Pioneer Museum has a host of activities planned for its First Weekend event on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 3-4. On Friday, Jan. 3 the sanctuary doors will be open at 3 p.m. for a free public program by Park Ranger Heidi Dietz with the National Park Service – LBJ Ranch and Hill Country White House. The...

Neffendorf has seen big changes; was rewarded by helping farmers, ranchers As a teenager in Fredericksburg, Ricky Neffendorf enjoyed helping his father grow and harvest oats on family land off Goehmann Lane. Now, after 40 years of helping farmers with their land with the Farm Service Agency (FSA), N...

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 shipped over the course of nine months to the nearly 600 men and women. The 1/8 Infantry, part of the 4th Infantry Division, is the lineal descendent of ...

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 ...

The Fredericksburg Middle School boys’ basketball teams played against Marble Falls Middle School on Wednesday, Dec. 18. The eighth grade teams played...

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 a...