Council holds firm on HOT fund distributions
Applications are now being accepted by the County of Gillespie for the $120,000 in Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) funds it plans to divide up at the end of next month.Organizations who prove they can use...
View ArticleCity to voters: Pass amendment and we may sue
By Matt Ward —Though voters will maintain the option of regulating city financial policy during a charter amendment election this May, a new fact sheet approved by the Fredericksburg City Council...
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Breaking news: Three jailed after local meth bust
Three people accused of dealing methamphetamine in Fredericksburg were arrested this week by officers working together from the Fredericksburg Police Department and the Gillespie County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleEarly voting for primaries begins Tuesday
Selection of local, state and federal candidates begins here Tuesday, Feb. 18 when in-person voting gets under way at the Gillespie County Courthouse preceding the March 4 political primary...
View ArticleTickets on sale for FTC's 'Little Shop of Horrors'
Tickets are now on sale for the Fredericksburg Theater Company’s upcoming production of the 1960s comedy-horror-rock musical Little Shop of Horrors.The musical, directed by FTC artistic/technical...
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Hill Country Film Society event to showcase pursuits of 'uncommon artist'
The Hill Country Film Society will partner with the Will Walk Foundation, which uses art and film to create awareness about paralysis from spinal cord injury, for its second annual fundraiser “Eat....
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GCLC, projects, technology discussed at FISD meeting
A PLAQUE of appreciation and a gift were presented to Dr. Marc Williamson by the Fredericksburg Independent School District Board of Trustees on Sunday afternoon during a re-ception held in the...
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Three arrested for meth dealing at local apartments
Three people accused of dealing methamphetamine in Fredericksburg were arrested this week by officers working together from the Fredericksburg Police Department and the Gillespie County Sheriff’s...
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An admiral unveiled
POWERFUL -- Gen. Michael Hagee (foreground) and other members of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation board took the cover off the 8-foot statue immortalizing Fredericksburg's native son. -- Standard-Radio...
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Hometown Hero
"We unveil a statue which I hope will inspire the thousands of visitors who will pass by it. They will look up and see the man who, more than any other individual, won the Pacific War for the alies."...
View ArticleSchool trustees approve move appraisal district for tax collection
By Richard Zowie —Following months of discussion, the Fredericksburg Independent School District board of trustees at its Feb. 10 regular meeting voted 6-0 to end the district’s use of the Gillespie...
View ArticleCommittee recommends joint dispatch services at new jail
By Lisa Treiber-Walter —When it comes to dispatching emergency services, the citizens of Gillespie County would be better served if the county and city combined their operations in the new jail.That...
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Breaking news: Mother, daughter jailed after drug bust in city
A mother and daughter are in Gillespie County Jail this morning after they were arrested on drug charges in Fredericksburg yesterday, according to the Fredericksburg Police Department (FPD).A narcotics...
View ArticlePianorama set for Saturday
Five pianists, including local artist and former Asleep at the Wheel band member Johnny Nicholas, will perform at “Pianorama” slated Saturday, Feb. 22 at Pat’s Hall, 406 Post Oak Road, starting at 7...
View ArticleGillespie 4-H BB gun contest set Saturday
Young marksmen will be using the skills and knowledge they have learned over the past six weeks on Saturday, Feb. 22, when they compete in the 2014 Gillespie County 4-H BB Gun Competition.Approximately...
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Nimitz Foundation reveals plans for combat zone
THIS RENDERING shows what a renovated Pacific Combat Zone could look like in five years. The zone is part of the National Museum of the Pacific War and provides reenactments of Pacific World War II...
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FTC’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to open on FTC stage Friday
CELEBRATING their new union, Mr. Mushnik (James Lacy, left) and his newly-adopted son, Seymour Krelborn (Will Vaughan), dance in front of their flower shop in the Fredericksburg Theater Company’s...
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Drug arrests near daycare nab mother, daughter
A mother and daughter who were living a “stone’s throw” from a daycare center in Fredericksburg were arrested on felony drug charges, according to the Fredericksburg Police Department (FPD).Taken into...
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Contested race emerges as Langerhans challenges Hoover
The first contested race for three open positions on the Fredericksburg City Council has emerged as former mayor Linda Langerhans filed Monday morning to run against current mayor Jeryl Hoover in the...
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Early voting under way
PARENTAL SUPPORT – Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 candidates had familiar faces out stumping for them during the first day of early voting Tuesday at the Gillespie County Courthouse. Betty Hickman,...
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