🌱 How a 25-4 blowout sent Wimberley’s Texans to the playoffs
Coffee in hand, Wimberley? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a 25-4 blowout sent Wimberley’s Texans to the playoffs
- Planning a Devil’s Backbone drive from Wimberley? Know this first
- How Keep Wimberley Beautiful wants neighbors to act this Earth Day
Also on today's calendar: The Art and Science of Love and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Cloudy, windy and humid, with a high of 89 and low of 68 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: A t-storm; becoming windier, temps: high: 75, low: 51.
- Sunday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Texans clinch playoff berth (wimberleyview.com) — Wimberley’s Texans have clinched a playoff berth, powered by a 25-4 rout of Bandera despite a close loss to Fredericksburg. The team, now 20-7-2 overall, has one regular-season week left, with a road game at New Braunfels Long Creek and a final home matchup against Davenport still ahead. 
2. Grab a barstool at the legendary Devil's Backbone Tavern (kdhnews.com) — A storied Hill Country drive along the Devil’s Backbone links Wimberley and Blanco, with the famously haunted Devil’s Backbone Tavern as a key stop. The piece highlights the tavern’s history, ghost lore, cash-only quirks, and nearby attractions like Blue Hole Regional Park in Wimberley, Canyon Lake, and Natural Bridge Caverns for a possible weekend getaway.
3. Celebrating Earth Day (wimberleyview.com) — Wimberley residents are encouraged to mark Earth Day by taking small, practical steps at home and in the neighborhood, from recycling more to joining clean-up or Adopt-A-Highway efforts. The piece highlights how small communities can make a big environmental impact and points readers to Keep Wimberley Beautiful’s website for local activities and ways to get involved.
4. Hays County ESD No. 9 switches to in-house response teams (haysfreepress.com) — Emergency Services District No. 9, which serves southeastern Hays County near Wimberley, has switched from contracted EMS to its own in-house response teams, aiming to improve control over care and response times. While Wimberley remains outside this district, the shift reflects a broader county trend toward locally run EMS, including new ambulances, advanced cardiac monitors, and even whole-blood transfusions in the field.
📸 Around Wimberley
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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2026 EmilyAnn Butterfly Festival
EmilyAnn Theatre, 1101 Farm to Market Rd 2325, Wimberley
9:00 am
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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The Art and Science of Love
Wimberley Community Center , 14068 Ranch Rd 12 , Wimberley
9:00 am -
Unseelie Exchange- A Pop Up Art Market
Senza Maeso Tasting Room and Bar , 1090 Farm to Market 32 , San Marcos
5:00 pm -
Workshop: Game Day Cheer
Twisted Motion , 105 Farm to Market Rd 2325 , Wimberley
5:00 pm -
HCH at Wimberley Valley Winery
Wimberley Valley Winery , 2825 Lone Man Mountain Rd , Driftwood
1:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Sunday April 19
Sunday May 10
📣 Wimberley Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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La Tiendita Food Pantry
Creedmoor El Buda, TX 78610
8:00 am -
Farmers Market Fridays
Wake the Dead Coffee House , 1432 Old , 1432 Old Ranch Rd 12 , San Marcos
9:00 am -
Old Settler's Music Festival
Camp Ben Mc Culloch , 18301 Ranch to Market Rd 1826 , Driftwood
10:00 am -
Volunteer of the Year & Partnerships
Hays CISD Academic Support Center (ASC) , 21003 Interstate 35 Fron , Mountain City
11:30 am -
Spanish Charlas
Tye Preston Memorial Library , 16311 S Access Rd , Canyon Lake
12:00 pm -
Brooks Forsyth
Dripping Springs Distilling - Small Batch Vodka - Savor It , 5330 Bell Springs Rd , Dripping Springs
4:00 pm -
Old Settler's Music Festival 2026
Camp Ben Mc Culloch , 18301 RM 1826 , Driftwood
5:00 pm
Friday April 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- FOUND DOG - 4/15/26 - Hays City Store, Driftwood.
FM 150 @ Old Kyle Rd. Good Sam saved his life! CALL 214-507-6422. Male, maybe 6MO Catahoula Mix puppy, with bright blue eyes. NO collar, chip scan… (Nextdoor Green Acres) - The oldest and largest market place in Central Texas, Wimberley Market Days brings thousands of people from all over the world to shop over 400 vendors over 20 acres in beautiful Wimberley, Texas.
Owned and operated by the Wimberley Lions, Market Days generates funding for non-profits, scholarsdhips and Lions camp trips abroad for Wimberley… (Nextdoor Green Acres)
- US Customs and Border Protection posted a job opening for Marine Interdiction Agent in Wimberley. Apply here.
- Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Restaurant General Manager in Wimberley. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Wimberley here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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