H appy Mother’s Day (May 11, 2025) to all the “mean moms” out there. The late Erma Bombeck’s words from her column “A Mother’s Love” written in the 1980’s still ring true today: “Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I’ll tell them. I loved you eno...

Reckless Muse For those fathers who have yet to purchase a Mother’s Day gift on behalf of their children for the woman in their lives, I would like to offer some helpful advice. Do not, under any circumstances, no matter how practical the woman in your life may seem, buy her a vacuum cleaner. Even i...

A Texas House bill would eliminate the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness test and replace it with a test comparing students’ performance to one another rather than stateset standards, the Austin Amer ican- Statesman reported. House Bill 4 would also create benchmark tests to measure st...

Gillespie County Commissioners awarded $300,863 in Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to organizations that help promote the county by holding events or preser...

Over 500 athletes competed in the 2025 Wildflower runs and walk that started on Marktplatz. Spirits were high for Kendall Young, Stephanie Cianchetti,...

Rockets will fill the sky over Gillespie County for three days as students from high schools across Central Texas will launch up to 60 rockets they de...