Grapes are an efficient crop when water is managed properly In the past two decades, the Hill Country has experienced a five-year-long severe drought, a population boom that has brought over 650,000 people to Texas in the last two years, and a $24-billion wine industry expansion. These factors put a...

Noise troubles neighbors; owner says he’s addressing concerns The shooting started last summer, according to Gillespie County landowners, whose property sits less than a mile from a training program on acreage in Kendall County that houses a gun range. “We heard constant shooting. And when I say sho...

Anyone who watched the “Wheel of Fortune” game show last Wednesday saw Fredericksburg’s own Jimmy Alexander spinning the big wheel with Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White. “It was a once in a lifetime experience,” Alexander said. “It is so much easier when you’re on the couch and can just blurt out the a...

Fireworks illuminated the Texas A&M Forest Service’s single engine airtanker at Gillespie County Airport on Saturday night. The City of Fredericksburg...

Edward Rode dumped battered fish into Ryan Goy’s deep fryer as Dayle Heiner, checked on the doneness of his catch. The Doss Volunteer Fire Department’...

Administrators across the county have shared first-week enrollment totals. Enrollment information is given in order of each school’s start date. Frede...