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🌱 Kerrville SWAT standoff on Quinlan Creek Road ends in arrest

Kerrville, Texas Patch AM: a 5 min read

Good morning Kerrville! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Kerrville SWAT standoff on Quinlan Creek Road ends in arrest
  • How Kerrville’s new USDA lab could reshape cattle health nationwide
  • How a Kerrville lab fits into DARPA’s high-tech screwworm battle

Also on today's calendar: Hill Country Heritage Farmers Market and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Partly sunny and humid, with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 91, low: 72.
  • Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Kerrville woman, 75, arrested after armed standoff with Hill Country SWAT team – The Kerr County Lead (kerrcountylead.com) — Kerrville police say a 75-year-old local woman was arrested after an hours-long armed standoff on Quinlan Creek Road that began as a reported domestic assault. Officers called in the Hill Country SWAT Team, safely removed the victim, and ultimately used a distraction device to disarm and arrest the suspect, who now faces multiple assault and aggravated assault charges.
   

2. USDA opens state-of-the-art Livestock Insects Research Laboratory to combat livestock pests (tsln.com) — A major new USDA Livestock Insects Research Laboratory has just opened in Kerrville, bringing cutting-edge research on flies and ticks that threaten cattle right into our community. Federal agriculture leaders say decades of local work laid the groundwork for this expanded facility, which will focus on protecting ranchers’ herds and the broader U.S. food supply from invasive livestock pests.
   

3. DARPA aiding America's fight against flesh-eating screwworm invasion (defensescoop.com) — Kerrville briefly took center stage in the national screwworm fight as ranchers gathered at the Knipling-Bushland Livestock Insects Research Laboratory for a federal press conference. Behind the scenes, DARPA’s GUARDIAN program is developing next-generation genetic tools to back up USDA’s current sterile-fly releases and quarantines in South Texas. Officials warn a wider outbreak could bring major economic losses for Texas ranchers.
   

4. Flesh-Eating Fly Returns To U.S.: What To Know In MD (patch.com) — Kerrville’s U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory is a key hub in the federal fight against the returning New World screwworm, a dangerous livestock parasite now confirmed in Texas and New Mexico. While this article focuses on Maryland’s new import rules, it underscores how research and sterile-fly production tied to Kerrville are central to protecting cattle and pets nationwide.
   

5. US screwworm cases test months of federal preparation (star-telegram.com) — Federal agriculture officials recently outlined their screwworm response during a press conference in Kerrville, where the USDA pledged to speed $100 million toward new control technologies. The broader effort includes fast-tracked treatments, a Texas-based stockpile, and sterile-fly releases as cases emerge in Texas and New Mexico. Local ranchers and veterinarians are watching closely amid concerns over staffing cuts and cattle losses.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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