The people of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County were thrilled when they heard that Hollywood was coming to make a movie in the spring of 1970. Their Hill Country home was among the most picturesque places on earth. It was high time the rest of the world found out about it. Producer/director Larry ...

Last Sunday morning, I was poking around online, seeking inspiration. I clicked on a link and found myself looking inside a radio studio listening to “Amazing Grace.” I had stumbled on to “Sunday Mornings with Doug Burns” on 107.9 FM KFAN. I felt like I was sitting in his kitchen. Burns was sipping ...

  “New Year, New Me” is an all-too-common phrase at the start of each year. We set goals that seem easy to follow through with for 365 days. Popular resolutions can be losing weight, saving more money, spending more time with family, learning something new. But how often, after just a few weeks, do ...

Here’s a riddle: What is something we greet every morning by pressing our lips to it and cradling it to warm our hands, yet we literally overlook it? ...

Do you have a bone to pick with someone in elected office? There’s something you can do and it will go far beyond any social media screed: Get registe...

Florence Thornton Butt moved to Kerrville from Memphis in 1904 with a sick husband and three small sons. On Nov. 26, 1905, she opened a small grocery ...