Fast response I had a 50-plus-year-old tree fall overnight into the street and on my fence. I saw the lights of the police car about 6:30 a.m. Monday. There was a crew here by 6:50 a.m. and they had it all cleaned up by 8:15 a.m.. A BIG thank you to the City of Fredericksburg. It’s so refreshing to ...

The continuing federal shutdown means food benefits provided to 3.5 million Texans could be cut off in November, The Texas Tribune reported. Of those affected, nearly half are children. “SNAP has funding available for benefits and operations through the month of October,” according to a letter writt...

Guest column When we think of first responders, sirens and flashing lights often come to mind. But there’s another force that arrives at every crisis, working quietly alongside law enforcement and emergency services: our mental health professionals. It’s time we recognize them for what they truly ar...

We all bear the cost when water resources are not well-managed. More than a century ago, the people of Texas wrote a core value into our state constit...

It is easy to see Create Healthy is spending $35 million to expand the Wellness Center and immediately judge it as wasteful and extravagant. The quest...

When Emil Birck of Fredericksburg described his business as a full-service gas station, he wasn’t kidding. Customers could pull in for a tank of gas, ...