Chamber’s first event exceeded expectations, wowed 2,000+ attendees L et’s give credit where credit is due: The revamped Fredericksburg Food & Wine Festival was a “wow” event. The event, put on by the city but taken on by the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce for 2024, was an elevated event with a ...

Grateful for their work from the routine to the extreme Some people think law officers, both our sheriff’s office and police department, sit around like Andy Griffith and Don Knox in Mayberry and wait for mild issues to arise. And given our tourist destination as an alcohol outpost, driving under th...

Astory in the Fredericksburg Standard (1962) announced a second telephone booth had been placed on the courthouse lawn adjacent to the one already there. Editor Art Kowert supported the decision. “Nothing,” he wrote, “is as frustrating as to be in a strange city at night and try to find a public tel...

Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins Monday, Oct. 21 and ends on Nov. 1. Texas voters will be choosing from a full slate of candidates,...

Texas Type During our Monday night men’s doubles tennis match, we were changing sides and felt something we hadn’t in quite some time — a slight chill...

Series of articles will cover all sides of voucher debate Our article last week showing survey results on school vouchers and “education savings accou...