency Services District (ESD) 3 wants your blood! ESD 3 will host its second blood donation event this Friday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at its station in La Vernia. All donors will receive an exclusive T-shirt from the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center. Visit https://donor. southtexasblood.org/ donor/schedules/drive_ schedule/154075 to schedule your donation. For more...

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/. FEDC April 13, Floresville City Council April 16, Commissioners April 13 Floresville City Council Meeting:: Regular meeting, April 16, 6-7:15 p.m. http...

Wilson County commissioners (front) are joined April 13 by child advocates (back) from Children’s Alliance of South Texas-A Child Advocacy Center, Court Appointed Special Advocates of San Antonio, Wilson County Attorney’s Office, and Innovative Network of Knowledge, after commissioners signed a proclamation March 9 declaring April as Child Abuse Awareness month. An estimated 558,899 children were...

The Joshua D. Brown Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) celebrated San Jacinto Day on April 21, a Texas Honor Day in the history of the Republic of Texas. On Saturday, April 18, the 2026 San Jacinto Day Celebration, presented by the San Jacinto Museum and the Texas Historical Commission, was a day of fun, reenactments, and living history activities celebrating the 190th anniver...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of South Texas is raising awareness of the need for more dedicated members of the community to step up and become CASA volunteers, and help end child abuse and neglect, through supporting children and their families. CASA volunteers, or Court Appointed Special Advocates, are everyday people from all walks of life who are recruited and specia...

The U.S. Postal Service has filed notice with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) of mailing services price changes to take effect on July 12. If approved, this would raise mailing service product prices, including for newspapers, by approximately 4.8 percent. The new rates include a 4-cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 78 cents to 82 cents. The additional-ounce...

Dear Dave, I’ll be graduating college in May with a degree in elementary education. I’ll have a job at a local school waiting for me, and this will be the first time in my life I’ve made more than minimum wage. The great news is my new job will raise our household income to over 0,000 a year. The bad news is we’ve got ,000 in student loan debt, ,000 in credit card debt and ,000 to pay off from a c...

Early voting began April 20 and continues in area municipal and school board elections through Tuesday, April 28. On the ballot for local voters are elections for: •Floresville City Council — Candidates for mayor and city council •Poth City Council — Candidates for mayor •Falls City Independent School District (ISD) — Candidates for three at-large seats •Stockdale ISD — Candidates for the board of...

A San Antonio man is set to serve 55 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault of a child, after he was found guilty by a jury. Fabian Garza, 33, pleaded “not guilty” to a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child from an incident in July 2020.After a jury was presented April 8 with evidence that detailed the harm suffered by the victim, who was 11 at the time of the offense, the jury tur...

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 •April 10, Jonathan P. Vela, 38, of Stockdale was arrested at the intersection of S.H. 123 and C.R 417 in Stockdale and charged with possession of less than 2...

The Wilson County Office of Emergency Management will sponsor a three-day Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) basic training course May 15-17 at the Wilson County Emergency Operations Center, 802 10th St.— next to the sheriff’s office — in Floresville. This tuition-free course will provide the knowledge and skills that citizen volunteers need to effectively serve their community by focusing o...

He hasn’t done it all, but he’s done a lot. Erik Weihenmayer has summited Mount Everest as well as becoming one of the 150 climbers in the world who had, at the time, climbed the other six highest peaks in the world. He has kayaked 277 miles through the treacherous white waters of the Grand Canyon, as well as ascending the 3,000-foot nose of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Besides hav...

Everyone’s a winner! The Stockdale Independent School District again hosted the Brahma Special Relays on March 27 at Bobby Russell Field. The annual event, chaired by Charlin Akin, offers students with special needs an opportunity to participate in curated track and field events; high school students who participate can earn a letter jacket. Students from the Falls City, Kenedy, Karnes City, Nixon...

Texans can purchase certain items tax free during the state’s Emergency Preparation Supplies Sales Tax Holiday beginning Saturday, April 25, at 12:01 a.m. and extending through Monday, April 27, at midnight. There’s no limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase. These include: •Household batteries, fuel containers, and flashlights priced less than •Hurricane shutters and emergency la...