Runaway spending Thankfully, the Standard keeps us updated on plans suggested by our City, County, and FISD decision makers. Having completed a new middle school at a cost of $84 million, purchased the Hill Country Educational Center for $10.5 million and announcing a new high school for $160 millio...

The electricity grid that covers most of Texas was holding up as of Sunday during the latest winter storm, although localized power outages were reported in Deep East Texas and far West Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas dashboard indicated demand was running comfortably below availabl...

Best find the candles and flashlights while there’s still enough daylight in the house to see. Why are the candles in the hall closet and the matches in the kitchen? Hubby stepped outside to confirm with the neighbors. Shut the dang door! Mr. K. said that after we shared our coffee with him last mon...

Civil right leader’s ideals should still inspire, in spite of current unrest, ugliness Monday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Service, held for the firs...

O rganizers of the second annual Fredericksburg Book Festival — numbering 100 or more on various committees — avoided the “sophomore slump” that somet...

German pride laid low for much of the 20th century. Celebrating anything German raised eyebrows during WWI and WWII. Then attitudes began to soften. B...