Guest Column As Christmas break approaches, Gillespie County youth are looking forward to some time off from school, but for many, they will be turning their full attention to their projects to exhibit at the Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show to be held Jan. 9-11. After the dust settles from the...

There’s one issue for Congress not related to impeachment, but one that certainly affects Christmas cheer (the liquid kind). A bipartisan bill in Congress was in danger of lapsing before the end-of-year spending and tax bill that was approved on Thursday (and that’s a whole other subject for explora...

LOOKING BACK AT ... In the early 20th century, while people clustered in isolated villages in the Texas Hill Country, the outside world came as a voice through the air. Old-time radio was an escape from war, economic depression, prohibition and mundane circumstances. Through the magic of radio, a pe...

Reckless Muse When Martin Luther first thought of the idea to add lighted candles to a fir tree, I don’t believe he was thinking clearly and he certai...

State Capitol Highlights AUSTIN — Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs on Dec. 11 hosted a roundtable discussion of state agencies to coordinate effort...

Guest Column Iread with interest the survey of tourists by the Convention and Visitor Bureau about what visitors would like to have in Fredericksburg....