Four Fredericksburg High School band students performed last Saturday at the Texas Music Educators Association’s convention in San Antonio. Charles Rhyne, a senior percussion player, made first chair all-state band and his classmate, Giovanni Hernandez, a sophomore, made third chair tenor trombone. ...

The Fredericksburg Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will host two programs during February. Water harvesting will be the topic of an OLLI discussion titled, “Catching the Rain,” on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Master Gardner Anne Brown will explain the principles of how to capture the water that come...

After teaching at UCLA, my oldest sister, Jeanette, joined the staff at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville in 1960. She began her career in 1947 when she also began traveling — she always wanted to see what lay beyond the next curve. A post war era was giving Americans an opportunity to see ...

The Pedernales River is one of Texas’s most cherished waterways, an ecological, recreational and cultural treasure that defines the Hill Country. As s...

Commissioners’ desire to address older structures could better serve residents The Gillespie County Commissioners Court last week began the long proce...

Disease is 100% preventable, but we’ve turned backs on vaccines Since late January, 22 children and youths and two adults in Gaines County along the N...