Dripping Springs ballet studio fosters love of dance in kids By Megan Navarro - Sept. 18, 2024 DRIPPING SPRINGS  — For nearly 10 years, Central Texas Youth Ballet (CTYB) has aimed to encourage a widespread love of ballet and dance to the children of Dripping Springs and surrounding areas. Establishe...

Local lemonade storefront now open in Kyle By Brittany Kelley  - Feb. 7, 2024 KYLE — The Main Squeeze opened its doors in January 2024 and stole the hearts of Kyle residents. In May 2023, Kyle resident Blanca Galvan laid in her bed, scrolling TikTok at 2 a.m., like many do, when a video about sellin...

Kyle to see Juvenile Behavioral Health Program By Brittany Kelley - July 17, 2024 KYLE — Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center is partnering with Hays CISD, Hays County and city of Kyle to establish a Juvenile Behavioral Health Program. The partnership comes after Kyle Cit...

Lehman High School theatre takes on man-eating plant By Brittany Kelley - Jan. 31, 2024 When picturing a flower shop, one may envision a rose or a tulip, a lily or a daffodil, but inside the Lehman High School Theater lies a man-eating plant that feeds on human blood — and it went to the 2024 Heller...

Hell Country Haunt raises money for the Burke Center for Youth during the month of October By Mikey Brown - Oct. 28, 2024 AUSTIN — The Hell Country Haunt, put on by Hell Country Productions Inc., takes place every Friday and Saturday in October as a fundraiser for the Burke Center for Youth in Drift...

No. 1 - Fatal crash closes IH-35 in Kyle Staff Report - June 7, 2024 KYLE — A man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on southbound IH-35 on Thursday, June 6. At approximately 4:36 p.m., Kyle Police Department officers responded to reports of a major motor vehicle crash, with a possible pin-in, on s...

AUSTIN   — During the winter, utility companies like Texas Water Utilities have a process called “winter wastewater averaging,” which is a process that allows them to calculate the amount of water waste in a household. That, in turn, determines the annual wastewater charges for that household. Accor...

BUDA — Small town Buda is receiving a new veterinary clinic, following the opening of Buda Veterinary Care on Dec. 10. According to director of operations Rob Amoroso, he and his wife, Dr. Sandra Ontiveros, first spotted the property, located at 835 Main St., Building 1, Buda, in 2018, but after a c...

KYLE — Cameron Dixon was selected to represent the American Liver Foundation (ALF) at the 2025 Boston Marathon as part of the Liver Life Challenge — ALF's official endurance program, where athletes nationwide raise funds to support the 100 million Americans affected by liver disease. This comes afte...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Dripping Springs High School social studies teacher Rebecca Smart has been named a recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities Award, which recognizes exemplary kindergarten through 12th grade humanities teachers. More than 700 teachers from across the state were...