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House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, said Friday he opposes a push by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to end tenure for new professors at the state’s public universities and to revoke it for faculty who teach critical race theory, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

In many parts of the world with hot dry summers, the plants and animals enter a state of estivation, which is a type of summer hibernation. This past summe when the weather in Wimberley was extremely hot and dry many of our plants (that didn’t die) went into estivation. When at last our rains came we witnessed a return of plant growth and in many cases, flowering. The purple Cenizo, rain lilies, mealy blue sage and lantana are all common native plants that recently resumed blooming.

On Sunday, October 2, at 4 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Wimberley, the Hill Country Community Band will perform their special, free concert program called, “Hail Britannia: A Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II”. From the initial board meeting to the last practice, The program content has been months in the making and originally was a musical nod from director, Dr. Manuel Arambula, to his personal selection of past English composers. However, recent historical events in the United Kingdom caused a subtle shift of the concert’s tone, but the planned playlist has remained unchanged. That varied list includes sea shanties, lively marches, some maybe unfamiliar compositions, and several well known melodies.

There might not be anything more satisfying in high school football than spoiling an opponent’s homecoming game. Given Wimberley’s well-earned reputation as a good football program, most teams don’t give the Texans the chance to take over homecoming, but the Lampasas Badgers felt they were up for the challenge.

It was a tough outing for the Wimberley Texans volleyball team as they made the trip to Boerne to battle the Greyhounds.

Hays County Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt the FY23 proposed budget and move the remaining $11,622 of unallocated funding into the county’s contingency fund.

Wimberley ISD is implementing a new volunteer program that will allow community members the opportunity to help keep schools safe.

It’s known as the Camino de Santiago, or the Way of St. James.

The U.S. Junior Steer Wrestling Championship and Leon Bauerle Cowboy Reunion is heading to Marble Falls.

Everything was set for an epic rivalry clash between the Wimberley Texans and the Fredericksburg Battlin Billies.