A potential $55,000 capital improvement project (CIP) could help Buda assess maintenance options and set priorities for streets needing the most repairs in the city.  Buda City Engineer John Nett said that, at this point, it is too early to say where funding will come from for the project, as city c...

Conflict hit the Buda City Council dais June 6 when council members debated the mission behind the reintroduced housing plan study, which centered on the controversial topic of affordable housing. Buda Assistant City Manager Chance Sparks reintroduced the item due to an interest to “look for potenti...

Thousands of dollars worth of firearms, including handguns and automatic rifles, were stolen this weekend after thieves used a car to ram through the garage door of the Gun Guys and Gals gun shop in Buda. Brittany Tate, Buda Police Department spokesperson, said authorities were notified of the burgl...

A Buda man indicted in an aggravated robbery at a Niederwald gas station in June 2016 has now been charged with attempted capital murder. Charles Brian Lane, 19, of Buda, was booked into the Hays County Jail May 30 and is being held on $450,000 bond. Lane is accused of shooting an employee at a Vale...

Overages in audio and visual equipment in the municipal building and an evidence outbuilding for the Buda Police Department led city leaders to amend the Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) for its new city hall, library and public safety building. The amendment, approved by a unanimous vote, brings the ...

A possible city pool, feasibility study for a convention center and perhaps lighting at the Buda sportsplex were all ideas in a five-year Capital Improvement Project list, which was presented to the Buda Planning and Zoning Commission May 23. Micah Grau, Buda assistant city manager, and John Nett, c...

See the Class of 2017 Graduation Keepsake Edition of the Hays Free Press here. Over 700 students from Hays and Lehman High Schools, as well as the Live Oak Academy, will participate in Hays CISD's graduation ceremonies Wednesday. Live Oak Academy's ceremony will be held at noon Wednesday. Lehman Hig...

With a slip of the tongue earlier this month, one Hays County leader could have inadvertently announced the name of a major employer that could fill a 35-acre area rezoned for hospital use in the Sunfield Municipal Utility District. The snafu took place when Mark Jones, Hays County Pct. 2 commission...

Pedernales Electric Cooperative officials are warning its members of a reported phone scam targeting the area. According to PEC, members have reported phone calls threatening to disconnect service and instructing members to call a phone number with an 866 area code. Members who call the number may h...

Buda city officials are alerting the public to a pair of seperate rabies cases that were discovered last week. On May 13, a dead bat was found in the 1400 block of Heep Run in the Garlic Creek subdivision. A seperate case occurred Wednesday when a dead skunk was found inside the Aguirre Paint and Bo...