The next meeting of the Wrede/Bear Creek Community Club will be Friday, Aug. 18, at 5:30 p.m., at the Wrede School.“Mike Williams will speak on scams and cyber security which is a problem for everyone in today’s world,” said a spokesperson for the club.Questions and concerns will be addressed at the...

Friends of Enchanted Rock has partnered with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, to conduct an online fundraiser for rescue and night-vision equipment.Robert Deming, FOER president, said the “Centennial Wish” fund-raiser, marking the 100th year of Texas State Parks, hopes to provide Enchanted R...

TexasAgriLifeExtension Service is hosting the annual Hill Country Professional Child Care Providers Conference on Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Gillespie County AgriLife Extension Office located at 38 Business Court.Registration cost is $50 if postmarked by Aug. 18 and $75 after that.Conference registrat...

I read over and over in this newspaper via the editor and letter writers how awful the legislators were in passing the “Robin Hood Bill” and how it is...

Texans are known for braggadocio, and it used to be the friendly kind wrapped in a humility filled connection to gratitude for living here. But as gre...

Here in the Standard’s newsroom, we have a radio scanner tuned into Gillespie County Communications Center emergency dispatch. Throughout the day, our...