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High school students experience nightmare of Shattered Dreams
Education, Gillespie Life
High school students experience nightmare of Shattered Dreams
By Rileigh Hamilton Harper ISD 
May 6, 2026
Forty-eight minutes is the length of a class period at Harper High School. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that one person loses their life to drunk driving every 44 minutes in the U.S. This amounts to about 32 people per day. That’s the equivalent of 80% of a graduating c...
Project Graduation
Community, Gillespie Life
Project Graduation
May 6, 2026
Community members can support Fredericksburg High School’s Class of 2026 Project Graduation by making donations via check or Venmo. Checks can be made payable to Class of 2026 Project Graduation and dropped off at the Fredericksburg High School office or mailed to Class of 2026 Project Graduation, c...
Let the leaders lead
Community, Gillespie Life
Let the leaders lead
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Phil Houseal 
May 6, 2026
HOUSE The most effective leader is not who you think it is. Many of us buy into the idea of “servant leadership.” As I understand it, the concept means that in order to lead an organization effectively, you need to perform all the tasks you ask your minions to perform, no matter how menial or time c...
Toastmasters open house to feature guest speaker
Community, Gillespie Life
Toastmasters open house to feature guest speaker
May 6, 2026
The Fredericksburg Toastmasters Club will host an open house Friday, May 15, featuring guest speaker Mo Saiidi, who will share his personal journey fr...
Friday’s Founders Day luncheon celebrated Evelyn Weinheimer
Community, Gillespie Life
Friday’s Founders Day luncheon celebrated Evelyn Weinheimer
By McKenna Dunworth Standard-Radio Post reporter 
May 6, 2026
Evelyn Weinheimer was born in Fredericksburg during the final years of World War II. Her first years were backdropped by stories of the past as her gr...
Fourth annual Duck Derby set for Saturday, May 9
Gillespie Life
Fourth annual Duck Derby set for Saturday, May 9
April 29, 2026
The opening day of the Optimist Club of Fredericksburg’s t-ball season will start Saturday, May 9 and includes the fourth annual Duck Derby. The free ...
Souper Eggs
Gillespie Life, Taste
Souper Eggs
Stories from the F&W Farmstead Mark Wieser & Case Fischer 
April 29, 2026
Mrs. Rudolph Smith, the former Roberta Stieler, was one of the sweetest women I’ve ever known. She, and even her mother, were frequent visitors to das...
Off the wall, off the mark: ‘Michael’ trades emotional depth for disjointed spectacle
Gillespie Life, Movies
Off the wall, off the mark: ‘Michael’ trades emotional depth for disjointed spectacle
Cinematic Considerations By Matt Ward 
April 29, 2026
With the proliferation of musical biopics, it’s only a matter of time before every major pop icon becomes immortalized on the silver screen. And yet, ...
HOSA students make a community impact at the Wildflower Run
Education, Gillespie Life
HOSA students make a community impact at the Wildflower Run
April 29, 2026
Students from Fredericksburg High School’s chapter of Future Health Professionals (HOSA) gained practical experience at the Wildflower Run & Walk on S...
Homeward bound … or just home bound?
Community, Gillespie Life
Homeward bound … or just home bound?
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Phil Houseal 
April 29, 2026
HOUSE Ihad dropped off my tax forms at the post office and, as I am oft accused of doing, abruptly headed out the door. The clerk called out to remind...
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