(New Braunfels, TX) -- Seguin, San Antonio, San Marcos and Austin each have their own permanent dog park, and efforts continue locally to get a New Braunfels dog park.
The group spearheading that group is New Braunfels Puppy Playland and now the New Braunfels dog park has been nominated in the PetSafe 2013 Bark for Your Park Contest where they could get up to 100-thousand dollars to...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- The Comal County Fire Marshall's Office is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed one trailer and moderately damaged another yesterday afternoon.
The fire broke out shortly after 1pm at the Donahue Elite Mobile Home Park in the 5-thousand block of Old Hwy 81, on the far south side of New Braunfels.
Seven firefighting units...
The San Antonio Express-News reports that police have two suspects in custody in connection with the murder of a 56-year-old man this past weekend. According to investigators, a relative of one of the suspects called police around 2 AM this past Saturday after receiving a phone call from the suspect who told the relative that he had cut and dismembered a man for punching his friend in the...
The Austin American Statesman reports that President Barack Obama will be visiting our state capital this Thursday as part of his nationwide “Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tours”. Among the President’s stops in Austin will be Manor New Technology High School to meet with students, technology entrepreneurs and middle class workers. Launched in 2007, the school focuses on project-based...
The Austin American Statesman reports that officials from the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office are exploring a partnership with Williamson County to create a new joint medical examiner’s office in Central Texas. Travis County currently performs autopsies and external exams for 42 other counties, with Williamson County serving as its biggest customer. Just last year, Williamson County...
The San Antonio Express-News reports that a 54-year-old motorcyclist is facing charges of intoxicated manslaughter following a wreck that killed his female passenger on I-35 this past weekend. According to police, the incident happened around 10 PM Sunday night when 54-year-old Juan Alcala was driving his motorcycle on I-35 and lost control of the bike as he was taking the Frio Street exit....
The Seguin Gazette reports that Guadalupe County Comissioners will meet this morning to discuss and possibly approve of an ordinance that would designate a specific area in the county were waste disposal would be allowed. The proposed ordinance, which does NOT apply to Post Oak Clean Green’s pending application with the TCEQ for a landfill site off FM 1150, calls for the designation of the...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- A police chase with a fleeing car that had a child inside ended when the car slammed into a utility pole yesterday evening.
Around 7pm, an officer on patrol on Common Street spotted a speeding car and when he turned around to go after the vehicle, the driver hit the gas and sped away, eventually hitting speeds around 80mph.
The female...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- A New Braunfels police officer was injured Saturday night during the Wein and Saengerfest event downtown while trying to stop a fleeing car driven by a suspected drunk driver.
New Braunfels Police officials say that at around 10:40 Saturday night an officer was stationed at a barricade in the 300 block of West San Antonio Street when an SUV nearly rear...
(New Braunfels, TX) -- Today is the last day of early voting in the city’s 86-million dollar bond election.
After 269 voters showed up at the polls yesterday, the total number of votes cast so far is at 1-thousand-231.
But when you break down the numbers, it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of interest in the two city council races on the ballot.
Voters in District...