Are you a shusher or a susser? An ongoing debate has revived about the best way to teach kids. The battle lines are drawn as: 1) Teachers as lecturer learning – Sitting kids in desks lined up facing the front of the classroom. Back to basics, rote and repeat, teacher lecturing. 2) Project-based lear...

Osa, a three-to-fouryear- old lab mix is known for her playful and energetic attitude. Osa is already spayed and ready for her new home. She and other animals are available for adoption now at the City of Fredericksburg Animal Shelter. Call 830-997-1907 or visit their social media pages for more inf...

While he can’t do a show without his voice or guitar, James McMurtry said there’s another key component of any stage performance. “You got to manage the energy, and the room is really the instrument,” McMurtry said. “It’s not the guitar or your voice, those are just components.” McMurtry will bring ...

Outdoors On Edge Before he was Major Nelson on “I Dream of Jeannie” or J.R. Ewing on “Dallas,” Larry Hagman was the son of divorced parents who was ju...

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

I was telling some youngsters about how my music theory final was to score out the melody to Jingle Bells without using an instrument. I don’t think I...