On Oct. 3, 1981, the first Fredericksburg Oktoberfest produced by Pedernales Creative Arts Alliance (PCAA) was held at Marktplatz. This Friday, Oct. 3, PCAA will celebrate the 45th anniversary of our Oktoberfest, which according to USA Today readers, is the fifth-best in the USA. To celebrate, the C...

The Fredericksburg High School varsity girls’ and boys’ cross country teams will be back in action this week at the Mason Cross Country Meet in Mason Wednesday. Both teams will be running in their respective divisions at Fort Mason City Park in Mason. This will be the final tune up before the Distri...

The Fredericksburg High School varsity girls’ volleyball team started its District 26-4A slate with a 1-1 record after defeating Bandera in three sets Friday night, 3-0. Prior to Friday’s home game at the FHS Performance Gym, the Billies (1415 overall, 1-1 district) fell to Canyon Lake on the road, ...

Patriot Academy is hosting an open house of its campus from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9. The academy is located located at 1776 Patriot Way, on U....

The sixth edition of the Fredericksburg PTA Cookbook (1948) contained no dip recipes. There was no need for them in the immediate postwar era. A retur...

Cinematic Considerations The star-studded revolutionary thriller dramedy, “One Battle After Another,” an adaptation of Thomas Pynchion’s 1990 novel “V...