Apaches closing season strong - Fredericksburg Standard

Otto Heep in action against Holy Spirit Middle School. ?Standard-Radio Post/Cary Burgess

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News Staff, on April 26, 2023

Apaches closing season strong

Â By Cary Burgess Standard-Radio Post Sports Editor The St. Maryâs Apaches won two of out three games over the past two weeks, including wins over St. Mary Magdalen and Holy Spirit. The Apaches suffered their first loss of the season against St. Gregory on Monday, April 10. SMS 18, St. Mary

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State-Bound: FHS girls basketball to play in state championship

Ken Esten

March 4, 2026

By Cary Burgess Standard-Radio Post Sports Editor The Fredericksburg High School varsity girls basketball team reached the state championship game for...

Nebo Mountain Fire claims more than 1,100 acres

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EMERGENCY SERVICES

Nebo Mountain Fire claims more than 1,100 acres

March 4, 2026

A brush fire burned an estimated 1,160 acres of land in the northern portion of the county through Tuesday and Wednesday last week. The fire, dubbed t...

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GILLESPIE COUNTY

HOT fund applications are due by March 30

March 4, 2026

Applications for the Gillespie County 2026 Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds are being accepted through 3 p.m. Friday, March 20. The funds support quali...

Bomb Squad called for package left downtown

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LAW ENFORCEMENT

Bomb Squad called for package left downtown

March 4, 2026

The Fredericksburg Police Department responded to a report of a suspicious package at 1:02 p.m. Monday at 1:02 p.m. at the northwest corner of the int...

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FREDERICKSBURG

Sales slow in 2025, but ’26 starts fast

EDC director gives report; downtown businesses eye a warehouse district

By Christine Granados Special to the Standard-Radio Post

March 4, 2026

While sales receipts and tourism numbers were down in 2025, according to the Gillespie County Economic Development Commission’s quarterly report to th...

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Author to offer strategies for gardens that weather storms

March 4, 2026

Guest author will share how resilient gardeners are embracing change, shifting their plant palette toward Texas natives, nurturing wildlife, and findi...

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