The Texas Silver Haired Legislators (TSHL) return to The Texas State Capitol to the opening of their 21st Biennial Session 2025-2027. Legislators representing the 28 Silver- Legislature Districts (SLD) from all over Texas will begin arriving May 17 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel. TSHL legislators have ...

Gayle Schoessnow, who is on the FISD School Board, submitted this letter written by her husband’s great grandfather B. L. Enderle in 1962 noting its relevance today. According to Schoessnow, Enderle first moved to Fredericksburg in 1912 and was the County Surveyor from 19121975. An engineer by trade...

Save our Bacon I am proud to operate Hat & Heart Farm, a sixth-generation family farm rooted in Gillespie County since the earliest days of Fredericksburg. I learned to drive a tractor before I could reach the pedals and started selling at farmers markets as a teenager. Today, we steward 93 acres, r...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick warned last week that the GOP risks losing its majority in the state House this November and urged party unity behind the winner ...

It’s time for me to say Auf Wiedersehen — and Prost!, my favorite German word — to Fredericksburg and Gillespie County. It’s been an honor to publish ...

Fredericksburg and Gillespie County have benefitted from slow-butsteady growth. We are mostly still anchored by clean industries like agriculture and ...