Nora Oehler, who turned 109 on Jan. 21, was honored with a birthday party at Fredericksburg Nursing Home. She was born Nora Emily Alvina Kunz in Fredericksburg on Jan. 21, 1911, to parents Mary (Eckert) and William Kunz, the youngest of six children. The family lived in various parts of Gillespie Co...

A Harper Sweetheart Banquet will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at the new Harper Community Hall. “Please join us as we show support and admiration for our Harper widows and widowers by showing them how much we care,” a spokesman said. The meal will include steak with all the trimmings, and che...

Willow City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department will hold its monthly general membership business meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Willow City Fire Station. The department will sponsor the community’s rabies vaccination clinic on Saturday, Feb. 15, from 2-4 p.m. The fire station is locat...

A free parenting workshop with Dr. Leonard Sax will be offered by Ambleside School from 7-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, at Hill Country Church. Sax i...

Catholic schools across the nation will be celebrating National Catholic Schools Week, Sunday through Saturday, Jan. 26-Feb. 1. St. Mary’s Catholic Sc...

Veterinarians and fire departments are teaming up to offer rabies clinics across Gillespie County during January and February. Some locations will als...