The Fredericksburg High School’s marching band, “The Pride of the Texas Hill Country,” officially ended their season on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The band advanced to the state level preliminaries, missing finals by just one spot. Overall, FHS finished 11 out of 27 bands competing at the Alamodome. Senior...

Editor’s note: The inaugural Fredericksburg Book Festival will host 11 well known and accomplished adult and children’s authors – all from Texas – on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, and the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post will introduce each one in the coming months. The day of the event will be filled ...

Turkey dressing recipes might have created a rivalry among some women of the Fredericksburg PTA cookbook committee. Each had her way of making Americans’ favorite stuffing. Of course, every family’s mom made the best. Most recipes had been handed down for generations. When Deanna asked me to write a...

Cinematic Considerations How much grace should audiences give celebrated auteurs based on their filmography? Movies with big star power attached to th...

Outdoors On Edge When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When Nazi Germany leaves you an ever-multiplying and garbage diving legacy, make sausage. ...

Again the great re-ordering of time has side-whacked us. Twice a year we reset the clocks to align with the great solar cycle, compensating for the ti...