Macarena Hernandez, former Dallas Morning News editorial writer, moderated a discussion, at St. Joseph’s Halle, with award-winning author and MacArthur Fellow Sandra Cisneros, whose books and stories are taught in Gillespie County schools and schools through the country and world. See more photos an...

The2026GillespieCountyYouthLivestock Show Auction raised $1,515,266.84 at time of publication. The four-day event saw exhibitors from various Gillespie County 4-H clubs, the Fredericksburg FFA, Fredericksburg Junior FFA and the Harper FFA show animals and take part in the Saturday auction sale. In t...

Emergency responders were dispatched to a small-plane crash on Wednesday, Dec. 31, in northern Gillespie County, near Keese-Sagebiel Road. Richard (Randy) Bills, 72, was the sole occupant of the plane and died in the crash. An obituary submitted to the Standard says Bills passed away, “doing what br...

Commissioners file petition to intervene in lawsuit after safety, water concerns Gillespie County filed a petition for intervention in 216th Judicial ...

Critics lash out at commissioners’ court even as legislature has limited county power The Nov. 12 meeting of the Gillespie County Commissioners Court ...

Ninety-four percent of non-metro counties in Texas are facing a shortage of primary care doctors. As National Rural Health Day nears on Nov. 20, there...