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Santana Montez and Jesse Ramos with the Floresville Masonic Lodge No. 515 present a Lamar Medal May 21 to Braelynn Brooks, a 7th grader at Floresville ISD. Mirabeau Lamar is considered the Father of Public Schools in Texas and the Lamar Medal is given in his honor annually to a 7th and 8th grader in both the Poth and the Floresville school districts. Braelynn also received a gift card. Article Lin...

Semester 2, Cycle 3 Sixth grade All A’s: Sawyer Albert, Beau Brockman, Teagan Cofield, Christian Escobedo, Xuya Fan, Cheyenne Frank, Madyson Garza, Molly Harton, Cambree Holloway, Kaylee Holloway, Tinley Hosek, Sonny Ortiz, Brennen Pape, Kade Posey, Kyler Poth, Anna Powell, Camryn Pruski, Jase Richardson, Aleah Sanchez, Kylie Stuman, Cash Toborg, Kaylee Zamora A/B: Sloane Alexander, Denali Bodden,...

The Wilson County Public Libraries’ Summer Reading program for all ages is underway, and it’s not too late to register! The summer reading program, Unearth a Story, began June 8 and continues through Saturday, July 18. Participants are encouraged to keep track of their minutes read. Each 5 minutes you spend reading equals one square on the reading logs. After you have read 200 minutes, return to t...

COLLEGE STATION — Nicole Pruski, a 2023 graduate of East Central High School and an Agricultural Communications and Journalism major at Texas A&M University, recently began a summer 2026 internship in Washington, D.C. Nicole, the daughter of Allen and Roxy Pruski, will spend the summer as an integral part of the Office of Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz. She’s one of 17 students selected for a...

To help a number of local students achieve their dreams of furthering their education, Wilson County Farm Bureau has awarded ,000 in scholarships. Congratulations to: •La Vernia High School — Landon McBee, Lacey Matney, and Peyton Dylla •Stockdale High School — Emily Hrubetz and Kierstyn Fey •Floresville High School — Kambri Angle. “We offer these scholarships at a local level to help kids right h...

Semester 2, Cycle 3 First grade All A’s: Ashlynn Angell, Harrison Aniol, Brantlee Biela, Terrence Clark, Riley Gallion, Kaydence Garcia, Holland Hancock, Kamryn Hosek, Graham Kolodziej, Ashlyn Kowalik, Liam Malik, Harper Messenger, Sarita Nuernberg, Iley Orth, Jackson Pawlik, Owen Sanchez, Elizabeth Trevino, Mathias Tunchez, Kora Zaiontz A/B: Arthur Alexander, Colin Band, Liam Barfield, Quintin Ba...

[Video below] Residents and landowners voiced strong opposition to a proposed wastewater permit at a June 11 public meeting in Floresville hosted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The meeting focused on an application submitted by HK Bella’s Ranch LLC for a wastewater treatment treat- facility that would serve the proposed Bella’s Ranch residential development. Under the pro...

[Video below] It was a typical evening June 1 as I left work at the Wilson County News, when I came upon an unusual early-evening sight — a mother gray fox was nestled on the lawn area of the old A Street Gym near the Floresville Food Pantry, while her young kit playfully pounced around her. I’ve rarely seen foxes in downtown Floresville, and I noticed that the mother fox appeared injured, so I de...

Two men have died, following a two-vehicle crash June 12. The crash, on U.S. 181 north of Floresville near Shady Oak Court, not far from Las Lagunas Restaurant, occurred about 9:20 a.m. last Friday. According to Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Highway Patrol Sgt. Orlando De Luna Jr., the preliminary investigation indicated that a 2006 Dodge Ram pickup truck, driven by Wayne Earl Christians...

[Video below] The Floresville Economic Development Corp. (FEDC) has approved a funding request for improvements to the city’s swimming pool, but stopped short of approving a five-year Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Board members heard a presentation from new Parks and Recreation Director Reena Gonzalez at their June 8 meeting. Gonzalez proposed a five-year capital improvement...

Author Alex Z. Salinas reads aloud from his novel, The Dream Life of Larry Rios, as fellow authors and book enthusiasts listen on June 5 during the Wilson County Public Libraries second annual Book Festival. The two-day festival featured approximately 70 authors from across Texas for book lovers to meet and learn about. Article Link

Incoming Floresville High School sophomore Zaidyn Rico has earned a spot on Team USA for the 2026 Portugal Basketball Festival this summer. Zaidyn, who moved to Floresville in fourth grade from Lubbock, has been playing basketball since he was 4 years old, first learning from his father, Jerry Rico, and eventually playing for the Floresville High School freshman Tigers, where he ended his freshman...

Texas high school students showed improvement in every subject in this spring’s end-of-course STAAR exams, the Texas Education Agency reported. The results include assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, biology and U.S. history. The biggest improvement was in biology, with 71 percent of students meeting expectations, up 9 percent. “These results reflect the hard work of Texas students, e...

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Donors are invited to register now to give the gift of life as American Legion Post 539 hosts a blood drive Saturday, June 27. The South Texas Blood & Tissue Center Bloodmobile will be at the American Legion Hall, 14290 F.M. 1346 in St. Hedwig, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. All donors will receive a free tote bag. Sign up for a donation time at https://donor. southtexasblood.org/donor/schedules/drive_...

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock has reported said state sales tax revenue totaled .5 billion in May, 6.6 percent more than in May 2025. The majority of May sales tax revenue is based on sales made in April and remitted to the agency in May. Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in May 2026 was up 8.7 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Sales tax is the largest so...

The individual appointed by President Donald Trump as the Senior Advisor for New World Screwworm Preparedness is John Bellinger, not Joel as stated in “Screwworm confirmed in Texas” in the June 10 Wilson County News. Readers can alert the Wilson County News to any errors in news articles by emailing nkilbey-smith@wcn-online.com or by calling 830-216-4519. Article Link

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Stockdale’s Sarah Bain Chandler Public Library and the Sam Fore Jr. Public Library in Floresville will participate in the ROAR program, a child abuse prevention program. Presentations are set for: •Friday, June 26, at 10:30 a.m., at the Sarah Bain Chandler Public Library, 602 W. Main St. in Stockdale; register by Wednesday, June 24 •Monday, July 6, at 10 a.m.at the Sam Fore Jr. Public Library, 110...

Last week’s blockbuster jobs report, with more than 265,000 jobs added when including upward employment revisions, was very welcome news to almost all Americans. The exception would be the economists of the left who throughout Donald Trump’s now-five-and-a-half years in the White House keep getting the economy dead wrong. Just a few months ago a gaggle of economists on the left, led by Nobel Prize...

I woke up early to catch the latest news on the election results, only to find that the first text message I saw was not a news alert from Maine, but a warning from Apple Customer Support. Someone in Moscow, Russia, was trying to access my Apple account to make a 9.49 purchase on the AliExpress Marketplace. The transaction would be processed within 80 minutes unless I called Apple Customer Support...

Editor: Re: Letter, “No more expensive subdivisions; Wilson County needs senior housing!,” June 10 Well, this letter sounds good, but unfortunately that’s all the merit it has. Subdivisions create tax revenue, as would data centers, providing the county doesn’t throw the baby out with the bathwater by providing tax incentives to these entities. While the author calls for affordable senior housing,...

Editor: Re: “And so it begins ...,” June 3 The letter sent in by Thomas Yingst about James Talarico left me with only questions. Why is Mr. Talarico the best choice? Mr. Yingst said nothing about Talarico’s qualifications to hold any public office. Does Mr. Talarico support closing the borders? Does he support ICE? Is he conservative fiscally or socially, and does he really believe there are six g...