Effective at noon Friday, Jan. 3, a burn ban went into effect for Gillespie County. The 90-day ban went into effect following a special meeting of the Gillespie County Commissioners Court on Friday, Jan. 3. During the meeting, Gillespie County Fire Marshall Steve Olfers presented his case for the ba...

The Fredericksburg City Council made fast work of the nine items on the board’s agenda during their first meeting of 2025 on Tuesday, and the Fredericksburg Police Department got the go-ahead to purchase equipment and remodel its facility. In two separate agenda items, the Fredericksburg Police Depa...

Residents of Gillespie County grappled with serious issues in 2024. Weighing heaviest on the minds of residents were the side effects of the area’s growth and development. The second-most prominent issue had to do with voting in the 2024 general election. But residents also found time to celebrate d...

Dennis Smith, park superintendent at the Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site, celebrates the annual lighting of the Christmas tree with chi...

Above, Huxton Seifert, 4, celebrated the lighting of the Christmas tree at Marktplatz last Tuesday with a run around the 30-foot conifer, as Dad Benja...

The 2024 Gillespie County Wild Game Dinner was Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. Through ticket sales, the live auction, prize d...