A total of 21,475 registered voters in Wilson County cast ballots during the two weeks of early voting ahead of the Nov. 5 election. That’s 54.93 percent of the 39,092 county residents registered to ...

COURTESY/Send photos to [email protected] for possible publication.The Floresville High School Mighty Tiger Band has earned a spot at the State UIL marching contest for the third year in a row.

Tyler Billings of Floresville displays the 1980 John Deere 4440 that he restored for the 27th annual Chevron Tractor Restoration Competition in Indianapolis, where he won Grand Ch ...

GREGORY RIPPS/Wilson County NewsCherie Tummel, South Texas representative for the Texas Geocaching Association, investigates a potential hiding place for a geocache in Pecan Park during an Oct. 29 ...

Introducing La Vernia High School’s 2024 Homecoming king and queen — Isaiah Sanders and Ashlyn Engelke! The two seniors were crowned Nov. 1 during halftime festivities as the Bears hosted the ...

Shelley Henderson is among more than a dozen local artists whose work will be featured at the Nov. 9 Art Show and Sale in the Family Life Center at La Vernia United Methodist Church. COURTESY/Send ...

Floresville Jaguars are celebrated as back-to-back undefeated District champions Oct. 29 after their win over the Devine Arabians. The Jaguars took on SA Kennedy Nov. 4 for the Bi-District ...

By Elaine KolodziejIn limbo Let’s talk about the weather in this “in-between” week as we go to press on Monday prior to the Nov. 5 elections. Here was a headline yesterday: “Cold front will put a ...

A ringtail — often called a ringtailed “cat” — spends the day in the Holbeck family treehouse Oct. 24, located on their property north of Floresville. These elusive nocturnal creatures are common ...

Floresville senior Felicity Soria joins her parents before the Jaguars’ game against Devine Oct. 29. REJOICE IMAGES/Monica VillalobosJaguar senior Giada Obregon (8) locks arms with her parents Oct. 29 ...

Bexar County has a Countywide Polling Place Program, or vote centers; voters there may cast a ballot at any location in Bexar County on Election Day.  Wilson County does not have that system. Register ...

Whooping cranes declined to around 20 birds in the 1940s, but through conservation and protection, numbers in 2023 rose gradually to about 506 whooping cranes wintering at Aransas National Wildlife ...