O rganizers of the second annual Fredericksburg Book Festival — numbering 100 or more on various committees — avoided the “sophomore slump” that sometimes plagues authors seeking to top a successful first novel. Saturday’s event featured more well-known speakers and more activities than in its first...

German pride laid low for much of the 20th century. Celebrating anything German raised eyebrows during WWI and WWII. Then attitudes began to soften. By the 1950s, Fredericksburg was more than ready to unfurl the Willkommen banner, tap a keg, fry a Schnitzel, organize a festival and crank up the “Bee...

The first debate in the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate is set for Jan. 24 in Georgetown, The Dallas Morning News reported. U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas and state Rep. James Talarico of Round Rock are vying for the nomination. The seat is now held by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, who fac...

A spate of new laws took effect on Jan. 1, The Dallas Morning News reported. Here’s a brief summary of the most notable new laws now in force: • Count...

Texas Type I’m writing this dispatch from the Fredericksburg Standard’s New York office (a Double Tree Hotel lounge near La Guardia Airport). We took ...

Texas weather may be unpredictable, but support for Gillespie County’s youth over the years has been anything but unpredictable. Old Man Winter may be...