Texas cattle producers are seeing fewer dollars in their pockets as prices remain low, while the Texas beef herd has hit an eight-year high of 4.65 million. Beef cattle and calves are the state’s top agricultural commodity and generate sales of more than $10 billion annually in Texas. Prices for Tex...

MY 2 CENTS It’s probably the last thing in the world a mother wants to hear: “Mom, I’m thinking about quitting my job in the tech industry to be the drummer for a reggae band.” I met this particular mother this past weekend at a music festival. Weaving about a crowded venue, her family welcomed us t...

Auditions for the Fredericksburg Theater Company’s holiday musical, “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play,” will be held at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 14-15, at the Steve W. Shepherd Theater. For the auditions, individuals will need to prepare two minutes of an up-tempo show tune. A CD and MP3 ...

Hill Country Naturalist An insect is usually described as an arthropod that has an exoskeleton, three body segments (head, thorax, abdomen), the head ...

The Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau (FCVB) will unveil the findings of the latest Fredericksburg/Gillespie County visitor research at 9:3...

The Gillespie County Republican Women will meet at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 at the Golden Hub Community Center. The meeting will include lunch at...