Due to investments made by the 89th Texas Legislature, the Texas A&M Forest Service approved $164 million in funding toward Texas volunteer fire departments through the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program, which included Gillespie County’s own Stonewall and Harper units. Stonewall Vol...

Jarrett and Nina Miller, of Fredericksburg, announce their birth of their daughter, Sadie Grace Miller, at 1:52 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at Methodist Hospital | Hill Country. Upon arrival, she weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 21 inches in length. The new baby is welcomed by her three-ye...

Eckhardt Orchards, the multigenerational growing operation, held a Fall Farmers Market on Saturday at its site on U.S. 87 South. Left, Debbie Eckhardt Cox talks with visitors about things to do in town. The family operation’s offerings also included Angie Cross’s Christmas decorations and other craf...

The Fredericksburg Police Department responded to 329 calls for service, made 194 traffic stops and 11 arrests between Monday, Oct. 13 and Sunday, Oct...

A two-agency twomonth- long investigation ended in the arrest of two alleged drug traffickers from San Antonio, who were selling narcotics in Gillespi...

The Fredericksburg Police Department responded to 13 wrecks — one major and 12 minor — between Monday, Oct. 13 and Sunday, Oct. 19. Major On Thursday,...