When Terry Theis first attended the Kerrville Folk Festival back in 1978, he, uh, bypassed the gate. “Yeah, I joined up because I finally got caught sneaking in,” confessed the Harper engraver and accordion player when I interviewed him outside Threadgill Theater at Quiet Valley Ranch. “Now I work s...

After this weekend’s Pacific Combat Zone reenactment, Marvin Schroeder might have had a Willie Nelson song on his mind: “Turn out the lights, the party’s over.” After first volunteering in 1985, Schroeder spent 22 combined years (1990-1999, then 2004-2017) working at the Pacific Combat Zone. Since 1...

Last Sunday, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Fredericksburg welcomed the Sanchez family to their new home with a dedication and blessing. Their home, our 16th build since 1996, is also the fourth home in this particular Habitat neighborhood on West Park Street. Other Habitat homes are located on Ful...

  It’s the kind of meeting even people who hate meetings will attend. Invite everyone you know — and don’t know — and ask them to bring a favorite bot...

Fredericksburg Independent School District is honoring four educators as the 2016-2017 Teacher of the Year winners from each campus. The teachers will...

  Hill Country SPCA and Trudy’s Treasures are conducting a shoe drive fundraiser, from May 15 to July 15, to raise funds for HCSPCA’s shelter animals....