By Cary Burgess Standard-Radio Post Sports Editor The Fredericksburg High School varsity girls basketball team reached the state championship game for the first time since 1948 after the Lady Billies defeated Bridge City Tuesday night, 49-45, at Bryan Rudder High School in Bryan. FHS (31-8) needed e...

A brush fire burned an estimated 1,160 acres of land in the northern portion of the county through Tuesday and Wednesday last week. The fire, dubbed the Nebo Mountain Fire, started around 2:17 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, near the 600 block of Exxon Road, about five miles northwest of Willow City. Local f...

Applications for the Gillespie County 2026 Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds are being accepted through 3 p.m. Friday, March 20. The funds support qualified events, projects and programs that promote tourism and increase overnight visitor stays in Gillespie County. The HOT is collected from visitors s...

DRT Keidel chapter to meet Monday for Ottmers program The Daughters of the Republic of Texas’ Dr. Wilhelm Keidel Chapter, Fredericksburg, will meet Mo...

Gillespie County Retired Teachers Association (GCRTA) will host its annual Spring Luncheon at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall at 11 a.m. Mo...

Sonya Meyers, a major coordinator in the Kerr County flood recovery, will speak at the Tuesday, March 10 meeting of the Hill Country Chapter of Texas ...