Mikelle Roeder has been looking to master a unique equestrian event for the past 10 years — the sport of dressage. Dressage is an Olympic sport that focuses on strengthening a horse while staying calm and attentive, according to the United States Dressage Federation. At the competitive level, the sp...

Cinematic Considerations In space, no one can feel your pain. At least, that’s the conceit of the latest space odyssey to hit the big screen, writer/ director James Gray’s “Ad Astra.” Melancholy and malaise abound in a slow-burning film ripe with wistful soliloquies delivered as a character-informin...

The Hill Country Astronomers will next meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 at the H-E-B Activity Room at the Hill Country University Center. Club member Ryan Behrends will present a program on sky direction. “Determining sky directions in a telescope is often confusing and not intuitive compared to ter...

Stuffed animals for donation to local police departments are being collected by Gillespie County 4-H members. Deadline for dropping off stuffed animal...

The Hill County Cattle-Women held their September meeting at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Golf Course and honored women for their service. Teri Stone, ...

Harper will celebrate its 55th annual Frontier Days on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28, at the Harper Community Park. This is the community park’s an...