“Bugs in the Backyard,” a Nature Series program sponsored by Friends of the Fredericksburg Nature Center, is a chance to explore the hidden world of insects that inhabit the local environment. The program will take place on Thursday, Aug. 7 from 10 a.m.-noon at the AgriLife Extension Office, 38 Busi...

Spots are filling up for the Sept. 6 Hill Country Child Care Providers Conference at the Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Building, 38 Business Court, Fredericksburg. The event will include concurrent sessions on Music and Movement, Nature Walk and Parachute Play and Feeding Young Children with S...

The prices of Americans’ favorite grilling meats are sizzling this summer. This year saw the lowest inventory of cattle since 1951, according to the U.S Department of Agriculture’s projection numbers report and local experts said the Texas cattle industry has yet to recover from the 2011 drought. Th...

(A correction to this story from the print edition has been added in this online version. See italicized sentence below.) The Gillespie County Commiss...

Changes include new code of conduct and cell phone rules Harper Independent School District’s board of trustees adopted a revamped cell phone policy, ...

Fredericksburg Independent School District adopted a new cell phone policy in accordance with the recently-passed Texas House Bill 1481 at a special m...