William Spaeth scored 21 points to lead the Harper Longhorns to a convincing 54-38 win over the Mason Punchers last Friday at Harper High School. “It was a great win to start district,” Head Coach Shawn Spaeth said. “We played great as a team.” Spaeth knocked down seven field goals, two of them 3-po...

The Fredericksburg Middle School boys’ basketball teams played against Marble Falls Middle School on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The eighth grade teams played at FMS while the seventh grade teams traveled to Marble Falls. Seventh grade White The 7 White team won over the Mustangs, 27-7. Scorers included Cha...

After a decade of principled resistance, I’ve finally let an unwelcome visitor inside my house. “Alexa, are you turned on?” I know, I know. I fought against allowing the snoopy digital neighbor into my home because of invasion of privacy, data mining, assimilation by the Borg, yada yada. I’m still n...

D.C. budget panic Why is it that there is always panic in D.C. as politicians try to pass a monumental budget in the last few days before the recess? ...

JANUARY 1, 1975 A wide area of the Hill Country, including Gillespie County, was hit with an ice storm Christmas week that brought widespread damage t...

Fredericksburg Independent School District (FISD) will host several Community Education events in the coming months for participants of all ages. More...