D.C. budget panic Why is it that there is always panic in D.C. as politicians try to pass a monumental budget in the last few days before the recess? The typical budget is well over a thousand pages long and no one has the time to read it all. Obviously, since this happens repeatedly, it is by desig...

JANUARY 1, 1975 A wide area of the Hill Country, including Gillespie County, was hit with an ice storm Christmas week that brought widespread damage to trees and power lines. The storm arrived early Christmas Day and continued through noon on Dec. 26 when temperatures finally climbed above the freez...

Fredericksburg Independent School District (FISD) will host several Community Education events in the coming months for participants of all ages. More information on all of FISD’s Community Education programs can be found at fisd.org/communityed. Dog obedience Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 15, FISD Comm...

The Fredericksburg High School varsity girls’ basketball team entered the Christmas break with a convincing 84-49 win over Salado last Friday at the F...

Ihave eaten Sacher Torte, but I cannot remember if it was in Vienna — its home. For certain, I had never heard of it in 1964, our first trip abroad. E...

Cinematic Considerations It’s pretty much pointless at this stage to question why Disney is developing live action remakes of their animated classic f...