One Saturday morning in the late 1950s, I walked into my best friend’s house and found his parents busy in the kitchen making tamales. It was clearly a wellplanned production. I had never imagined anyone making their own tamales. His mother, the former Emma Hartmann, commanded the operation with the...

Donors have until Monday, Jan. 5, to contribute to a holiday drive benefiting The Grace Center of Fredericksburg by providing daily living essentials, personal care items, clothing, office and safety supplies. The domestic violence shelter has an Amazon wishlist where people can buy specific items. ...

The annual membership meeting of the Gillespie County Historical Society and Pioneer Museum will be held Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Gillespie County Historical Society Sanctuary Hall, 312 W. San Antonio St. A coffee social will be from 9-9:30 a.m. with a business meeting beginning at 9:30 a.m. In add...

Gillespie County students are eligible to apply for grants offered by the Forging Futures Education Fund. The deadline to apply is March 15, 2026. The...

At left, worshippers head into Holy Ghost Lutheran Church as a light sprinkle of rain begins on the Church to Church Walk, held Tuesday, Dec. 16. The ...

HOUSE Power belongs not to those who create, but to those who control. These are the people I refer to as gatekeepers. Gatekeepers stand in every indu...