DEAR DR. ROACH: Our local newspaper just ran the obituary of a 59-yearold woman who died from Alzheimer’s disease. I didn’t know her, but I’ve known at least two other people with that illness. More...

Dance to the sounds of Ray Sczepanik and the “Texas Top Hands Band” and Jim Fischer, the featured headliners at the next Floresville Opry Thursday, May 3, from 6-9:30 p.m. in the Wilson County Show Barn at 435 S.H. 97 E. More...

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The Bexar County Junior Livestock Show’s fourth annual BBQ Cook-Off and Dance will be held Friday and Saturday, April 27-28, on the Bexar County Junior Livestock Show Fairgrounds at 7701 F.M. 1346 in San Antonio.  More...

If you have ever wondered what pickleball is all about, now is your chance, as lessons will be held on Mondays and Thursdays at the Lauro G. De Leon III Floresville Event Center at 600 S.H. 97 W.  More...

The Floresville United Methodist Church invites the community to join together to hear melodious voices at its special program, “Celebration of Music,” on Sunday, April 29, at 10:30 a.m. More...

Take the family and your appetite to enjoy food and festivities at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church’s annual picnic on Sunday, May 6, on the church grounds at 12067 N. S.H. 123 in Cestohowa.  More...

Mission-Alamo Lodge, Lone Oak Lodge, and the Young Marines are “joining hands” to help Hermann Sons member Kris Workman with a Hamburger Dinner fundraiser. More...

Meet German author Barbara Ortwein for a Book Talk With Music on Tuesday, May 1, from 10 a.m. to noon in the Elmendorf Community Library.  More...

The Volunteer Services Council of the San Antonio State Hospital will open its “Trinkets and Treasures” Resale Shop on Tuesday, May 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. More...

Calling all growers, crafters, and artisans. More...

Calling all cowboys and cowgirls! The South Texas Cowboy Gathering and Western Music Festival will be Friday and Saturday, May 4-5, at the Seguin Outdoor Learning Center, 1865 Hwy. 90 East.  More...

Join the staff of the Wilson County News in congratulating the May birthday celebrants among area nursing home residents.  Argent Court   More...

Rachel Zarosky of Pleasanton has been initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Zarosky was initiated at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.  More...

Again this year, Lia and my daughter-in-law, Letty, posted on Facebook about my having a birthday. I was flooded with so many well wishes that I would have been on the phone all day long if I had replied to each one. More...

Many artists don’t create just pictures or sculptures. They make furniture, jewelry, dinnerware or even kitchen tools and toys. In the 1920s and ‘30s, there was a new title for these multi-talented artists: industrial designer. More...

Want a nose job, a tummy tuck, or some other cosmetic procedure? So do 17.5 million other Americans — or at least they did in 2017.  More...

April is Autism Awareness Month and Rachel Wehner, a speech-language pathologist at the University of Texas at Dallas, has said many people don’t understand the neurological and developmental disorder. More...