By Anita Miller It’s business as usual at the Hays County Food Bank — at least for now. “We are continuing to serve our community as best we can and encouraging everybody to follow safety measures, Executive Director Eleanor Owen-Oshan said on Thursday. She said there are currently no plans for addi...

SAN MARCOS – Texas State University will extend spring break for students by one week and move courses to remote delivery through April 12 in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Texas State President Denise Trauth announced the measures March 12. The move will enable the university to enact ...

Staff Report Temple Grandin, one of the most accomplished and well-known adults with autism in the world, will speak at Texas State University on March 25 as part of the Common Experience Insight Series. Grandin will speak on “The World Needs ALL Kinds of Minds” at 6 p.m. in the Performing Arts Cent...

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) will send Buda home-school student Nyah Gray, Hays High School student Jesus Jimenez, San Marcos Academy student Catarina Vazquez and Wimberley High School student Luthary Segura to Washington, D.C., as part of the 2020 Youth Tour. They’ll join 1,500 additional ...

Dripping Springs High School junior Jackson Kaiser has been selected as an Academic All-American by the National Speech and Debate Association. The Academic All-American award recognizes high school students who have earned the degree of Superior Distinction in debate (750 points), completed at leas...

No. 1 junior Charleigh Phipps works the ball toward the goal, but the Crockett player charges and clears the ball away from the goal in Friday night’s game. District dominance continued for the Dripping Springs Lady Tiger soccer team Friday after the team easily cruised to a 4-1 win over the McCallu...

By the time Dripping Springs senior Brady England tapped in a late second half goal Friday, he and his Tiger teammates were already on the path to victory.   England’s goal, scored at the 68th minute, was one of the final cherries on top of a 6-1 Tiger win over the McCallum Knights, which pulled the...

For the first time, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists have confirmed the disease white-nose syndrome (WNS) in a Texas bat. Up until this point, while the fungus that causes the disease was previously detected in Texas in 2017, there were no signs of the disease it can cause. WNS ...

Hays County Commissioners have given the go-ahead to engineering and design services on a Jacob’s Well Road Corridor Study of the roadway from FM 2325 to RR 12. The firm of Freese and Nichols will provide the services at a cost of $850,000. The measure passed the commissioners court unanimously. Ide...

Hays County Pct. 3 Constable Ray Helm has corrected errors in the racial profiling report he presented to the Commissioners Court on March 3, citing confusion associated with a new reporting system. In his original report, Helm said that his office conducted 329 traffic stops in 2019 and all but one...