ongtime resident Delvin J. “Red” Simon remembers when the eight miles between what were the Buda and Kyle High campuses wasn’t nearly enough separation.  Sure, Buda and Kyle High students and supporters expressed pleasantries when they passed each other on the street back in the day. When it came ti...

mentioned Hans Mueller in a recent column and recalled that he was once a purple martin landlord and maintained several martin houses at his Wimberley home.   Hans has moved to Sun City and he was kind enough to let me know he now maintains a bluebird box and is out of the martin business. However, ...

nce upon a time, manning a radio station meant dealing with a large soundboard, microphones and maybe even a record or cassette player. With the help of a desktop computer and some sound equipment, Dripping Springs High students manage a student-run radio station housed right on campus. KROAR AM 169...

Fancy Feathers This annual show features hundreds of poultry breeds, contests, a silent auction, raffles, concessions and a clucking contest. The event will be held March 11 at Dripping Springs Ranch Park, 1042 DS Ranch Road. Visit www.fancyfeatherstx.org. Mighty Texas Dog Walk Join thousands of dog...

The design for a 115,000 square foot, $34 million elementary school that’s part of a $189 million propostion in the Hays CISD bond was forwarded by board trustees Monday. By a 6-1 vote, trustees approved design documents for Elementary School (ES) 14, to be located on High Road in the eastern part o...

Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday approved a targeted improvement plan that’s meant to help address areas of low performance. After a report showed bilingual/ESL and special education students were scoring lower on standardized tests than their peers, the district began drafting a TIP to better ser...

2009 Lehman High graduate has been named as one of five honored by the national Communities in Schools (CIS) office for the 2017 All In For Students award. Melissa Limon, who is a first-generation college student, was named as an award recipient. The All In for Students awards, created in 2007, hono...

(photos courtesy of Hays CISD) A wildly applauding audience greeted and cheered on Lehman and Hays high school performers at the 7th Annual Foundational Learning Talent Show. Performers from both schools convened at the Burdine Johnson Theater at Hays High School for a show filled with singing, danc...

Numerous residents from the area participated in the Buda Ninja Warrior, which had contestants compete on obstacles modeled after the hit television show. Jared Greer, a former contestant on the show, used his equipment for the three-stage event. (photos by Moses Leos III)

emember hearing about the wretched KittyHulk bringing terror to cats and cat owners along Maple and Ash? To the Garza girls, he’s gentle “Mister Muffin”. Quite some time ago, maybe two years, when the now infamous tomcat showed up in the backyard of Live Oak at Ash, they fed him a muffin. Mister Muf...