Guest Column When the topic of homelessness comes up, most minds jump to an image of someone living and sleeping on the streets. The reality is homelessness takes many forms and isn’t always obvious. There are basically four categories: Hidden: Fredericksburg has a great number of individuals and fa...

EDITORIALS In these days of ugly, hurtful and unforgiving political rhetoric that pits neighbor against neighbor, talk show host Ellen DeGeneres gave us all a lesson on Monday during the monologue on her popular show. DeGeneres attended the Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers game in Arlington on Sunda...

Whose ‘relief’? The Fredericksburg “Relief Route” study team and Texas Department of Transportation’s selected public relations firm continually refer to the “locally preferred relief route” around Fredericksburg. This is a misnomer. This is a TxDOT preferred route. It is NOT a “relief route” for th...

Proposition 8 (HJR 4) “The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the flood infrastructure fund to assist in the financing of drainage...

LOOKING BACK AT ... Hindsights J.L. Yarborough made a lot of money selling coffee for the Nueces Coffee Company of Corpus Christi, but he always seeme...

Building legacy Thank you, thank you for printing Michael Barr’s well-researched, clearly written and interesting article about the building material,...