Forging Futures Education Fund continues to accept scholarship applications from Gillespie County residents. Application deadline is March 15, 2026. The fund offers grants and scholarships based on academic achievement and financial need to students planning to attend accredited institutions that of...

Recently, I had to embark on something I haven’t done, nor had the desire to do, for three decades — travel. More specifically, I had to undertake a cross-country car trip. In my youth, traveling coast to coast and border to border was in my blood. In fact, I couldn’t wait to get off the farm to see...

Three area Texas young adult (YA) and children’s authors will be presenting at Pioneer Memorial Library at the Second Annual Book Festival, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. David Bowles, from the Rio Grande Valley, Christopher Bodmann, of San Antonio, and April Henley, from Houston, along with Carmen Tafoll...

Writer/director Scott Cooper takes a second stab at a musical drama after his award-winning 2009 film, “Crazy Heart,” based on Hank Thompson’s life, w...

The Devils River is no longer accessible via Lake Amistad. My wife, Cheryl, and I discovered this last weekend during a visit to the Lone Star State’s...

What single-purpose tools facilitate your daily living? That is, what is a tool that does only one thing, does it so well that you couldn’t function w...