The 94th Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show and Sale begins Wednesday, Jan. 7. All of the livestock shows will take place at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds Livestock Barn, and the sale will take place in the fair grounds’ exhibition hall. There will be 330 exhibitors and 708 entries in this ye...

Easter has Easter lilies, Halloween has pumpkins but Christmas, Christmas has a lot of “Christmas plants.” I never noticed how many until I was putting together this column and checking my word count. There are poinsettias, Christmas amaryllis, Christmas cactus, Christmas roses, mistletoe, holly, an...

Graduating high school seniors are invited to apply for $1,000 scholarships being awarded by Capital Farm Credit (CFC). “Capital Farm Credit is honored to support the future of agriculture and rural communities across Texas,” a CFC press release announcing the scholarships said. The deadline to appl...

Jamie Laratta wore a fourthgrade M&M costume to her chemotherapy appointment to honor her best friend who died in 2004 and whose birthday falls on Hal...

The City of Fredericksburg and three area school districts will hold elections on Saturday, May 2, 2026, to fill 13 seats. Filing dates for three city...

Locals will again celebrate Zweite Weihnachten, or Second Christmas, from 2-3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26 in the Sanctuary Hall of the Pioneer Museum at 312 ...