This month the Fredericksburg City Council approved the new city budget which begins on Oct. 1. I wanted to share the budget’s major highlights since many of our programs and services impact citizens on a daily basis.  The 2017 budget was approved following a three-month process that included five w...

Fear, thy name is “border security.” And fear is costing Texans lots of money. Getting ready for the 85th legislative session, the Texas Department of Public Safety has requested $1 billion for border controls. That’s right — a billion to guard the border on top of what the federal government alread...

Autumn arrives two weeks from tomorrow — Thursday, Sept. 22, and with the bountiful rains that have been falling the past few weeks, it’s evident that a tinge of fall is in the air. Monday evening, while out feeding the chickens, I watched a Monarch butterfly fluttering his way around the barnyard. ...

“How we doin’ on gas?” My husband looked over at me as we cruised down U.S. Highway 87 South on the final leg of a three-week vacation in Colorado. It...

Is this the strangest election year ever? After both conventions aired in recent weeks, many voters remain unhappy with their choices, both of whom ha...

  Two weekends ago, while at the 39th Annual Hill Country Auto Swap Meet at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, I could almost sense him there. He was a...