SAN MARCOS — The Hays County Health Department released the 2024 Hays County Resource Guide, a comprehensive directory designed to help community partners, organizations and residents easily access the support services they need. This new guide offers information on a wide range of resources, includ...

Dripping Springs High School FFA junior Kellen Embrey and her lamb, Dave, represented Dripping Springs at the State Fair of Texas Livestock Show the weekend of Sept. 28 in Dallas.

On Saturday, Oct. 5, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and the Wimberley Fire Rescue faced off in their annual Battle of the Badges Softball Game at the Wimberley ISD Baseball & Softball Complex. It was a hard-fought game for HCSO and, after nine innings, WFD came out on top 14-7. Proceeds of the eve...

The Hays County Commissioners Court proclaimed October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month at its Oct. 2 meeting. According to the proclamation, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in both Texas and the United States, with one woman being...

Central Texas Food Bank launched its fourth school pantry location at Camino Real Elementary, located at 170 Las Brisas Blvd. in Kyle, on Friday, Oct. 4.

BUDA — Jeffrey Olaes, an eighth grader at McCormick Middle School, is now ranked number one in Korean martial arts forms in North American Sport Karate Association — the largest sanctioning association for open sport karate. Starting at age four, the now-14-year-old began taekwondo at the Hays Commu...

SAN MARCOS — Community Action Inc. of Central Texas (CAI) recently received a $1 million grant from St. David’s Foundation that will be geared toward improving access to healthcare. In May, St. David’s Foundation launched the “We All Benefit” funding opportunity focused on increasing access to quali...

KYLE — For more than a decade, Unforgettable Families and Friends President and Founder Cynthia Bentley has been participating in Pillow of Peace, bringing the program to Hays County. According to Bentley, Mary Schultheis, a native of Beaumont, Texas, relocated to New Orleans as a nurse, where she o...

The city of Kyle Parks and Recreation Department hosted a Bring your own Pumpkin event at La Verde Park on Thursday, Oct. 3. Residents were invited to paint or carve their pumpkins with supplies provided by the city.

In celebration of fall, the Kyle United Methodist Church hosted a fall festival on Oct. 6.