First Friday Art Walk will be Friday, Jan. 3, with several participating galleries. Attendees can look forward to a wide variety of photography, paintings and other art, as well as food and drink. Larry Jackson Fine Art & Antiques Larry Jackson Fine Art & Antiques, located at 201 E. San Antonio St.,...

Winners of this year’s art and essay writing contests — sponsored by the Dr. Wilhelm Keidel Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) and the Republic of Texas History Museum — can expect cash prizes. The contests are open to all students who live in Gillespie County and are designed t...

World War II veteran Tyndall Royce (TR) Fricks will celebrate his 100th birthday on Friday, Jan. 3, and the community is invited to join the party. The celebration will take place at 11 a.m. at Frederickburg’s Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 7105, 710 S. Washington St. Fricks served from May 10,...

Local groups in Fredericksburg adopted the five companies of the U.S. Army’s 1/8 Infantry. Scores of people donated more than 100 boxes which were shi...

For the Fall 2024 semester, Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls recognized 1,080 honor students. Included in the 368 students named to the Pr...

The Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office responded to 536 calls for service, made 178 traffic stops and nine arrests between Monday, Dec. 16 and Sunday, ...