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ALL FOR AG EDUCATION
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ALL FOR AG EDUCATION

The 19th Annual Gillespie County Wild Game Dinner brought out a crowd of locals on Saturday to the favorite fall activity for many hunters and wil...

November 26, 2025
Rodriguez resigns as FISD leader
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Rodriguez resigns as FISD leader

Superintendent to move to Baytown-area district; search on for new schools chief

The Fredericksburg Independent School District board of trustees annou...

November 26, 2025
George H.W. Bush Gallery to reopen Dec. 6
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George H.W. Bush Gallery to reopen Dec. 6

The National Museum of the Pacific War will celebrate the grand reopening of its principal exhibition space, the George H.W. Bush Gallery on Saturda...

November 26, 2025
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Amendments to state constitution show investment in future
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Amendments to state constitution show investment in future
Texas Tomorrow Dr. Ray Perryman 
November 26, 2025
Texas voters recently passed a variety of amendments to the state’s constitution, most by a significant margin. Several of these enactments will play ...
Thanksgiving hours announced by Science Mill
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Thanksgiving hours announced by Science Mill
November 26, 2025
Johnson City’s Science Mill has announced its hours through the end of the year. During Thanksgiving week, the Mill will have regular hours, 10 a.m. t...

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Ticket sales under way for Christmas Wine Affair passport
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Ticket sales under way for Christmas Wine Affair passport
November 26, 2025
Ticket sales began Monday for the Texas Hill Country Wineries Christmas Wine Affair passport event. Purchasers will have 25 days to visit wineries tha...
Gage Kneese
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Gage Kneese
November 26, 2025
Gage Kneese and Kathryn Kneese were confirmed Sunday, Oct. 19, at Zion Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Jonathan Mollenkopf officiating. Afterward, the ...
Music to educate, heal the soul
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Music to educate, heal the soul
November 26, 2025
Holy Ghost Lutheran to host African Children’s Choir on Dec. 14 Holy Ghost Lutheran Church will host an African Children’s Choir concert Sunday, Dec. ...
Author uses craft to explore Texas culture
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Author uses craft to explore Texas culture
By Caroline Eidson Special to the Standard-Radio Post 
November 26, 2025
Whether he’s writing about sports, music, travel, land, water or one-of-akind stops along winding roads, Joe Nick Patoski, a featured author at the se...
Friends of the library to host Christmas book sale Dec. 5
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Friends of the library to host Christmas book sale Dec. 5
November 26, 2025
The Friends of Pioneer Memorial Library want to light up people’s imaginations with a Christmas used book sale on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p...
Toys for Tots accepting gifts for local families
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Toys for Tots accepting gifts for local families
November 26, 2025
The annual Toys for Tots campaign sponsored by the Fredericksburg Rotary Club is under way and accepting holiday gifts for low-income families living ...
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Heritage falls to Brazosport in TAPPS playoff
Sports
Heritage falls to Brazosport in TAPPS playoff
November 26, 2025
The Fredericksburg Heritage varsity football team fell short of reaching its overall goal of playing in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial...
Billies drop two against ranked opponents
Sports
Billies drop two against ranked opponents
By Cary Burgess Standard-Radio Post Sports Editor 
November 26, 2025
The Fredericksburg High School varsity girls’ basketball team lost two games during the past week against ranked opponents in non-district basketball ...
Harper hoopers open season by dropping Boerne Geneva
Sports
Harper hoopers open season by dropping Boerne Geneva
November 19, 2025
The Harper Longhorns varsity basketball team opened up its 20252026 basketball season with a 57-44 victory over Boerne Geneva in Boerne last Friday. “...
MIGHTY BILLIES
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MIGHTY BILLIES
November 19, 2025
A group of third and fourth grade Gillespie County football players won the Fredericksburg Little Billies football league championship after defeating...
TENNIS CLINIC
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TENNIS CLINIC
November 19, 2025
Taking part in the Fredericksburg Tennis Association Junior Clinic on Saturday at the Fredericksburg High School tennis courts were, from left, John S...
LBJ spoils Billies’ playoff run
Sports
LBJ spoils Billies’ playoff run
By Cary Burgess Standard-Radio Post Sports Editor 
November 19, 2025
For the second year in a row, the Austin LBJ Jaguars ended the Billies’ varsity football season after posting a 37-15 win over Fredericksburg High Sch...
FHS JV tennis wins final game
Sports
FHS JV tennis wins final game
November 19, 2025
The Fredericksburg High School junior varsity tennis team finished its season with a 19-4 win against Lampasas on Thursday, Nov. 13. The Billies end t...
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The first and last raccoon in the White House
Gillespie Life
The first and last raccoon in the White House
OUTDOORS ON EDGE By Gayne C. Young 
November 26, 2025
Raccoon was once considered for the main course for Thanksgiving Dinner at the White House. The First Lady intervened and made the trash panda a pet i...
Winter warmth means Chicken & Ham pot pie
Gillespie Life
Winter warmth means Chicken & Ham pot pie
By Mark Wieser 
November 26, 2025
In 1883, an anonymous recipe for Chicken and Ham Pie turned up in the First Presbyterian Church Cookbook in Houston. Deanna suggested I look into it, ...
Board honors educator in ‘mission moment’
Gillespie Life
Board honors educator in ‘mission moment’
By Michaela Rush Standard-Radio Post reporter 
November 26, 2025
Fredericksburg Elementary School math teacher Sarah Howard was surprised by student Carla Gallegos, a fifth grader at FES, with the Mission Moment hon...
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Rathskeller looks back on 25 years
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Rathskeller looks back on 25 years
By Michaela Rush Standard-Radio Post reporter 
November 26, 2025
In 2025, Rathskeller — owned and operated by Tula Smajstrla — is celebrating a quarter-century of business. The basement-level community favorite is l...
Glassblowing collab coming to EFR over holiday weekend
Business
Glassblowing collab coming to EFR over holiday weekend
November 26, 2025
Texas glassblowers Justin Ginsberg and Clifton Crofford will be collaborating their talent this weekend at Fredericksburg Glassblowing at Enchanted Fr...
Texas’s forgotten Thanksgiving before the Pilgrims
Business
Texas’s forgotten Thanksgiving before the Pilgrims
Jim Mikula 
November 26, 2025
Here in Fredericksburg, when we think of Thanksgiving, our minds turn to a cool November, turkey and the story of the Pilgrims and Wampanoag in 1621. ...
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2025 Veteran’s Day
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2025 Veteran’s Day
Ruta 
November 17, 2025
2025 Hunting Guide
Special Sections
2025 Hunting Guide
November 17, 2025
Fall Sports Preview 2025
Special Sections
Fall Sports Preview 2025
Ruta 
August 28, 2025
137th Gillespie County Fair
Special Sections
137th Gillespie County Fair
Ruta 
July 3, 2025
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