Summer camps. Most any person fortunate enough to have experienced these had an incredible childhood. Last weekend, all the memories of camps as both a child camper and counselor came to the front of my mind in the wake of this weekend’s horrible floods causing, as of this writing, the deaths of aro...

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday he’s likely to instruct the Texas Legislature to investigate early warning systems and other governmental responses to July 4 flash flooding that killed at least 82 people in the Hill Country. Lawmakers are set to convene in Austin on July 21. Me...

Hindsights Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music, moved to Kerrville in 1928. For his closest neighbors, it must have been like living next door to Elvis at Graceland. One of the most famous people in the country, Jimmie Rodgers sang haunting ballads about people who never heard the roar of th...

(Editor’s note: The following was adapted from a letter written to a friend.) Know what I like about small towns in America? Their unique sameness. Co...

Kudos to lawmen Hats off to all the patriotic Fredericksburg residents who were at the “No Kings” protest on Main Street on June 14. It was a positive...

Guest column My favorite summer comfort food is the fried chicken and potato salad dinner my mother made throughout my childhood — one I’ve spent thre...