Hill Top Cafe will close out the year with Winterfest 2025, a weeklong celebration of live music running Friday through Wednesday, Dec. 26-31. Held annually in the days between Christmas and New Year’s, Winterfest brings nightly performances to the historic Hill Top Café stage, continuing a longstan...

Gillespie County residents cite urgency as construction looms Concerned citizens of Gillespie County held an information meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 17 with senior representatives of federal, state, county and city elected officials to update them on the environmental concerns of a planned 1,100-acre...

Above, Kara Prior, left, and her mother, Rhonda Nelson, both of Fredericksburg, helped Kepton, age 6, and Kelton, 3, have a visit with Santa Claus on Saturday for Crosswind Aviation’s annual Santa Fly-In at the Gillespie County Airport. — Standard-Radio Post/Ken Esten Cooke At left, the Maines famil...

Dec. 13-20, 2025 Fredericksburg • Monday, Dec. 15 – 8:22 a.m., Texas 16 South, fire/ CO alarm. • Monday, Dec. 15 – 5:37 p.m., U.S. 290 West, general i...

The Gillespie County Sheriff’s Office responded to 357 calls for service for the week of Dec. 15-21. They made 192 traffic stops and issued 141 warnin...

The Fredericksburg Police Department responded to 285 calls for service and made 296 traffic stops between Monday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 21. Arrest...