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LA VERNIA – We are continuing our coverage on guardian programs -- school boards can decide to arm select staff members. Nixon-Smiley’s school district has had the program for years. This year, Natalia ISD is training employees for the program. Now La Vernia ISD is in the process...

Do you need a little rest and relaxation in your life? Are you searching for the perfect hideaway to celebrate that special anniversary, birthday or honeymoon?. Geodomes of South Texas is the perfect spot for you. Located in the Jourdanton countryside, this unique Airbnb is available for bookings. Some of the activities and amenities at the peaceful glamping sites include, but are not limited to:

The Randolph High School football team will have a game with Falls City High School on August 18, 2022, 15:00:00. Want more high school 🏈 info? Follow Highs Shool Football PRO@Newsbreak!

This Friday night the Pleasanton Eagles football team will host a scrimmage against San Antonio Sam Houston. It will be the final scrimmage before the season opens Aug. 26 with a home game against San Antonio Antonian. The scrimmage will be the first time fans enter Eagles Stadium under the...

“The older you get the more rules they’re gonna try to get you to follow. You just gotta keep livin’ man. L-i-v-i-n,” Trinity Garcia painted. Every year since 2015, incoming Pleasanton High School seniors express their creativity and individuality, a privilege of painting their parking space for the school year within administration guidelines and a small fee. This year, seniors gathered paint, supplies and ideas. They chose resonating, colorful designs related to childhood movies, pop culture and family.

I hope everybody’s having a great week. This weekend will be the first annual Cowboy Heritage Days in conjunction with the Young Farmers Cowboy of the Year and Rodeo. Come out for a good time and celebrate our connection to the cowboy way of life and our distinction as the birthplace of the cowboy in Texas. We are considered the birthplace of the cowboy because this is the first area in Texas that started working cattle like the vaqueros of Mexico did. The city has embraced that connection and continues to celebrate the American cowboy. The celebration will start on Friday. The rodeo will be Friday and Saturday with a dance following each performance. Come out and watch talented cowboys and cowgirls demonstrate their ability. There’ll be food, rides and entertainment. It’s not just a good time, it’s a way to celebrate the heritage of our city.

The Tat Studio and Happy to Help All Around Services completed a renovation project for the lobby at the Pleasanton Police Department earlier this month. Owners of The Tat Studio, Paul and Rachel, planned the project months ago but were finally granted the opportunity in the first week of August. The idea came up after a discussion on making the Pleasanton Police Department lobby more comfortable and inviting as the PPD receives hundreds of guests and visi- tors from the community annually.

A pair of Jourdanton Indians combine to sack the Uvalde quarterback during the scrimmage last Friday night at the Honey Bowl in Uvalde. Jourdanton hosts Karnes City this Thursday in the final scrimmage before the regular season opener next Friday at home against Natalia.

Get your dancin’ boots ready for a two-day celebration of the cowboy this weekend, Aug. 19 and 20. The City of Pleasanton announced that the first Cowboy Heritage Days will be held in collaboration with the Young Farmers’ Open Rodeo and Dance on August 19 and 20. Together, they plan to provide a spectacular family fun weekend at the Pleasanton River Park and the Atascosa County Showbarn Arena. The entertainment is stacked with great artists for a fantastic, fun, festive weekend with food, entertainment and the “Richest open rodeo in Texas.”

The dreaded dress code lists have been issued for most local ISD’s for the new school year. The Pleasanton Express breaks down some of the changes to the 2022-2023 dress codes at our local ISDs. Pleasanton ISD. Pleasanton ISD’s dress code rule about holes and/ or rips in jeans...

Belia Valenzuela from Belong and Cheyenne Northcut from Safer Path Family Violence Shelter provided the community with different resources and useful information on their organizations.

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar sent cities their monthly sales and use tax report earlier this month. Each of the cities within Atascosa County have a higher year-to-date (YTD) payment except for Poteet, whose allocation remains slightly below 2021’s YTD. The allocations include taxes collected during sales in the month of June and reported to Hegar in July.

The Jourdanton Indians hosted the Stockdale Lady Brahmas last week for the season opener. The Squaws fell to the Lady Brahmas in four sets after winning the first set. Top performers for the Squaws were Savanna Schuchart with seven kills, and seven digs, McKinley West with 11 kills, 13 digs, and one assist, and Sabrina Gallegos with four kills and three digs.

The San Ysidro Cemetery Association 2022 has scheduled their next regular business meeting for Sunday, Aug. 21. Please join them at 2 p.m. at Cafe Chris, located at 1360 W. Oaklawn in Pleasanton. All members interested are welcome to attend.

Plans are underway for the 60th class reunion of the Pleasanton High School Class of 1962. The reunion is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. at the home of Sandra and Bob Turner, located at 245 Turner Rd. in Pleasanton. Graduates from the PHS Classes of 1960, 1961...

DALLAS — A new study that ranked the country’s top cities for barbecue unsurprisingly concluded that Texas is the best barbecue state. What is surprising, though, is that Dallas came in at No. 12 on the list, falling behind San Jose, Calif. and Jacksonville, Fla. San Antonio came in first with Austin in second, and Houston landed behind Dallas at number 18.

Being the Chair of the Historical Commission is at times rewarding! This is one of those times. Let me give you a little backstory here. So, The Great Western Cattle Trail (GWCT) Marker is awarded to towns and areas where the GWCT is proven to have passed through. Pleasanton is one of those towns. Years ago, before anyone vividly remembers, the GWCT Marker was given to Pleasanton and somehow, someway, it became lost. Fast forward to modern day, and the subject comes up. Through a lot of help, I got in touch with Mr. Jeff Bearden. Jeff is Co-Chair of the Vernon Rotary Club “Marking the Great Western Trail” project, Great Western Cattle Trail Association Past President, and Wilbarger County Historical Commission Chairman. Mr. Bearden has been involved and has been a tremendous help to this acquisition of the marker. Without him, this marker would have never become a reality. Let me talk a little about this marker and trail.

San Antonio’s industrial real estate market has long paled in comparison with major Texas distribution hubs such as Houston and Dallas, with relatively little construction of new space. That’s begun changing as the city attracts businesses, its population swells and more manufacturing, warehouse and distribution space is built.

SAN ANTONIO - A man was arrested Monday after facing several charges of aggravated robbery. Police were dispatched to the 100 block of Holmes at around 1 p.m. for a robbery in progress. According to police, a man reported his work truck was taken at gunpoint. Police say, Nathan Flores,...

Forget the man cave. Someone is about to become the new owner of a San Antonio-area home with its own Batman-worthy grotto. Originally listed in July at $950,000, the home now has a pending offer after the price was slashed by $75,000 to $875,000. Aside from the four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,745-square-foot home, the property features a cave discovered in 2004 when the current owners were clearing the more than two-and-a-half-acre homesite. The home — at 24811 Creek Loop in the gated Seven Hills Ranch neighborhood, just north of Garden Ridge — was completed in 2006.