Running was the only sport that I was good at growing up. In the fourth grade, our elementary school started a running club called Land Sharks where we practiced a few days after school on an old dirt track and we competed against other schools at different meets around the area. It was a way for my...

The Texas Legislature did some good things in its 86th session, but what they did to plumbing licenses really stinks. In the rush to “get government out of our lives” (and influence by some financially interested lobbyists), the Texas Legislature washed its hands of the state plumbing code and the T...

State Capitol Highlights AUSTIN — While the Memorial Day holiday was observed across Texas, lawmakers stayed busy at the state Capitol, voting on key bills in the final three days of the 86th Texas Legislature’s 140-day regular session. Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis...

BILLIES TENNIS Battlin’ Billies tennis ends the 2018-19 school year with an impressive hall of medals from the spring slate. Fredericksburg High Schoo...

Texas Type You did it. You got your diploma and now it’s off to the real world of college, the military, a job and family. And you are the proud owner...

TheNationalFederationofIndependent Business (NFIB) stated its Small Business Optimism Index increased 1.7 points in April. The organization stated tha...