The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering disaster assistance and low-interest loan programs to Gillespie and surrounding areas affected by the July 4 floods. The Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) is currently offering: • Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP): NAP provides fin...

It may surprise some to find out that Rayleigh Beyer, a Gillespie County 4-H council member and current Gillespie County Fair Duchess, was a shy kid. “I used to kind of cling to my mom,” she said. Beyer is a fifth generation farmer. It was her mom who encouraged a thirdgrade Beyer to join the Gilles...

The Gillespie County Fair Grounds drew 30,000 people on Friday and Saturday to take part in the 137th Gillespie County Fair festivities. This eclipsed last year’s estimated attendance of 21,000. “We had a great fair. There were more people than last year. That probably had a lot to do with the enter...

The Texas Exes, Fredericksburg is celebrating the 2025 college football season with a watch party of the Texas Longhorns’ first football game. Kickoff...

Fort Martin Scott State Historic Site will be open five days a week with new hours starting Tuesday, Sept. 2. The site will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p...

Die Künstler von Fredericksburg (DK) will return from its summer break with a meeting on Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Gillespie County Historical Society ...