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New Rockbox owner eyes local focus
Community, Gillespie Life
New Rockbox owner eyes local focus
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
February 11, 2026
Rockbox is undergoing a facelift at the moment. The walls have been repainted, the old rock-and-roll themed memorabilia is gone. Soon, new art will go up and the outdoor window decals will come down. The venue’s new owner Landon Miller said he wants the new iteration of Rockbox Theater to better ref...
Parents’ voices are the soundtrack of childhood
Community, Gillespie Life
Parents’ voices are the soundtrack of childhood
Parents’ voices are the soundtrack of childhood
Phil Houseal 
February 11, 2026
HOUSE Do you have a recording of your parents’ voices? I recently followed a story of a radio DJ trying to track down any recording of his late father’s voice. It turned into a quest worthy of the Holy Grail. His last sample was on a phone answering machine, which was accidently erased in an office ...
Eagle Scout project revives history
Community, Gillespie Life
Eagle Scout project revives history
Fort Martin Scott gets a new exhibit through teen’s carpentry
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
February 4, 2026
Last winter, aspiring Eagle Scout Hagen Nicely used 100-year old reclaimed pine to build a brand new information panel for Fort Martin Scott State Historical Site. The 17 year old’s custommade tilted panel features flipboards which reveal information about the history of the former U.S. Army outpost...
Fewer ‘to-do’ lists; here’s my ‘stop doing’ list
Community, Gillespie Life
Fewer ‘to-do’ lists; here’s my ‘stop doing’ list
Fewer ‘to-do’ lists; here’s my ‘stop doing’ list
Phil Houseal 
February 4, 2026
HOUSE Ilove making and keeping a “To Do” list. Little is more satisfying than changing a “to do” to “done.” But I have discovered a more important lis...
Community, Gillespie Life
Writing contest highlights short works
January 28, 2026
Winners of the first Hill Country Short Story Contest were announced last Saturday during the opening ceremony of the second Fredericksburg Book Festi...
The Hawk
Community, Gillespie Life
The Hawk
By Lulynne Streeter 
January 28, 2026
It was the first time she had ever been that far up the canyon. She and her husband, Judah, always stopped at the barbed wire fence marking the bounda...
Wisdom that works for everyone
Community, Gillespie Life
Wisdom that works for everyone
Wisdom that works for everyone
Phil Houseal 
January 28, 2026
HOUSE Once you’ve reached midlife, you are the least stupid you have ever been or ever will be. That’s why every person who has passed that milestone ...
Over 1,000 hit the books
Community, Gillespie Life
Over 1,000 hit the books
Fredericksburg’s second annual book festival touches hearts
From Staff Reports 
January 21, 2026
The second annual Fredericksburg Book Festival brought over 1,000 people to town for a day of thoughtful discussion, reading, poetry writing and celeb...
Things inside of other things
Community, Gillespie Life
Things inside of other things
Things inside of other things
Phil Houseal 
January 21, 2026
HOUSE Some wily entrepreneur in the Old West understood marketing. This coffee bean supplier wanted to make his beans stand out among the grizzled cow...
Youth Livestock Show
Community, Gillespie Life
Gillespie County 94th
Youth Livestock Show
January 14, 2026
Youth Livestock
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