By Moses Leos III After nearly a year, the Kyle City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to rescind an interlocal agreement (ILA) involving Mountain City and Hays County that could have extended utilities to the Anthem subdivision.  But Anthem developer Clark Wilson is preparing to fund improvements that coul...

H ark! Below!  The first BoD story!! These stories will periodically appear to share some of the goings-on at the Tom Home – and to serve as a reminder that every household has tidbits. BoD? He’s our recently adopted 18 month-or-so dachshund. The story’s title?  “Caught the First Time”. Ron and I ar...

L ast week in 1857 … On Jan. 9, 1857, Mrs. Sarah Boggess Rector of Bastrop, mother of Thomas Rector (who moved to Mountain City in 1855), died while staying with family members in Mountain City. A severe ice storm prevented her son from returning her body to Bastrop for burial beside her husband. Sh...

T hirty cherry tomato-sized globes on a green string of solar lights along an 8-foot ramp off our back deck gave light when BoD and KissMe went out at night. It went missing while Dogsitter Lance stayed for a few days during the holidays. I checked and double checked. Kaput. RonTom located the wirin...

Howard Green who has been providing Mt. City with trash service for nearly 25 years, was recently unable to keep up with his routes while recuperating from a minor head injury, in addition to his truck breaking down. But through generous donations from Mt. City residents, and from some people that w...

D rum roll and trumpet blasts, please!   Congratulations to those honored with Mountain City’s Christmas Décor Recognition through weekend voting!  Grand Prize:  317 Live Oak Drive (McClendon)   People’s Favorite: 113 Maple (Kaminski)   Sparkle:    213 Live Oak Court (Cass)   Creativity: 214 Live Oa...

Mountain City is a very beautiful place in which to live. The homes are all unique, much like the individuals who live in them. I do feel, however, that a family or person living in Mountain City should have the right to choose which business they wish to hire in order to carry out services needed. ...

I ’m thankful to live in Mountain City, a little city that’s still somewhat (barely) out in the country, to an extent that we enjoy many sights and sounds of nature. Here, a fox ran across the driveway in front of RonTom this past weekend, going from Lynn Cobb’s yard towards the Polleys. Here, in mi...

The extreme weather keeps on coming. Shown here is wind damage in Mountain City on Tuesday morning. The tree missed a house by about 15 feet.  (Photo by David Wiley)

Looking outside with my hands in dishwater, something didn’t look quite right. Looking straight at a gigantic caterpillar, my eyes had not focused. Outside with my phone in hand, the handsome bright green beauty stood out. What a camera the iPhone 6+ is! It captured a photo for you! You probably hav...