In college, I remember working at a convenience store. The minimum wage was $3.25 an hour and that’s what we cashiers were paid. It wasn’t glamorous, but I knew it wasn’t forever and I had low expenses in rent and a 1983 Toyota pickup that was paid off. Back in the day, there was more balance in man...

Fast response I had a 50-plus-year-old tree fall overnight into the street and on my fence. I saw the lights of the police car about 6:30 a.m. Monday. There was a crew here by 6:50 a.m. and they had it all cleaned up by 8:15 a.m.. A BIG thank you to the City of Fredericksburg. It’s so refreshing to ...

The continuing federal shutdown means food benefits provided to 3.5 million Texans could be cut off in November, The Texas Tribune reported. Of those affected, nearly half are children. “SNAP has funding available for benefits and operations through the month of October,” according to a letter writt...

Free to read I was dismayed to hear that the Pioneer Memorial Library director has been fired. Under Miss Erika’s direction, there have been wellatten...

We all bear the cost when water resources are not well-managed. More than a century ago, the people of Texas wrote a core value into our state constit...

It is easy to see Create Healthy is spending $35 million to expand the Wellness Center and immediately judge it as wasteful and extravagant. The quest...