They Give a Damn I’m extremely proud of our 100 Men Who Give a Damn organization who have put major effort into helping flood victims in Kerr County (profiled in last week’s Standard-Radio Post). These young adults are normally busy running businesses and raising their families. And now they have sa...

JULY 23, 1975 “Night in Old Fredericksburg” lived up to its billing Saturday as a wall-to-wall crowd of people gathered in the area around the grandstands and exhibition hall at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds. The catalog for the 87th Gillespie County Fair is off the press and being distributed t...

Like so many, I was jolted awake by thunder, lightning and torrential rainfall in the pre-dawn hours of July 4. A quick scan of color weather radar confirmed my worst fears; the low-pressure system hovering over Kerr and surrounding counties glowed bright red on the screen … and was not moving. Init...

Card players are invited to come play pinochle Sunday, July 27, at the Luckenbach Country School, located at 3566 Luckenbach Road. The group meets on ...

State Senator Pete Flores, of Senate District 24 which includes Gillespie and Kerr counties, was named vicechairman of the Senate Select Committee on ...

Ten Gillespie County residents were appointed by the Fredericksburg City Council on Tuesday, July 15 after an executive session, to serve on three boa...