JANUARY 14, 1976 Doss 4-H Club member Jimmie Jill Eckert’s heavyweight exotic steer was named Grand Champion Steer at the 44th annual Gillespie County 4-H and FFA Livestock Show Saturday afternoon. Other grand champions included Arthur Jung, market hog; Justin Stehling, turkey; Cheryl Crenwelge, bro...

The Fredericksburg Repeater Operators Group (w5fbg.com), a group of licensed amateur radio operators in Gillespie County, announces its 2-meter, 1.25-meter, and 70-centimeter amateur radio repeaters are now operational on solar power. These amateur radio repeaters are located at the Kneese Hill repe...

Nominations for the Hans Hannemann Community Service Award, presented by the Fredericksburg Rotary Club, are due Friday, Feb. 27. The award recognizes a non-Rotarian community member who contributes to the town or county through civic involvement. The nomination for will include the person’s name an...

For the guy once described in a book blurb as “one of this country’s most probing yet sympathetic journalists,” author Lawrence Wright sure seems to b...

Ottmers. Reserve Champion Hereford Heifer — Layna Ottmers. Simmental Spring yearling (22-23 mos.) — 1. Wade McCullough. Champion Simmental — Wade Mc-C...

Doe kids — 1. Wade Mc-Cullough; 2. Aubrey Eckert; 3. Rylee McCullough; 4. David Friederich. Yearling does — 1. David Friederich. Aged does — 1. David ...