Almost two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation became official, essentially ending the practice of enslaving others, Texas got the message. Union soldiers on June 19, 1865, landed at Galveston to declare the Civil War had ended and the enslaved were now free. That da...

Imagine leaving your family, your home and everything you’ve ever known for a new place where you know hardly anyone and little of the native language. It would be akin to one of us Fredericksburgers dropping everything, packing a single suitcase and heading out for Argentina or a country in Africa....

The U.S. Census Bureau has released its sub-county population estimates from April 2010 to July 2020. That includes population estimates for the 1,200 incorporated places in Texas. Nine additional Texas towns were incorporated in the past decade, while 13 additional cities surpassed a population of ...

Hill Country Memorial staffers and volunteers on Tuesday administered the final dose of the Moderna vaccine to a local man at its vaccination site, ma...

I have been a member of the American Speech and Hearing Association for over 30 years and the guest column regarding improving old windows caught my a...

“It is crucial we understand the full extent of the threat facing our nation to ensure the tragic events of Jan. 6, 2021, never happen again,” wrote S...