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Pearl Harbor thrust Nimitz into spotlight
Commentary
Pearl Harbor thrust Nimitz into spotlight
December 10, 2025
Native son who commanded in Pacific was an example of leadership to the nation The big news in Fredericksburg the week of Dec. 4, 1941 was that new traffic lights were being added to the city’s electric grid. The sheep and goat raisers were prepping for their convention in Del Rio, and the reading a...
Hill Country on the auction block? Yes, but…
Commentary
Hill Country on the auction block? Yes, but…
Guest column By Katherine Peake, Guest column By Katherine Peake 
December 10, 2025
Dr. Leo Tynan noted that outside interests with deep pockets have long had the Hill Country in their sights for every conceivable type of project (Fredericksburg Standard’s Nov. 11 edition). Limited county authority means limited meaningful boundaries and regulations, especially regarding water qual...
Obituaries
Kantorek
December 10, 2025
Dietmer Kantorek, 81, of Fredericksburg, died Dec. 4, 2025. Kantorek was born July 21, 1944, in Germany, the son of Kurt Kantorek and Lisolitto Wentzek Kantorek. He served in the United States Army and was a retired sales manager for Mercedes Benz. Survivors include two sons, Kurt Kantorek of Boling...
Rodney Smajstrla
Obituaries
Rodney Smajstrla
December 10, 2025
April 26, 1942 -December 1, 2025 Rodney Eugene Smajstrla, 83, of Fredericksburg, Texas passed away on Monday, December 1, 2025, in Fredericksburg, Tex...
Obituaries
Prochnow
December 10, 2025
Shane James Prochnow, Ph.D., P.G., 47, of Fredericksburg, died Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, at St. Pau...
ROTARIANS ROLL INTO SCHOOLS
Education
ROTARIANS ROLL INTO SCHOOLS
December 10, 2025
Members from the Nimitz Rotary visited Fredericksburg Elementary School third graders and passed out activity books and read the Four-Way Test with ex...
‘Hamnet’ delves into the pain of love, loss
Movies
‘Hamnet’ delves into the pain of love, loss
BY MATT WARD, BY MATT WARD 
December 10, 2025
Cinematic Considerations An adaptation of the Maggie O’Farrell novel of the same name, Director Chloé Zhao enters new territory with “Hamnet.” Her dra...
Thou shall not commit crape murder
Agriculture, News
Thou shall not commit crape murder
Lawn & Garden Beth Mcmahon 
December 10, 2025
There are many ways to trim crape myrtles, but not all of them are correct. I have seen crape myrtles gently thinned and trained like trees, clipped i...
FISD names interim superintendent
A: Main, Education, ...
Dixon will maintain district operations while search continues
FISD names interim superintendent
Dixon will maintain district operations while search continues
Ken Esten 
December 10, 2025
By Avery Korponai Standard-Radio Post reporter The Fredericksburg ISD Board of Trustees voted to appoint a veteran of transitioning administrations to...
County joins BESS facility suit
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County joins BESS facility suit
By Ken Esten Cooke Standard-Radio Post publisher, By Ken Esten Cooke Standard-Radio Post publisher 
December 3, 2025
Commissioners file petition to intervene in lawsuit after safety, water concerns Gillespie County filed a petition for intervention in 216th Judicial ...
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