Fredericksburg Morning Rotary Club’s 16th Annual Kraut Run, featuring 8K and 5K timed runs and a 5K walk will draw a $100 gift card winner from those who register by Aug. 31. Registrants have a chance to win a $100 gift card for Pi Social, which is inside Grand Central on Milam Street, and is being ...

Hill Country Astronomers’ (HCA) meeting on Monday, Sept. 1, will focus on the McDonald Observatory. The HCA vice president Mark Ward will discuss the results of some recent research at the McDonald Observatory; as well as the current state of the observatory’s historic instruments and how they are s...

Fredericksburg pianist Duncan Holmes was named president of the National Church Conference of the Blind (NCCB) at its annual convention in Philadelphia, which was held Aug. 9-15. This will be Holmes second year as president. “While it is not certain as to where we’ll gather next summer, I can assure...

The Gillespie County Old Teamsters will hold their annual gathering on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1. “It’s a celebration of the old teamsters who pulled...

The National Museum of the Pacific War invites the public to two upcoming events that highlight the end of World War II, including the men and machine...

Our community was saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Schaefer. Deepest sympathy to his wife, Susan, son and wife, Steve and Destiny, and family. I...