Daniel Tucker

Local author Chris Dion has published his first book, “Just Doing My Job: The Historic Story of Detective Neil Monaco & K9 Brandy,” a children’s and young adult title that tells the story of a pioneering New York Police Department detective and his canine partner.

A woman was found dead Monday afternoon after her vehicle was swept into a flooded creek during heavy rainfall in eastern Bandera County, according to the Bandera County Sheriff's Office.

Bandera County commissioners are expected to consider declaring a local state of disaster Thursday in response to the threat posed by the New World screwworm, according to the agenda for the court's regular meeting.

Heavy rainfall across the Texas Hill Country has given Medina Lake its biggest boost in years, raising water levels nearly 13 feet over the past eight days and pushing the drought-stricken reservoir to its highest elevation since 2022.

Bandera Bulletin

Bandera Bulletin

Jeff Flowers discusses the job description for city treasurer at the June 23 council meeting.

Map courtesy of the Texas Animal Health Commission shows Infested Zone 09, established June 24 after New World screwworm was confirmed in a Medina County cow. The quarantine includes portions of Bandera, Medina and Uvalde counties and restricts the movement of warm-blooded animals from the affected area without state authorization.

The search continues for Gracie, a young giraffe that wandered away from Cedar Hollow Ranch near Leakey earlier this month, prompting a multiagency search, a $5,000 reward and, in Bandera, a flood of playful social media posts.

Red and black paint was found splattered across the sign advertising The Trump Store along the 4300 block of Texas Highway 16 North next to Brutal Off Road on Tuesday, June 23.