Stephanie has extensive journalism experience including the Houston Chronicle and Amarillo Globe-News.
New Braunfels Police Department (NBPD) yesterday warned that a bad batch of opioid-laced illegal narcotics believed to be responsible for 50 overdoses and eight deaths in Travis County earlier this week could be headed to Comal County. The I-35 corridor is a
Hays County Parks Department yesterday suspended the 2024 summer swimming season at Jacob’s Well Natural Area. Below-average spring flow and water levels are to blame, the department said on social media. Summer season runs from May 1-Sept. 30 of each year. County
Think you’re paying too much in Comal County property taxes? Thanks to recent legislation passed by the Texas Legislature, voters who show up at the polls or mail in ballots for the May 4 Uniform Election will elect three new members to
Two people died around 3:15 p.m. today when a helicopter crashed in the 600 block of Lantana Ridge in Spring Branch. The pilot and passenger were killed. No further information is available at this time, Comal County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jennifer Smith
Residents have until Sunday to submit public comments on Vulcan Construction Materials’ Water Pollution Abatement Plan (WPAP), the second and final permit the Alabama-based Construction Materials needs to begin mining operations on a 1,515-acre site in central Comal County. Vulcan’s proposed open-pit
Texas game wardens, including K-9 officers, recovered the body of 19-year-old Roiner Alejandro Rojas Pereira from Canyon Lake at 8 a.m. today. A spokesperson for Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) said the body was recovered within the search area. Rojas Pereira
The search continues today for a 19-year-old San Antonio man who drowned in Canyon Lake Sunday after becoming separated from his tube. The Texas Game Wardens Aviation Unit flew the search area in a helicopter, and a game warden Unmanned Aircraft Systems
First responders are back out on Canyon Lake today, searching for the body of a San Antonio man who fell off his tube as it drifted toward the water intake near Canyon Lake dam around 7 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses say Roiner Alejandro
Scammers are calling Comal County residents and posing as employees of the Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) in an attempt to get payments for non-existent warrants or warrants that will be issued if payments aren’t made. CCSO said the most recent scammers
A woman who said she was in a fight with 62-year-old Edward Canales of Canyon Lake when she allegedly shot and killed him on March 12 today turned herself in after Comal County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) detectives secured a warrant for her