I wonder what the future has in store for Gillespie County athletics. I got to get out to the Fredericksburg Battlin’ Billies 7-on-7 games in Llano last week. I got a chance to get a sneak peek at the future of Billies football as they competed in essentially organized pickup football against school...

May brought some rain but not as much as hoped, according to Dr. Mark Wentzel, hydrologist for the Texas Water Development Board. “This May’s modest rainfall and high temperatures combined to provide only small improvements in drought conditions across our state,” Wentzel wrote. “Every little bit co...

It’s always amazing to think back, even for those of us who are more recent arrivals, at how the biggest festivals in town began. Oktoberfest was some cases of beer and that good ol’ German determination to have a good time. The first Fourth of July Parade was a few entries around Marktplatz. Same w...

Everyone is feeling pinched these days. Grocery and restaurant prices continue their march upward, and we all feel that pang of regret when we pull up...

I am returning home on Friday. My wife and I will make our second trip to Minute Maid Park in Houston this season on Friday to watch the Houston Astro...

Few people are likely to shed tears about losing a petunia plant in their flowerbed. But trees are different. Many have childhood memories about certa...