While this coming three-day weekend is a portent to summer, the Monday holiday was created as a day of mourning. So please make a point to pause on Monday — Memorial Day — and give thanks for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for this great country. Memorial Day began as Decoration Day after the...

To the Class of 2022 high school graduates, I first want to say congratulations. While graduation day is exciting, if you’re like I was back in 2013, thinking about what comes next might be a little scary. For most of you, the future probably has a lot of unknowns. But that’s OK. Thinking back, the ...

As an avid movie-goer, I must admit I have not been much impressed with the movies of the past half-decade. I recall learning in my graduate studies that one of the marks of post-modernism is the death of originality. The idea, I was taught, was that a few decades of industrial revolution had essent...

What a wonderful weekend. This look back on 175 years of this town’s history began with prayers of gratitude and ended with honoring those who came be...

We’ll have some new faces, and some familiar ones, representing us on the Fredericksburg City Council and Fredericksburg Independent School District B...

I’ve been asked by some, “Why become a teacher now?” I became a teacher a little later in life than most of my coworkers. I did not always know I want...