I remember my dad typing out “homework” from the built-in desk in our home. The drawer to the side always held a ream of yellow typing paper and the IBM electric typewriter sang with the rhythm of a lifelong journalist. He sometimes brought his work home from our newspaper to make sure he had things...

What a difference two-and-a-half decades makes. Organizers of the first Christmas parade, held here in 1994, remember there were four parade entries that year. Those floats went around Market Square twice and that was that. Fast forward to 2022, and thousands of people — an estimated 15,000 that riv...

Just like in “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,” the Whos in Whoville celebrated their Christmas the same as ever after the Grinch’s foul deeds befell them. And they showed that even the grouchy Grinch’s heart could be changed. In that same spirit, the annual lighting of the Christmas tree and continu...

  These past few years have been stressful. On Sunday, Pastor George Lumpkin said he felt like there was a societal shift that affected everything in ...

Legislators should heed call to help address disparities, problems Compared to many small towns, Fredericksburg is blessed far beyond its size. Our vi...

Texas legislators are off to the races, filing more than 850 bills on Monday, the first day of filing season for the 88th session, which begins Jan. 1...