Maybe the solution to all our so-called modern problems is this: Live like your great-grandparents lived. Not literally, but metaphorically. Recently, our power went off and it got me to thinking again about how our ancestors coped. Let’s just go back 150 years or so. Here is what a typical day migh...

Ace Ventura, a handsome Staffordshire terrier, is known at the Hill Country SPCA (HCSPCA) for his striking brindle fur and heart of gold. “Ace’s journey hasn’t been easy. He was just six days away from losing his life at another shelter before being welcomed into the HCSPCA family,” an animal care s...

Public gets its first look at inaugural Music Festival The first Fredericksburg Music Festival and School, presented by Texas Cellos, continues through Saturday, June 21 with public performances and student master classes at five historic venues in and around Fredericksburg. The event, in its first ...

A local student was one of the 25 students selected to participate in a leadership program at West Texas A&M University. Ridley Strackbein, a senior a...

Pioneer Museum and the Gillespie County Historical Society have announced the recipient of the 2025 Flora Wertheim Scholarship. Mary Elizabeth Schultz...

Browsi ng through my sixth edition of the “Fredericksburg PTA’s Cookbook,” I came across a recipe for corn fritters submitted by Miss Blanche Mercer B...