The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is committed to keeping Texans safe this holiday season. The Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will conduct its annual Christmas and New Year’s holiday traffic enforcement campaign beginning Dec. 20 and running through the rest of the year. Troopers will be out o...

Our community was saddened to hear of the passing of Sidney Ellebracht, a longtime friend and neighbor. Our sympathy to his wife, Betty, daughters, Kristie and Karrie, and family. His services were held on Saturday, Dec. 28. Don’t forget to come and celebrate the retirement of Darrell Arhelger and b...

Counting down the top five business stories from this year Business was booming in small-town Fredericksburg throughout 2024. And lots more is in the works for 2025 with two new hotels opening on Main Street. Our Business page had a diverse selection of stories highlighting entrepreneurs, talented n...

Outdoors On Edge At the end of last week’s Christmas- themed column, I stated that, “writing this column and receiving feedback from all of you via em...

Texas Type When the wild west calls, one answers. We made a quick, pre-Christmas trip to the most isolated spot in Texas — where coyotes perhaps outnu...

There is always a lull at the end of the year between the holidays and Jan. 1. This year, it seems even more pronounced as Thanksgiving was later, the...