The 2024 Meat Goat and Lamb futurities were held Saturday at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds Show Barn. Meat goat futurity committee members included Brad Roeder, chairman; Roy Sanders, co-chair; Tim Louton, Christy Louton, Blaine Hahn, Patrick Padgett and Lori Titsworth. Lamb futurity committee m...

I awoke early morning last week to the sound of … skittering. Right by the bed. Being that I had just woken up, my first thought was, “That cat has finally done it. She has finally caught a mouse, brought it inside and now it is loose inside my house.” I laid still in bed, until the skittering stopp...

The West Texas Fair and Rodeo in Abilene is scheduled for Sept. 5-13 at the Expo Center of Taylor County. Online entries are being accepted for the breeding livestock show through Thursday, Aug. 15. The Aug. 15 entry deadline is for cattle, Boer goats and dairy goats with a $25, $20 and $15 entry fe...

Fredericksburg City Council members used the power of silence to voice opposition to a property owner’s request to release over 140 acres along U.S. 2...

The Hill Country Underground Water Conservation District (district) is seeking comments and data from well owners within the current Ellenburger Criti...

When students arrived at Fredericksburg High School to pick up their schedules for the coming school year, some were surprised to receive a bright-ora...