Undergraduate and graduate students studying American history are invited to apply for a DAR America 250! scholarship being awarded by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The society is awarding 10 one-time $25,000 scholarships in 2026 to mark the 250th anniversary of...

Willow City Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department will host an open house celebration for its new station on Sunday, Nov. 23 from 2-5 p.m. at the West Station, 3188 Gypsum Mine Road, north of Fredericksburg. A dedication ceremony will begin at 2 p.m., followed by refreshments and tours of the new fac...

The Doss community is sponsoring a blood drive benefiting Kevin Geistweidt, on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., at the St. Peter Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, in Doss. The drive is being conducted by the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center of San Antonio. Geistweidt had been hospitalized in...

Applications for the next class of Fredericksburg Citizen University are being accepted until Monday, Dec. 8. The program, sponsored by the City of Fr...

Last week, I wrote about the fictional Texas towns of Lonesome Dove, Highland, Wolfe Landing, Newt, Arlene and Dancer. Some of these towns created for...

Fredericksburg Tennis Association is marking the 50th anniversary of its founding with a Generation Gap Tournament, Saturday, Nov. 22, at tennis court...