In college I worked a summer measuring vegetation in Louisiana. During the first month, one of my coworkers encountered fire ants for the first time. The ants were gentle where she was from. They wouldn’t bite or sting. She hadn’t grown up throwing off your shoes as fast as you can to get the ants o...

Hill Country Chapter — Military Order of the World Wars has announced its next meeting. The chapter will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the Spanish Oak Room of the Y.O. Ranch Hotel and Conference Center, 2033 Sidney Baker Street, in Kerrville. Service academy candidates and their parents have b...

By Joe Kammlah - Special to the Standard-Radio Post   In less than one year, Fredericksburg will be celebrating the 175th anniversary of its founding. While the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly put a damper on the planning, a 175th committee has been meeting over the past two years to plan this celeb...

Students from Heritage School came together on Monday, July 27, to paint a local veteran’s home. Once again this summer, Heritage School and Misión de...

With a modified version of the 132nd Gillespie County Fair coming up Thursday through Sunday, some offices and businesses are also changing their hour...

The following birth announcement has been received by the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post: Andrew Winton Dowlen Isaac and Kristen Keller Dowlen of ...