The number of people still missing in the July 4 Kerr County flood dropped to two after another body was recovered last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported. The two still missing are a child and an adult who were at Camp Mystic, where at least 27 campers and counselors died. The death toll ...

My friend, Dan Parker, co-publisher of the Port Aransas South Jetty, has a dry sense of humor residing in that beach town. Lord knows we have all needed some levity after this month started so tragically. Dan recently wrote about how police codes are changing and the use of “ten codes” on radios may...

New initiatives will focus on character, service, leadership, tradition Good test scores for a school district are fine and expected by taxpayers. But educators should also be looking ahead in an effort to raise good young men and women who will be an asset to the country and world. Fredericksburg I...

In the wake of a natural disaster, the instinct to clean up, rebuild and move forward is entirely natural, jumping right in, eager to restore some sen...

Conservation groups call on Texas Legislature to to make sensible changes The recent Guadalupe River floods on the Fourth of July was heartbreaking. W...

Jails are cold, hard, inhospitable places. They are not built for comfort. They are designed to keep guests inside until their reservations run out. B...