Alles, a construction education program at Fredericksburg High School, recently won a STAR Award for its seventh house at the 32nd annual Texas Star Awards in Grapevine. The award was given in the Best Special Project category, and is the eighth award won by FHS and CUA since 2016. The house was als...

Fall classes sponsored by the Gillespie Literacy Council is underway. The group hosts English as a Second Language, Citizenship, GED and Conversational Spanish classes for free. The classes are being held at two locations, including the Golden Hub at 1009 N. Lincoln St., and Pioneer Memorial Library...

Perhaps nothing changed the way Americans ate in the 20th century more than television. It arrived in our home on Christmas Eve, 1954. Overnight, my parents’ evenings shifted from playing Canasta in the kitchen to sitting in the living room, watching every show from 7 to 10 p.m. Until then, the livi...