Members of the Fredericksburg High School Class of 1984 — which featured a football quarterfinals playoff run and a second-place state marching band finish — held their 40th class reunion last weekend. Members met at Hilda’s for a “tailgate meet-up,” then attended the FHSSomerset football game where...

Everything is indeed bigger in Texas, including its bat colonies. Texas has 33 species of bats, more than any other state, and is home to the largest bat colony in the world. We visited with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts to help separate fact from fiction and delve deeper into the mys...

NOVEMBER 13, 1974 Gillespie County will be crowded with hunters this week as the 1974 deer and turkey hunting season opens Saturday morning, Nov. 16. The Standard offers gift certificates to hunters who bring in the first and second bucks of the new season. Walter Schmidt, who was elected District C...

Hill Country Weather with Dr Doppler The first few days of the forecast period remain mild despite a weak cold front moving through the area. The fron...

Peregrine Energy Solutions will soon present plans for a proposed lithium battery storage facility, also known as a battery energy storage system, or ...

The next monthly meeting of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 1088 will be at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the TacAero Maintenanc...