Editor’s note: Resident historian Sherrie Geistweidt was out last week, so two 50 Years Ago columns are being published this edition. APRIL 23, 1975 Vice Admiral Nobuo Fukuchi, Imperial Japanese Navy (ret.), of Tokyo, Japan, will visit Fredericksburg Saturday to discuss plans for a Garden of Peace h...

LENTEN DEVOTIONALS FROM HOLY GHOST LUTHERAN Taken from the Holy Ghost Lutheran Church 2025 Lenten Devotions, a collection of writings by members of the Holy Ghost Family of Faith. The devotions, as well as sermons at each Lenten service, centered around the theme, “God Sees Me Just as I Am,” remindi...

A Feast Day Barbecue Celebration and Festival, hosted by the men of St. Joseph’s Society, will be held Sunday, May 4. The 124th anniversary celebration will be from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Halle, 212 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg. The men will serve pork barbecue plates for $10 ...

Capital Farm Credit’s 2025 Community Outreach Grant Program for 4-H and FFA students is accepting applications through Thursday, May 1. This annual pr...

For those looking to improve their melon growing or cooking skills, the Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office is offering its final 2025 “Grow It...

The corn market has been relatively strong as Texas producers monitor planted fields in southern areas and prepare to plant in the High Plains. But th...