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Schreiner University's athletic programs are set to resume in the new year — even as the coronavirus pandemic has wiped out most of the NCAA Division III season.  Schreiner's men's and women's basketball teams will visit Southwestern in the season opener on Jan. 15 for a two-game set that will conclude on Jan. 16. The Mountaineers will return home the following week to play host to Centenary.  As of Dec. 29, Schreiner is set to play only against teams from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. The only postseason action will be the conference tournaments scheduled for March 4-6.  Men's and women's soccer and volleyball will all return to action in February. The conference scrapped a plan to have volleyball teams play a round-robin tournament format at one site and has now reverted back to home and away matches. Schreiner's volleyball team will start its season on Feb. 13 by playing host to Colorado College. Like basketball, the only post-season tourna

In the ever confusing numbers game that is COVID-19, Peterson Health's own reporting proved to be a challenge on Monday when it misstated the number of positive cases. One number showed just 17 new cases from Dec. 23 through Monday, while another reported 94 — which is more in line with recent trends.  Regardless, Peterson Health experienced a myriad of issues — as did Texas — on Monday when it comes to containing the virus that has killed more than 23,000 people. By the end of Monday, there were 31 people hospitalized with COVID-19 —down from an earlier count of 32. Across Texas, the number of people hospitalized hit a record with 11,351 people admitted with COVID-19.  In the Texas Department of State Health Services Trauma Region P, which includes San Antonio and Kerrville, more than 1,100 people were hospitalized with the virus. There were less than 100 intensive care unit beds available in the region. During a meeting of the Kerr County Commissioners Court, Judge Rob Kelly said

The Villagio of Kerrville Assisted Living home.  The long-delayed data from the Texas Health and Human Services showed a worsening outbreak of coronavirus in one of Kerrville's assisted living centers — the Villagio. As of Dec. 14, the Alpine Drive-based residential care facility had a second death of one of its residents between Dec. 11 and Dec. 14 and had 12 residents and seven staff members infected with COVID-19. All told, 17 residents and 12 employees have tested positive for the virus.  Health and Human Services delay the release of the data by two weeks but during that weekend of Dec. 12-13, the number of cases doubled among residents, along with the death. It's unknown if the person died at Villagio or at another facility, but the death does not correlate with reporting from the Texas Department of State Health Services or Peterson Health.  With this death, Kerrville Today estimates Kerr County's death toll from COVID-19 at 60 people. In the cases of long-term care

  During Monday's Kerr County Commissioners Court, Peterson Health President and CEO Cory Edmondson revealed that Peterson Regional Medical Center had 32 people hospitalized with COVID-19 at the 124-bed hospital — the most of the pandemic.  The number of patients equals 25% of the hospital's total beds — well beyond the 15% the state would like to see as a safe threshold. HILL COUNTRY DISTRICT JUNIOR LIVESTOCK SHOW IS CANCELLED The annual Hill Country District Junior Livestock show will not be happening in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic — the decision coming on the heels of a state recommendation against mass gatherings. The huge livestock and agricultural arts is one of Kerr County's biggest annual events — drawing participants from all over the Hill Country.  In a statement on its website, HCDJLS President Steve Bauer said a smaller event focused on Kerr County will still happen, but that the larger event will skip a year and return in 2022. “We believed we had a so

Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly said Monday morning that all bars — that don't serve food — will be forced to close today because of the high number of hospitalizations related to COVID-19.  This order comes from the state and Kelly said that the county's first priority was to protect Peterson Regional Medical Center from having to deal with a surge of coronavirus cases. Peterson has been consistently been at 15% of its admitted patients being treated for COVID-19. Kelly made the announcement during Monday's commissioner's court meeting. On Monday, Peterson Health President and CEO Cory Edmondson said the 124-bed hospital now had 32 patients with COVID-19 — a record for the hospital.  That count puts the hospital way outside of state's requirements.  Commissioner Harley Belew repeatedly tried to deflect the situation by questioning the counting of cases, and if all Peterson's cases were Kerr County residents. Edmondson said when it comes to the state and how they ar

The Texas Department of State Health Services noted Thursday that a person from Kerr County died from COVID-19 on Dec. 20 — the 19th coronavirus-related fatality in December.  While Peterson Health is now taking time off from reporting COVID-19 cases through Christmas, but the state continues to provide updates. Many of Kerr County's deaths have occurred outside of Peterson Regional Medical Center. The estimated death toll is now 59 people since May. However, December is proving to be the deadliest month yet during the pandemic. Peterson Health officials said they now have the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and should start administering it to frontline health workers in the days to come.  The active number of cases in Kerr County is now more than 400 people. 

For the second consecutive year, the Power Hour Christian Center in Ingram held its living nativity scene. There was a donkey, goats, sheep and plenty of good will.