P arks aren’t just for running and throwing a frisbee. They’re important for our well-being. TheFredericksburgParksFoundation (visit them online at fbgparks.org) will host a “Party in the Park” this Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the Lady Bird Johnson Municipal park. They’ll have live music featuri...

Shooting clubs in Germany have been around since Black Forest hunters used crossbows and Medieval armies lobbed big rocks at each other with catapults. Those early clubs had a military purpose. In the centuries before German unification, small-town marksmen formed militias to defend their communitie...

Newspaper binds us I was listening to Michael Smerconish on the radio and he had a guest on the show talking about local newspapers and how important they are to a community. The thought he expressed that stood out to me was that local newspapers are ink and paper, but they are also glue — the glue ...

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....

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 ...

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,...