Fitzhugh Brewing hosted a Books & Brews Spring Fling to benefit the Dripping Springs Community Library Saturday, March 22. The event featured local vendors, three children’s book readings by local authors, special food and drink offerings and live music, all in an effort to raise funds for the libra...

SAN MARCOS — Seasons of Science, organized by  Texas State University’s Department of Biology and the Hays County Master Naturalists, is set to transform local breweries into interactive science spaces this April. According to a news release, the events will offer the following: exploring the critic...

Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 The Kyle Police Department (KPD) is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at approximately 2 a.m. March 18 on southbound IH-35 near Yarrington Road. Flavia Arzate Gomez, a 50-year-old woman from Austin, had pulled over on the shoulder of the highw...

A partially red moon, sometimes called a blood moon, is visible just before the total lunar eclipse at approximately 1:42 a.m. March 14 in Central Texas. The next lunar eclipse will be Sept. 7, but the next visible total lunar eclipse in Central Texas will be March 3, 2026, starting at 2:44 a.m. loc...

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Following a hearing Feb. 18, Dripping Springs City Council partially upheld a takings assessment March 4 related to the Hardy Tract. The tract — a 78-acre parcel of property proposed for the construction of approximately 70 residential lots — is located in the Dripping Springs cit...

KYLE — When 7-year-old Grady Shanks visited a Little Free Library for the first time, he was completely enamored with what they meant — helping others. So much so, that he knew he wanted to build one himself. Grady, a Cub Scout in Pack 812, recalled the first time he visited a little library during ...

BUDA — On Saturday, Feb. 22, the trailer belonging to the Buda Cub Scouts Pack 128 was discovered to be missing. Now, the pack is trying to rebuild. Buda Cub Scouts Pack 128 has existed for many years, with multiple generations of families going through the program. “Our Cub Scout pack has been arou...

COLLEGE STATION — Three fires occurred March 4-6 in several areas of Hays County. According to Kiley Moran, Texas A&M Forest Service public information officer, the causes of the fires are still being investigated. At the time of two of the fires, a Red Flag Warning had been issued by the National W...

Pictured, local senior residents of the Kyle area pose in front of a bus decorated by Hays High School students for the first Mardi Gras Bus Crawl March 4. The bus made stops at Legend Oaks Rehabilitation and Healthcare, Hays High School, PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Kyle and The Philomena ...

BUDA — The Buda Fire Department’s (BFD) main station, located off of FM 2770, was slated to be completed in October 2023, yet more than a year later, BFD Chief Clay Huckaby revealed that construction has come to a standstill. According to the chief, Hays County Emergency Services District No. 8 (ESD...