logo
Submissions Log In Subscribe e-Edition
Google Play App Store
  • News
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Gillespie Life
  • Commentary
  • Obituaries
  • Classifieds
  • Public Notices
    • Place a Notice
    • View All Public Notices
  • Photos
  • Special Sections
    • News
    • Business
    • Sports
    • Gillespie Life
    • Commentary
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
    • Public Notices
      • Place a Notice
      • View All Public Notices
    • Photos
    • Special Sections
An oversight, and a welcome aboard
Commentary
An oversight, and a welcome aboard
News Staff 
June 8, 2022
In our May 11 editorial, we praised all those who ran, but in the rush of press deadlines, we mentioned every candidate except one, absentmindedly forgetting mayoral candidate Timothy Riley. He finished third in voting but brought his youthful energy to the campaign. We need young voices in local ma...
A sizeable difference between media
Commentary
A sizeable difference between media
June 8, 2022
  Over the past week, I spent time attending a Texas Center for Community Journalism’s “bootcamp” for newspaper management. Packed into a classroom in the Moody College of Communication building at the University of Texas were myself and several other managing editors and publishers of community new...
Supply chain crimped, causing consumer pain
Commentary
Supply chain crimped, causing consumer pain
News Staff 
June 8, 2022
Everyone is feeling pinched these days. Grocery and restaurant prices continue their march upward, and we all feel that pang of regret when we pull up to the gas pump. Supply chain issues continue to be at least part of the reasons for gas prices and Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar outlined these reas...
Home away from home
Commentary, Sports
Home away from home
June 8, 2022
I am returning home on Friday. My wife and I will make our second trip to Minute Maid Park in Houston this season on Friday to watch the Houston Astro...
Here are fatal tree diseases to watch out for
Commentary
Here are fatal tree diseases to watch out for
June 8, 2022
Few people are likely to shed tears about losing a petunia plant in their flowerbed. But trees are different. Many have childhood memories about certa...
America, tired and angry
Commentary
America, tired and angry
June 3, 2022
It has been hard to focus on sports as of late. With the tragedy in Uvalde last week, my usually sports-obsessed brain has been weighed down with the ...
Leaders, step up and end senseless slaughter
Commentary
Leaders, step up and end senseless slaughter
News Staff 
June 1, 2022
On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old used an AR-15 to shoot 19 children and two students at an elementary school in Uvalde. And we repeat this fac...
Memorial Day: Lives lost may have bought us time
Commentary
Memorial Day: Lives lost may have bought us time
June 1, 2022
I had a lot of time to reflect on Monday’s Memorial Day holiday. While I’m usually attending and/or photographing one of this town’s ceremonies rememb...
The class of 2022
Commentary, Sports
The class of 2022
May 26, 2022
Congratulations to the Class of 2022. It wasn’t too long ago, albeit it keeps getting longer and longer ago, that your friendly neighborhood sports ed...
Peace Treaty was here half a century ago, too
Commentary
Peace Treaty was here half a century ago, too
News Staff 
May 25, 2022
Just as Fredericksburg wrapped up its year-long celebration marking its 175th Anniversary, an interesting item popped up in our “50 Years Ago.” Irene ...
  • 1
  • …
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • …
  • 250

Subscribe to the online newsletter:

* indicates required
ePaper
google_play
app_store
ePaper
google_play
app_store

Fredericksburg Standard
P.O. Box 1639
Fredericksburg, TX 78624-4228
830-997-2155

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM M-F

This site complies with ADA requirements

Copyright © Fredericksburg Standard

  • Advertisers
  • Contact
  • Copyright Policy
  • Privacy Accessibility Policy