Hindsights “Willie Molter never says two words when one will do,” wrote Russ Newland of the Associated Press. “He does his talking on the track.” Newland made those remarks at the 4th annual Los Angeles Times Sports Award Dinner held on December 26, 1946, in San Mateo, California. Willie Molter pick...

Runaway spending Thankfully, the Standard keeps us updated on plans suggested by our City, County, and FISD decision makers. Having completed a new middle school at a cost of $84 million, purchased the Hill Country Educational Center for $10.5 million and announcing a new high school for $160 millio...

The electricity grid that covers most of Texas was holding up as of Sunday during the latest winter storm, although localized power outages were reported in Deep East Texas and far West Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas dashboard indicated demand was running comfortably below availabl...

Anniedotes Ireached a milestone last week when I covered my first-ever Gillespie County Youth Livestock Show. The event coincided with the beginning o...

Civil right leader’s ideals should still inspire, in spite of current unrest, ugliness Monday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Service, held for the firs...

O rganizers of the second annual Fredericksburg Book Festival — numbering 100 or more on various committees — avoided the “sophomore slump” that somet...