A parade down Main Street Thursday afternoon will open homecoming festivities for St. Mary’s High School. A homecoming queen will be crowned during halftime of the football game Saturday evening between the Indians and St. Stephens of Austin. Nominees include Cindy Behrends, Annette Loth, Carol Dool...

New addition Your new reporter, Augustus M. Spence, is a nice addition to your staff. I read his articles and they were well written and entertaining. Keep up the good work, Mr. Spence. Connie Priest Fredericksburg Tumultuous times We live with severe partisan politics — just look in the Standard. T...

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Flu season is underway, and health officials are urging Texans to get their vaccinations as soon as possible, since it takes about two weeks for the shot to take effect. “Because inf luenza can be a very serious disease, we recommend that all individuals aged six months and o...

OCTOBER 4, 1972 The County of Gillespie will operate on a budget of $846,550.64 in the new fiscal year, according to County Judge Victor Sagebiel. Tax...

O ctober is “Night Skies Month” in the Hill Country and we should all do the simple things needed to keep our night skies dark, our wasted light to a ...

The recently formed Fredericksburg Education Alliance intends to ask the Texas legislature to rein in the debilitating impact of the recapture system ...