FISD Guest column As we conclude our fifth week of school, I wanted to share an update on the learning experiences and activities at Fredericksburg Elementary School. Our FES staff welcomed 752 eager Lil’ Billies back to school in August. We have had an amazing start to the school year! I’ve always ...

Cinematic Considerations AMarine cycles down a lonely country road when he is abruptly struck by a police cruiser, handcuffed, searched and has bail money for his cousin seized by two smalltown cops. For as much as this seems either surreal or outlandish, the first 5-10 minutes of writer/director Je...

Outdoors On Edge The so-called “Three Amigos” are considered to be one of the greatest examples of hunt conservation the world has ever seen. All but considered extinct in the wild addax, Dama gazelle and scimitar-horned oryx have thrived on Texas game ranches since the late 1970s. Their existence w...

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, an educational program offered by Texas Tech University, is for those 50 and over, and is available at four loc...

Off the Shelf In this digital age of cynical news, it’s easy to see the world as a descending, hopeless spiral. How could you not, what with constant ...

O ur association with eggs is a long one. How we ever came to eat eggs is interesting, then again, eggs of another are enjoyed by any number of specie...