Fourteen 14 students from the Fredericksburg High School Jazz Band earned spots in the Region Jazz Band, nine of whom also qualified for Area Jazz Band during the auditions held on Saturday, Sept. 14. Names marked with an asterisk indicate a student who qualified for Area Jazz. Results are as follow...

Planting trees was my dad’s passion — even before immigrating to Texas. In 1964, I got to stand under the apples trees he had planted half a century earlier in Germany. Here, in 1926, at a mass meeting of 450 of the cotton growers in Gillespie County, he suggested they consider growing fruit trees a...

Elijah, a two-year-old Kelpie mix, is searching for his forever home. Caretakers describe Elijah as “the embodiment of fun,” and he gets along well with other dogs and children. Elijah and other pets are available for adoption now through the Hill Country SPCA, located at 2981 Texas 16 South. For mo...

We’ve all heard these and other superstitions since we were in grade school. They sound childish and were the source of harmless fun. So why do we giv...

Carol Morgan Milberger, Ph.D., has published her debut book, chronicling a mother’s surreal two-year journey of loss, anxiety and absurdity in a despe...

Throughout the month of October, the Fredericksburg Art Guild will host an all-member show, featuring works with the theme “Fall Colors.” The show wil...