HAYS COUNTY — At approximately 3:13 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5, Hays County and state agencies received a request for assistance on a fire burning north of San Marcos. The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental, caused by equipment use. Dozens of agencies would soon respond to a fire that, ...

Buda officials, staff and guests celebrated the opening of the first completed project of the 2021 Buda Bond, Green Meadows Pavilion #2, with a ribbon cutting at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 29. Parks and Recreation staff were also recognized as part of Parks and Recreation Month. Residents may begi...

HAYS COUNTY — Hays CISD is adding more school resource officers (SRO) to the district. During the consent agenda portion of its July 24 meeting, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved an interlocal agreement between the district and Hays County to provide three additional full-time SROs. This woul...

SAN MARCOS — A former band director at Dahlstrom Middle School was sentenced to 30 years in state prison on Tuesday, July 25 following a plea agreement. Tyler Townsend, 33, of Buda, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony, and seven counts of invasive vi...

BUDA — After a heated discussion about traffic, Buda City Council approved a request for a zoning map amendment from interstate business to planned development for the property to be known as Azure Modern Living, located off East Main Street near the I-35 intersection, following a public hearing at ...

Hays County and TxDOT invited the community to participate in a ribbon-cutting celebration for the RM 967/Robert S. Light Boulevard project at 10:30 a.m. on July 13. After the ribbon was cut by Hays County Commissioner Walt Smith, he, Rep. Erin Zwiener, TxDOT Austin District Engineer Tucker Ferguson...

SAN MARCOS — Jaquell Desean Ray, 18, of Buda waived his arraignment and entered a plea of not guilty on Thursday, July 13 to charges of murder and delivery of a controlled substance to a minor. Shackled at his wrists, waist and feet, he shuffled in to Courtroom 10 of the Hays County Government Cente...

BUDA — Buda Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care completed its month-long fan drive — a donation project where fans will be gifted to older adults in need — on July 1. “We recognized that the summer months can be particularly challenging for vulnerable individuals, as they often face the risk of hea...

HAYS COUNTY — Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. is in need of a blood transfusion, according to the American Red Cross. While the need for donors is essential, now more than ever, the American Red Cross is seeing a downward trend over the last two months, with 50,000 fewer blood donations than ...

HAYS COUNTY — Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) has its eyes set on expanding in Hays County to ensure that all patients’ needs are filled. Founded in 1980 by Norman Chenven, a family medicine physician, ARC has grown to be one of the largest physician-owned health care providers in Central Texas. The mu...