Schleicher County Commissioners met Monday, October 17th and took the opportunity to get a look at the Eldorado Volunteer Fire Department’s newest truck. Assistant Fire Chief T.J. Rodriguez was …

Eldorado Elementary recently created the Shining Eagle Award as a way of acknowledging students and their good deeds. On Friday, October 7th, Emma Cook, Grace Garcia, Jacob Birkhimer, Sutton …

Celebrating its 20th anniversary October 24-30, the Eldorado Star Party has been a focal point for gathering astronomers and astro-photographers from across the state and around the country to enjoy the dark West Texas skies at the X Bar Ranch.

The Schleicher County ISD board of trustees met Monday evening, October 10th, and voted unanimously to purchase a house located at 308 W. Fields Avenue, as well as the land it sits on. The school will pay $45,000 plus all closing costs.

The Eldorado City Council agreed Tuesday evening, October 11th to pay for a “back flow prevention valve” that was installed on the sewer line serving a triplex apartment building at 405 North Street owned by Stephen and Courtney Arnold.

Schleicher County Medical Center will hold its annual Health Fair from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19th at the Schleicher County Civic Center on U.S. 277, just south of Eldorado.

BY RANDY MANKIN THE ELDORADO SUCCESS Large greenhouses, in various stages of completion, and a massive processing facility are going up about four miles south of Eldorado where Plantible Foods is constructing the nation’s first commercial duckweed facility.

Schleicher County Commissioners met Monday, October 3rd and discussed using funds the county received through the American Rescue Plan Act to purchase a new heating and air conditioning unit for the county library.

The Plateau Underground Water Conservation & Supply District board of directors met Thursday, September 22nd at the Schleicher County Annex. District Manager Jon Cartwright presented the minutes from September 2, 2022 meeting. He also presented the district’s bills for payment.

Roman Nolberto Medrano, 28, of Eldorado was arrested in San Angelo on Saturday, September 24th, by a San Angelo Police Deparment officer and booked into the Tom Green County Jail.Medrano was charged with theft, a class C misdemeanor and one count of fraud that involved...

Fourteen years after state and local law enforcement officers raided the YFZ Ranch near Eldorado, a Colorado City, Arizona man has been arrested and charged with trafficking underage girls.

Schleicher County Commissioners met Monday, September 19th to handle a light agenda. Among other business, the commissioners approved applying for an airport maintenance grant through the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

The Schleicher County ISD board of trustees met Monday, September 12th and heard from Mason Brooks, development director for the San Angelo Area Foundation (SAAF).

Two Eldorado teens were arrested in San Angelo on Saturday, September 10th and charged with theft

The Eldorado City Council met Monday, September 12th, at which time Mack Redish took the oath of office as a council member in Ward #1.

Schleicher County Commissioners met Tuesday, September 6th and adopted the county’s 2023 budget totaling $5,855,070. Much of the budget will be funded by a combination of fees, state supplements, grant funds and sales taxes. Still a large portion will be funded by property tax so the commissioners voted to set a tax rate of 69.59 cents per $100 valuation in order to balance the books.

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been discovered in a deer breeding facility in Gillespie County. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) are collaboratively working to determine the source and extent of the first positive detection of the disease in this county.

The Schleicher County ISD board of trustees met Monday evening, August 29th and voted to adopt a budget for the 2023 fiscal year. They also voted to set a tax rate of 94.3 cents per $100 valuation. That represents a 1.7 cent reduction from last year and a 10.7 cent reduction in the past two years.

Eldorado City Council met Monday, August 29th and unanimously passed ordinance #101-11 that raises the base rate for residential and commercial water customers by $12 per month. The base rate will increase from $27 to $39 beginning with the September billing which reflects water used in August.

Schleicher County Commissioners met Monday, August 22nd and voted 4-1 in favor of a motion to deny pay raises to all elected county officials and to keep their pay the same in 2023 as it is in 2022.