Students in Gillespie County’s five of six school districts have all reported for classes. With the start of school, 4,153 have returned to the classroom. During the 2107-2018 school year, 4,242 students were reported in the classroom. Following the Labor Day holiday, Fredericksburg Independent Scho...

 A property owner is dead after an eviction altercation escalated into a gunfire exchange. Gillespie County deputies responded to a civil disturbance call at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 5101 Old Harper Road. The disturbance initially started as a civil matter regarding tenant eviction. Christoph...

It is tough to imagine children losing their lives while attending school, and even harder to imagine that it could happen close to home in Gillespie County. With the rising violence taking place in schools across the nation, local school districts are implementing new initiatives, trying to find th...

Live pari-mutuel racing for the 2018 season ended on a positive note over the weekend at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. “It was a great weekend of...

“Rhapsody in Blue” is the theme for the Vereins Quilt Guild of Fredericksburg’s biennial quilt show on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 31-Sept. 1. Doors ope...