The weather pattern remains warm and humid across the local area through the beginning of next week. Temperatures are not expected to change very much in the coming days as a late summer ridge of high pressure keeps the area relatively quiet and protected from cold fronts. Morning lows are expected ...

The Gillespie County Commissioners Court reversed course last week, deciding to approve the FY2025-2026 tax rate at the same level as last year. During Friday’s special meeting of the court, the commissioners approved both the tax rate and budget for the fiscal year. Prior to a public hearing on the...

During the 89th Texas Legislative session, legislators referred 17 constitutional amendments to the Tuesday, Nov. 4 ballot. A full list and official ballot language for the 17 propositions can be found on the Texas Secretary of State’s website and on page A8 and A9 of this edition. The propositions ...

Gillespie Livestock Co., Inc. Market Report www.gillespielivestock.com Cattle – 1,657 head Cows and bulls .................. steady Steers ..............

Gillespie Livestock Co. celebrates 75 years, hosts auctioneering competition The usual smell of cattle and not-as-usual porkypig- like speech hung in ...

Nora Schoessow has been showing livestock since the second grade. She has shown them all: Goats, steers, a heifer, even a chicken. “I wasn’t expecting...