Farm dog to Hays County Sheriff's Office officer: Mirko's story

PHOTO BY BRITTANY KELLEY Hays County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Mohmmad Zaqzouq poses with Mirko, the county’s first therapy dog.

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August 21, 2024

Farm dog to Hays County Sheriff’s Office officer: Mirko’s story

SAN MARCOS – A few months ago, Mirko was a regular, farm-loving German Shepherd. Today, he travels with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office as the organization’s first therapy dog in hopes of bettering the lives of those he and his partner, deputy Mohmmad Zaqzouq, serve.

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Dripping Springs ISD prioritizes attendance, approves credit agreement

DRIPPING SPRINGS — In order to reduce recapture, now known as excess local revenue, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved an...

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Nothing bundt fun: bakery opens Kyle location

The Nothing Bundt Cakes Kyle team cuts the ribbon on Aug. 28 to celebrate the new location's grand opening. In honor of opening its Kyle storefront, l...

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Veterans receive pins of honor

Onion Creek Senior Center member Bob Irmen, 93, right, receives a pin as part of the Veteran Pinning Ceremony hosted by Bridgeway Hospice Center on Au...

September 4, 2024

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Texas DPS Director Steven McCraw announces retirement plans

AUSTIN — Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw announced in a letter to more than 11,000 officers on Friday, Aug. 23, that he...

September 4, 2024

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Area schools receive more than 2,000 supplies from Pedernales Electric Cooperative

HAYS COUNTY — Uhland Elementary School was one of the campuses that received school supplies this month from Pedernales Electric Cooperative as part o...

September 4, 2024

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Hays County Pet Resource Center secures partnership to simplify pet reunification

HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Pet Resource Center is hoping to make the reunification process between pets and their owners a little easier by partne...

September 4, 2024

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No murder charges filed in fatal Buda shooting

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August 29, 2024

BUDA -- Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced that a murder charge will not be filed against a 21-year-old male who shot and ...

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Katherine Anne Porter School looks to welcome more students

‘We know that there's a lot of students out there who need a smaller community and who would benefit from a creative, social, emotionally-based school environment.’

By Megan Navarro

August 21, 2024

WIMBERLEY — On the heels of financial challenges, the Katherine Anne Porter School, or KAPS, is looking to invite even more students in its doors. Fo...

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Bridgeway Hospice’s new nonprofit ensures access to care

‘There's a lot of people that go without care and I think that it's something that we don't talk about and it's something that they don't know is out there’

By Megan Navarro

August 21, 2024

BUDA — To ensure that members of the community have ease of access to the care that they need, a new nonprofit has been established out of a local hos...

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Apogee Dripping Springs Micro High School celebrates ribbon cutting

August 21, 2024

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Apogee Dripping Springs Micro High School (ADS), an alternative high school option, celebrated its official ribbon cutting ceremo...

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City Limits Subaru surprises local teachers with $15K donation in time for new school year

August 28, 2024

BUDA — City Limits Subaru partnered with AdoptAClassroom.org last week to surprise teachers at Camino Real Elementary School with a $15,000 donation a...

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