STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS Residents in Central and Northeast Texas are still cleaning up after a winter storm last week snapped power lines and tree limbs, causing widespread power outages, canceled flights and damage to homes and vehicles. At its peak, nearly 400,000 Texas households were without po...

Negative counts mean disease didn’t spring from wild, but it can spread there The three positive cases of Chronic Wasting Disease found at a northwestern Gillespie County breeding facility last fall put a shudder into the county. After all, hunting is a part of family legacies stretching back as far...

Texas Type It’s easy to feel insulated from the major problems of the world in our burg, which is blessed with a huge number of good things and diversions. But I have had my eyes opened to the human trafficking problem, which takes place in Texas — even through our part — and all over the globe. Jan...

JANUARY 31, 1973 The longest war in the history of the United States, the Cambodian-Vietnamese War, was brought to a conclusion Saturday, Jan. 27, wit...

My experience as a physician, community member, and former Hill Country Memorial board member gives me a unique perspective on the healthcare in our c...

For the Texas House and Senate, there is not much daylight between each chamber’s priorities in this year’s legislative session. Leaders say the focus...