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Off to the races
Sports
Off to the races
July 23, 2025
Twenty-two races were run on Saturday and Sunday as part of Night in Old Fredericksburg at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. On Saturday, the payout was $152,300 and Sunday’s payout was $138,400. Below are results for the top three finishers in each race for the two days of races at the Gillespie C...
Marschall, Ward take top honors at 2025 Vorfest
Sports
Marschall, Ward take top honors at 2025 Vorfest
By Cary Burgess Standard-Radio Post Sports Editor 
July 23, 2025
Ethan Marschall took first place in centerfire competition and Bruce Ward claimed first place in rimfire competition on Sunday, July 20, at the Gillespie County Schuetzenbund Vorfest at the Texas Hills Sporting Range. Ninety-seven shooters participated in the annual event sponsored this year by the ...
Education, Gillespie Life
EDUCATION BRIEFS
July 23, 2025
FISD summer theater camp shows in August Fredericksburg Independent School District’s 2025 theater camp performance of Beetlejuice Jr is Friday through Sunday, Aug. 1-3. The shows will be at the Fredericksburg Theater Company, 1668 U.S. 87 South, on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 1-2 at 7 p.m. and Sunday...
Education, Gillespie Life
Grace Center Ambassadors host school supply drive
July 23, 2025
The Grace Center of Fredericksburg ambassadors will host a school supply drive from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, July 26, at Fredericksburg High School. The...
Tomato ketchup is an American table staple
Gillespie Life, Taste
Tomato ketchup is an American table staple
July 23, 2025
Deanna asked me to consider some recipes for ketchups she marked in the First Texas Cook Book (1883). It appears making ketchup was quite popular, but...
‘Eddington’ is a bold new take on pandemic
Gillespie Life, Movies
‘Eddington’ is a bold new take on pandemic
BY MATT WARD 
July 23, 2025
The head-scratching that audiences will undoubtedly do at every turn in Ari Aster’s fourth drama, “Eddington” is not only meant to challenge their exp...
Camel Trophy revive is for soccer moms, not smokers
Gillespie Life, Outdoors
Camel Trophy revive is for soccer moms, not smokers
by Gayne C. Young 
July 23, 2025
Soccer moms rejoice. Your new vehicle is almost here. Land Rover is reimaging and rebranding its classic SUV. The new 2025 Land Rover Defender 110 Tro...
Culinary institute brings hospitality courses to town
Community, Gillespie Life
Culinary institute brings hospitality courses to town
By Michaela Rush Standard-Radio Post reporter 
July 23, 2025
Last week, the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce hosted the first session of collaborative hospitality classes with the San Antonio-based Culinary In...
Abbott: Flooding death toll now at 135
Commentary
Abbott: Flooding death toll now at 135
By Gary Borders 
July 23, 2025
Gov. Greg Abbott said late last week that the statewide death toll from the catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country stands at 135, and the number of...
Commentary
An anniversary for women’s right to vote
July 23, 2025
T exas women voted for the first time on July 27, 1918 — 107 years ago. This was before ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitut...
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