Becker Vineyards won Top Texas Winery and Meierstone Vineyards took Top Texas Wine at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s international wine competition in November 2023, while 20-plus other Hill Country wineries brought home medals for a variety of wines. The 21st 2024 Rodeo Uncorked! Internatio...

CULINARY ADVENTURE Have any of you noticed a new type of roast hitting H-E-B’s meat counters in the last year or two? We have — it’s the Tri-Tip Roast. We had never cooked one until we started seeing them readily seasoned and wrapped up at H-EB. Roasts never appealed to me as a kid. While tasty, I r...

Ticket sales continue this week for the fourth annual Daddy-Daughter Dance, sponsored by the City of Fredericksburg. The dance will be held Friday, Feb. 2, from 6:308:30 p.m. at Pioneer Pavilion at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park. This year’s dance theme is “Safari.” This evening is an opportunity ...

The Gillespie County Democratic Association (GCDA) has announced the availability of scholarships for 20242025. Any high school senior from Gillespie ...

Four challenge grants totaling $175,000 are tied to The Good Samaritan Center’s annual fund campaign, which runs through Jan. 31. The first grant, fro...

FULL HOUSE Iwas recently making conversation with humans from different generations. They were fondly reminiscing about their “growing up” years, incr...