Ifound it astonishing not a single recipe for goat ever appeared in the Fredericksburg PTA cookbook series. Of course, we never ate goat and never thought that odd. Still, Gillespie County was once 1 of 10 area counties that produced 90% of the world’s mohair. Just south of the county line lived the...

FISD Guest column As we conclude our fifth week of school, I wanted to share an update on the learning experiences and activities at Fredericksburg Elementary School. Our FES staff welcomed 752 eager Lil’ Billies back to school in August. We have had an amazing start to the school year! I’ve always ...

Cinematic Considerations AMarine cycles down a lonely country road when he is abruptly struck by a police cruiser, handcuffed, searched and has bail money for his cousin seized by two smalltown cops. For as much as this seems either surreal or outlandish, the first 5-10 minutes of writer/director Je...

A performance by Clayton Stephenson, the first Black finalist to ever compete in the Van Cliburn Piano Competition (2022), will take place here Sunday...

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, an educational program offered by Texas Tech University, is for those 50 and over, and is available at four loc...

Off the Shelf In this digital age of cynical news, it’s easy to see the world as a descending, hopeless spiral. How could you not, what with constant ...