The Essence Women’s Choir will present a concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the historic dancehall in Luckenbach. The program will feature country favorites, including songs made popular by Patsy Cline and other classic artists. Austin-based singersongwriter Darden Smith will appear as guest per...

On Sunday, April 12 the Friends of Gillespie County Country Schools group will host its yearly Barbecue Drive Thru/To Go-Only Lunch Meal and Prize Drawing Benefit at Fredericksburg American Legion Hall, 726 S. Washington St., from 10 a.m. until supplies run out. $15 will buy a chicken or pork barbec...

Fredericksburg Police responded to 414 calls for service and made 144 traffic stops between Monday, March 30 and Sunday, April 5. Arrest On Tuesday, March 31, at 4:07 p.m., an officer was sent to the 300 block of Airport Road for a suspicious male subject. After a traffic stop, the driver gave the o...

The Ephraim Andrews Chapter National Society of the American Revolution announced the 2026 DAR Good Citizen Award winner was Mari Williams, a senior a...

APRIL 7, 1976 Nina Nixon played a part in establishing a new queen honor for the area Wednesday night when she was chosen the first Miss Gillespie Cou...

Tribute to the Burg My mother Wilma Hill is 84 and moved to Fredericksburg in 2024. She was born in Berlin and is proud of her German heritage. She li...