The Fredericksburg Inde-pendent School District board of trustees on Monday approved a general operating budget of about $61.7 million, 42% of which will be sent back to the state for recapture, a practice known as “Robin Hood.” The board also set the school nutrition budget at $2.7 million, most of...

TRANSPORTATION A collision Monday morning on U.S. Highway 87, north of Comfort, in Kerr County, left five dead. The collision occurred between Comfort and Fredericksburg on a section of U.S. 87 that passes through a corner of Kerr County. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the victi...