Man’s body discovered in area fire

Cindy Aguirre-Herrera

(New Braunfels) — The Guadalupe County Fire Marshal’s Office is continuing its investigation into a structure fire that claimed the life of a male resident.

Fire crews just before 2 a.m. Monday responded to the 300 block of Skytrail Drive, for a structure fire. During suppression efforts, fire crews learned that one male occupant of the residence was unaccounted for. Unfortunately, the victim was later found in the garage of the home.

While official identification and cause of death are pending an autopsy by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office, the victim is believed to be the 54-yearold homeowner.

Man flees in vehicle, deputies reportedly forced to fire weapons

Cindy Aguirre-Herrera

(Guadalupe County) –Investigation continues into an early morning incident that forced Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Deputies to fire their weapons at a vehicle. Chief Deputy Joshua Ray the incident was reported at 2 a.m. Monday in the 1900 block of Union Wine Road. He says deputies were initially called out to the property for a verbal disturbance.

“Deputies arrived and were confronted by a male suspect who denied them access to the property. The male suspect ran to his vehicle and began driving erratically on the property and at one point drove his vehicle at a high speed towards deputies.

Deputies discharged their firearms at the vehicle. After the suspect left the scene in his vehicle, deputies lost sight of him,” said Ray.

The suspect has not been apprehended but is believed to have fled the local area. Ray says no one was injured during the incident. The case remains under investigation by the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division and the Texas Rangers.

Following an assessment of the scene and collecting witness statements, the Fire Marshal’s Office is still investigating the fire’s origin and cause.

Assisting Agencies included the Lake Dunlap Volunteer Fire Department, Marion Volunteer Fire Department, New Braunfels Fire Department, McQueeney Volunteer Fire Department, Guadalupe County Fire Rescue, Schertz EMS, Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office, and the Guadalupe County Fire Marshal’s Office.

Award, continued.

Our staff has been hosting this event for more than a decade and it’s really our way to give back to the community during the holiday season. We want every child to have a special gift during the Christmas season, but we also want to make sure that our community is wellfed throughout each year. We bring special guests together for the event, including elected officials, community volunteers and students from the Seguin ISD, Navarro ISD and Texas Lutheran University. Those folks stand, and in some cases, perform, outside the radio station each year as a way to help support the Christian Cupboard and Blue Santa. It’s an amazing thing to see,” said Dunn.

Dunn says the award is nice, but they don’t do these kinds of things for awards. He says the station exists to provide service to the community.

“KWED has been such a big part of Seguin and Guadalupe County since the late 1940’s. We are there during the best and worst of times. We try to be a voice of reason, support, and truth for the entire community. We do that through our radio station, our newspaper (Seguin Daily News), our monthly magazine (Seguin Today), and through our website (seguintoday.com). We love all things Seguin, and we are constantly looking for ways that we can help to make this community a better place to live, work and play,” said Dunn.

The TAB Convention & Trade Show was held August 2-3 at the JW Marriot in downtown Austin. The Bonner McLane Public Service awards were handed out during the TAB’s Leadership Breakfast held on August 3. The award is named after Bonner McLane, who was TAB’s first Executive Director. He died in 1987.

The other public service award winners include KXAN-TV Austin (Large Market TV), KBTX-TV Bryan-College Station (Medium Market TV), KTAB/KRBC-TV Abilene (Small Market TV), and Cox Media Group Houston (Large Market Radio).