Hardly a day goes by that our automatic washer sits idle for a whole day. As anyone who lives in the country can attest, there’s always enough dirty laundry collected during the course of a day to do a load of towels, whites, colors or blue jeans. So, when the machine has a bit of a hiccup, the firs...

The State of Texas has drawn a line in the sky that limits the height of billboards along our highways. Unfortunately, many billboard owners regularly ignore it. A number of the billboards that are subject to state regulation exceed the current height limit of 42.5 feet, according to the Texas Depar...

Save the date — Monday, April 8, 2024; Location — Fredericksburg, Texas. That’s when a special celestial event will occur over-head. Along about 11 o’clock in the morning, the moon will complete its mission of covering up the sun from our earthly observation point. Slowly, but surely, the skies over...

Fredericksburg Independent School District’s potential “tax swap,” outlined in last week’s paper, described a new practice in school districts around ...

Habit No. 5 in Steven R. Covey’s “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” one of the top business books of all time, is “Seek First to Understan...

As someone who thoroughly (and happily) covers the city and county governments, I see various hidden aspects of the community during my day-to-day acc...