Starting New Year’s Day, non-commercial vehicles will no longer need a vehicle safety inspection prior to registration. All non-commercial vehicles in the state will still be subject to a $7.50 inspection program replacement fee. The inspection program replacement fee will be paid at the time a driv...

Texas’s September sales tax revenue is 1.5% higher than last year at $3.85 billion, according to the Texas Comptroller’s Office. The majority of September sales tax revenue is based on sales made in August and remitted to the agency in September. Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending i...

In 2022, 37.9 million people (11.5% the U.S. population), lived below the official poverty level, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For context, in 2022, the weighted average poverty threshold for a family of four was $29,950. For an individual, it was income below $14,880. These values are updat...

At the beginning of this school year, Fredericksburg High School implemented a new cell phone policy — no phones in classrooms or in hallways, and mob...

The Fredericksburg Police Department responded to 421 calls for service and made 224 traffic stops and 15 arrests for the week of Sept. 30-Oct. 6. Arr...

The Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) responded to 737 calls for service, made 14 arrests and 181 traffic stops during the week of Sept. 30 thr...