On May 8, 1846, 120 German settlers arrived to establish Fredericksburg. Other groups followed in 1846 and 1847. The Mormons established Zodiac in 1847, and Gillespie County was created out of Bexar County. The local Germans and the Mormons opposed slavery. The first African-Americans came two years...

Teachers, administrators and staff members began the process of moving to the new Fredericksburg Middle School on Tuesday, May 27. Funding for the new building, located at 1401 Post Oak Road, came from the Fredericksburg Independent School District’s $82 million 2022 bond. The facilities include cla...

To honor her grandmother’s legacy, Tivydale resident Regina Kramer Weidenfeller has taken on a major project: the restoration of the historic Tivydale School. The first of the Tivydale Schools was built on what is now private property to the south of the modernday FM 2093, also referred to as Tivyda...

Gillespie County residents formed a line along Marktplatz down to Main Street at last Saturday’s Fredericksburg Volunteer Fire Department annual fish ...

A new father took to the streets on a cross-town adventure with a buddy, leaving mother alone with the baby. He strutted across streets with glee, sho...

A stray cat that was found near a rain spout at Pioneer Memorial Library in March and was fed by locals at the library became a viral social media sen...