Huge thanks is offered from this community to the Cailloux Foundation for its $1.5 million donation to expand the Hill Country Memorial Women’s Pavilion and rename it The Kathleen C. Cailloux Birthing Center. The upgrades and expansion to the HCM Obstetrics Department will allow the hospital to doub...

When was the last time Democrats filled a room in Gillespie County? I probably was not the only person wondering that when the curious squeezed into the Hill Country University Center H-E-B Community Room recently to hear Mike Collier, candidate for lieutenant governor. The turnout was heavy on educ...

Last week, Santa Fe. Next week, who knows where? The news wailed again with coverage of another school shooting. More children attending schools have died this year than have active military service personnel. Our hearts hurt with this statistic. With our hunting backgrounds, we consider ourselves s...

With a passion for helping people with taking care of their skin, Jennifer Atkins Marshall opened Prickly Pear Spa to solve frustrating issues. “I gre...

Always dreaming of opening a children’s clothing store, retired teacher Kathleen Yosko and current teacher Katherine Graham, decided to fill a missing...

In 1965, Mary Knopp began taking care of her Uncle Ben in the comforts of her own home. It didn’t take long for her family to recognize she should ope...