There’s a lot of history that comes with the Gillespie County Fair. This year’s 128th celebration Thursday through Sunday builds on a tradition begun in 1881 in the area that is now Fort Martin Scott.  The abandoned fort parade grounds were used as the first race track. After a few years, the fair m...

When the Founding Fathers were going about the business of creating a new country more than 200 years ago, one based on democracy and liberty, they paid little attention to the office of the vice president. Originally, the VP position was filled by the presidential candidate who finished second in t...

The earliest settlers in Sisterdale drank fine wine from tinkling glasses. They listened to Mozart played on the piano in the library lined with classical literature. Their lively after-dinner conversation, mostly in Latin, turned to Voltaire, Kant, Goethe and Hegel. The scene was surreal and withou...

The new school year will begin at Fredericksburg High School on Monday, Aug. 22, and if the high school campus has a theme, it would probably be “unde...

Oak wilt, the disease that has wiped out more than a million trees in 76 Texas counties, is on the rise again in Gillespie County and surrounding area...

Fredericksburg Police Department recently completed its annual Summer Youth Program. Youth ages seven to 14 years of age who reside in Gillespie Count...