APRIL 9, 1975 During Saturday’s school board elections, voters across Gillespie County elected a total of 12 trustees to five different school boards. In the Fredericksburg Independent School District, incumbents Perry Woerner, Ernest Kott and Jarvis Wieser, were returned to office for another three...

Hindsights By his own estimation, Alfred Petsch of Fredericksburg knew about 150 English words when at age 16 he enrolled at Southwest Texas State Normal School in San Marcos. He failed every subject his first year. “But the teachers were good to me,” he said, “and helped me, keeping after me to imp...

Easter Sunday celebrations hosted by Zion Lutheran Church will start with a sunrise Worship Service at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, April 20 on Cross Mountain. There will be an all-terrain vehicle available for assistance up the hill between 6-6:25 a.m. At the beginning of the service, there will be a flowerin...

The Board of Directors of Peterson Health announced on Tuesday, April 8 that John McDonald will be its newest president and CEO. “We are thrilled to h...

The Fredericksburg High School varsity boys’ baseball team dropped two games against district rival Davenport during the past week. Fredericksburg ope...

Riley McGuffie went three-for-three at the plate with four RBIs to lead the Fredericksburg High School varsity girls softball team to an 18-0 win over...