Swine day winners at the Kendall County Junior Livestock Show yesterday were Lilah Bohnert, taking top prize with her Champion Breeding Gilt. Cooper Hohmann, takes the Reserve Breeding Gilt prize.  In the Market Hog category, Addison Scott is the Champion Market Hog exhibitor and Molly Gowan is the Reserve Market Hog exhibitor, Today is the Breeding Sheep and Goat Show.

Kerr County Stock Show Cowboy Breakfast kicked off the week of events yesterday. I asked the President of the Kerr County Stock Show Association, Trey Dittmar what expectations for the show after last year’s flood . AUDIO: 27 SEC CUE: community comes through.  Dittmar also said the community comes through because of its resiliency. Meat goat does and breeding sheep show starts off the Kerr County Stock Show tomorrow at 11am. The Livestock skillathon is at 6pm.

Some hill country schools resume classes today. Watch your speed in the school zones and obey the bus rules. The schools with a 4 day week returned yesterday.

Today is the Epiphany, the last day of Christmas.  In Fredericksburg tonight is your last opportunity to experience the l ighting of the Fredericksburg Community Christmas tree  and German Christmas Pyramid at Marktplatz. Festivities start at 5 p.m. (stock photo)

Kerr County Stock Show kicked off yesterday with the Cowboy Breakfast at the Ag Barn.  Leah Nelson, Tivy senior tells us what she is showing on Friday. AUDIO: 28 SEC CUE: Fall of 2026 . Events take place at the Hill Country Youth Event Center. (shutterstock)

Gillespie County Commissioners Court are applying for a st ate grant that would provide funding for flash flood warning systems. At their last meeting before the new year, the court voted to move forward with the grant process. (stock photo)

Victim of plane crash in Fredericksburg on December 30 th  has been identified. Fredericksburg Fire/EMS was dispatched to Northern Gillespie County for a reported aircraft crash. The aircraft was found fully engulfed in flames within heavy brush. Richard (Randy) Bills, 72, of Fredericksburg, died in the crash. His service is Saturday.

The Kerr County Stock Show kicks off this week. Kendall Nelson, 9 th  grader at Tivy, is showing pigs on Thursday: AUDIO: 33 SEC CUE:  in the summer.  Money from the sale of Kendall’s animals will go to a college fund and animal care for next year’s show. (stock photo)

At the end of last year, Ingram’s City Council voted on an ordinance to ban RV parks in a floodplain. Riverside RV Park would be affected, but according to owner Clancy Scott, a lawsuit has been filed against the council: AUDIO: 42 SEC   CUE: type of things.  Scott says the council overreached their authority.

The best flower to plant in January is the Winter Pansy. According to Southern Living, the flower is also known as the ice pansy and can withstand freezing temps.

Llano County Junior Live Stock Show starts this morning with the Art, Craft and Food show and then will open to the public from 4 to 6pm. The animals arrive on Wednesday with the show starting on Thursday. The auction is on Saturday at 6pm. Events are in the John L Kuykendall Center.

Gillespie County Stock Show starts on Wednesday with Breeding Sheep, Angora Goats, Lamb and Meat Goats. Events are in the Gillespie County Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall. The show ends on Saturday with the auction starting at noon.

Burn Ban back in effect in all 4 precincts of Kerr County until further notice.  The burn ban includes all affected flood areas and unaffected areas.

New year, new opportunities await you at the Schreiner University Job Fair in Kerrville on Wednesday from 10am to 1pm. Dress your best and have a resume available. The fair, hosted by the Workforce Solutions Alamo and Center for Talent and Workforce Development is in the Callioux Campus Activity Center.

The Kendall County Junior Livestock Show kicked off over the weekend at the Youth Agriculture Equestrian Center at FM 289 in Comfort. Yesterday was the Turkey and Broiler Shows with Avery Woerner, with the winning Grand Champion Turkey and Annabelle Mecke-Lozano with the Reserve Grand Turkey.  Mia Immel had the winning Champion Broiler and William Thomason, taking the Reserve Broiler.  See the results and schedule on the KCJLA Facebook page.

Stock show time in the hill country. Kerr County Stock Show starts tomorrow with 4H and FFA members claiming and placing tack in their pens from 5 to 8pm. Meat goat does and breeding sheep can also start arriving at 5pm. Find the full schedule at kerrcountystockshow.org . The show runs through Friday, the sale is Saturday at the Hill Country Youth Event Center.

Lennar Homes has withdrawn their wastewater permit from TCEQ for a proposed wastewater facility for the Comfort 590. The developer needed the facility for an 1100 home development in Comfort. Roy Dye, President of the Falling Water Subdivision which would have been across from the treatment facility explains: AUDIO: 31 SEC CUE: it has been withdrawn.

Fredericksburg is the site of one of 2 public meetings in January for input on Enchanted Rock’s expansion. The meeting is in the John William Klein Meeting Room at Marktplatz, Wednesday, January 21 st . from 6 to 8pm.

Christmas tree pickup is scheduled for next Monday through Friday in Fair Oaks Ranch. Place your tree at the curb.

Pet registration on Saturday for 3 upcoming clinics for Kerr County residents.  Kerrville Pets Alive is taking registration from 9am to 11am at Town and Country Animal Hospital, 2710 Junction Highway, Kerrville. Bring proof of residency. You don’t have to bring your pets for registration.