Harper FFA qualified three teams for state competition at the Area VII Fall Career Development Events (CDE) contest at Well Spring Retreat Center in Blanco on Wednesday, Oct. 9. Four students were also awarded one scholarship of the $18,000 in funding after the competition. H arper’s r ange t eam p ...

Cinematic Considerations So much happens in the first five minutes of writer/ director Jason Reitman’s new movie “Saturday Night,” that it’s overwhelming. Seven characters, all working at breakneck speed, are introduced, and the audience is whipped through the halls of a television studio. The camer...

Outdoors On Edge Work took me to Whitefish, Montana, last weekend where my friend, mentor and host Al did all he could to ensure that I had an enjoyable, safe and unforgettable trip. Read on to see how Al did and whether this trip went as smoothly as all the others I’ve been involved in and written ...

Girls in second through eighth grade are invited to participate in the Battlin’ Billies Cheer Clinic on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., a...

The Fredericksburg High School marching band, “The Pride of the Texas Hill Country” had a jam-packed weekend, performing at Friday’s home football gam...

Friends of the Written Word announced this week that it has received a $15,000 grant from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country to fund t...