Gillespie County News

Those of you who are thinking about growing grapes and starting a winery, listen up.

The public can now buy tickets to win one of three unique $2,500 prizes offered by the Gillespie County Historical Society a ' a new motor scooter from Scootique, VISA gift card or a custom painted gun.

A Texas AgriLife Extension Service-sponsored "Prospective Wine-Grape Growers Workshop" is scheduled for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Dec.

Visitors can enjoy the history and holiday decor of nine never-before-viewed homes during this year's Holiday Home Tour in Fredericksburg, part of the Gillespie County Historical Society's Preservation Weekend, from noon to 6 pm, Saturday, Dec.

To celebrate the season with an elegant meal, live dance music, auction, and raffle while raising money for a good cause, everyone is invited to the Tannenbaum Ball on Friday, Dec 11, in Fredericksburg.

Fire investigators said an attempt to relight a pilot light caused a deadly explosion in Fredericksburg, Saturday.

A Gillespie County woman was killed in a house fire over the weekend while several others barely escaped the flames, according to authorities.

One woman died when the home she was sleeping in caught fire early Saturday morning in Gillespie County.

Save Our Scenic Hill Country Environment, an organization that supports sensible development in the Hill Country, has scheduled an informational meeting to provide an update on area transmission line developments.

Ted Tisdale, who lives out in Clear Creek Ranches, west of Blanco, proudly displays the three ribbons and the three gourds that won them at the Texas Gourd Society Gourd Festival held at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds in Fredericksburg, October 16-18. The large gourd in the center was done in the dot painting style of the Australian aborigine.

Eleven possible routes for a new high-voltage power line proposed to link substations in Lampasas and Gillespie counties have been filed with the Public Utility Commission by LCRA Transmission Services Corporation.

In a move that apparently caused consternation within the 216th Judicial District, Texas Gov.

Department of Public Safety officials say a San Antonio man tried to take a trooper's gun, which discharged during the scrap beside Interstate 10 near Comfort on Tuesday.

A San Antonio couple in jail on Thursday, accused of attacking a state trooper and trying to take his gun.

On Tuesday a Department of Public Safety trooper stopped Briana Wood in Gillespie County.

A 53-year-old woman was killed Saturday afternoon in a traffic collision near Fredericksburg, authorities said.

A Fredericksburg High School coach was arrested today and is being held on $100,000 bond in the Gillespie County jail, accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student.

A U.S. Army soldier from Killeen died in a weekend motorcycle crash on U.S. 290 in Gillespie County, according to a report by Department of Public Safety Trooper Michael Bacon.

Fredericksburg is a small town in central Texas located in the Gillespie county right in the heart of Texas Hill Country at about 63 miles from San Antonio and 67 miles from Austin.

Editor's note: More information related to this story is to come Tuesday, following substantiation of these reports by the Times.