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Frontier Times museum "Flea Sale" is tomorrow and Friday.

Start your Christmas shopping early at the museum's 4th annual Dressed Flea Market & Sale, on Nov. 21 and 22. This annual event has become a not-to-be-missed tradition for shoppers looking for those hard-to-find treasures. Click here for more details.

Lakehills Library annual Community Garage sale vastly popular.

Approximately 25 vendors convened at the Lakehills Area Library on Nov. 16 to sell their wares. It was the library’s annual Community Garage Sale, and they drew a large crowd. Click here for the full story.

Concert to be held to benefit Waid family.

A benefit concert will be held Sunday, Dec. 1, for Brooke and Barrett Waid, whose parents and little sister were killed in a tragic car accident recently. Many Bandera Newzjunkies have wanted to help so click here for more information.

Arthur Nagel "Cork and Fork" has record-breaking event.

Always a popular social and fundraising event, Arthur Nagel Clinic's 2024 "Cork and Fork" raised $150K to further their mission of health care services exclusively for Bandera County residents. For more on this story and photos, click here.

Where is she? We still don't know where Jordan Tomkins is.

Jordan Tomkins was walking alone along Park Road 37 in Lakehills in April 2022. She vanished two years ago without a trace, and still hasn't been found. For more details on this story, click here. It's time to talk.

A special Veterans Newz Video production and other photos.

Click here to see the photos from the parade from the Bandera Prophet.

Click here to see our video montage of Veteran Day events around Bandera County including the ceremony at the Bandera County Courthouse, the Alkek Elementary parade and celebration, and the "Faith and Freedom" event in Medina featuring Army Lt. Col. Josh Tietge (Sheriff-Elect) of Bandera County.

Burn Ban is off per Bandera County per County Commissioners.

The burn ban has been lifted after some locally heavy rain. Click here for the full story.

Bandera County Veterans tell their military stories in local online archive.

From dire service in Vietnam, World War II Service, and even a bull attacking a patrol car, Bandera County Veterans have poignant stories to tell. The local Bandera Prophet has a strong commitment to the military and to the Veteran stories. Click here to learn about the exposure that Bandera County Veterans, active-duty assignments of Bandera County residents and other military updates including Veterans stories.

As a Veteran, the Bandera Prophet would like to hear your story. Please join this great storytelling archive! Click here to hear the Veteran stories or to get more information.

Bandera County unofficial local voting results released.

Griffin wins City of Bandera Mayor; Palmer and Flowers win for City of Bandera Council Members; DeWinne and Benedict win for Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District; Jones wins Bandera ISD Trustee, Place 3. Click here for full results.

Bandera City Council spends big dollars for Christmas tree in latest meeting.

Bandera City Council members approved the $58,640 purchase of a 26-foot commercial Christmas tree and a 50-foot tunnel of lights for the Country Christmas in the Park event at City Park. The expenditures are expected to be reimbursed by the Economic Development Corporation, pending statutory obligations that include a public notice and hearing. If 10 percent of the voters protest the expenditure, a special election could be required to release the funds. Additionally, the City Marshal is working patrol shifts due to short-staffing. Click here for the full report.