Twenty-eight-year-old James Babbage Wells, Jr. arrived at the southern tip of Texas on July 22, 1878 with a burning desire to make the most of a fresh start. The son of a proud but far from prosperous hero of the Lone Star Revolution had been in Brownsville only a few days, when he was surprised by ...

Walnut Springs Elementary Principal Melinda Gardner is among 62 school leaders from across Texas who have been selected as educators to attend summer institutes at the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education sponsored by the Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation, a non-profit organ...

The millions of infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought globally are creating stress over everything from personal health to employment, lifestyle, and finances. Given these difficult circumstances, it’s more important than ever for people to know about ...

By Megan Wehring  Hays County residents can now participate in a virtual town hall through July 26.  The County is looking to have residents provide public input on the Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) Grade Separation Improvement Project. The project will relocate the UPRR’s siding track from downtown...

The Buda Public Library building is closed but library staff is available by phone Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Curbside pickup for reserved items, class supplies and reading logs is on Monday from 1 to 5 p.m. and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon and from 3 to 5 p.m. People ...

What Mountain City lacks in population it is making up for in participation — regarding Census 2020 at least. The tiny municipality (population 780 in 2018) leads Hays County in terms of participation in the Constitutionally-mandated count of everyone living in the U.S. According to the most recent ...

Staff Report Rotary Club of Dripping Springs’ Don McGraw presents The Friends Foundation President Kathy Carriker a check for $1,000.00 in support of Our Daily Bread™, a program providing meals to local area elderly residents. “We’re more than happy to help such a giving organization and look forwar...

The COVID-19 pandemic has once again infringed on a tradition important to the community. Labor Day Weekend in the city of Kyle will not be the same this year. Kyle City Council decided to cancel the annual Pie in the Sky event for 2020. Due to concerns over the coronavirus, council members believe ...

Protection during voting? On Thursday, July 9, 2020, I exercised my right to vote at the Hays County Early Voting Precinct at Roger Hanks Parkway in Dripping Springs. The man in front of me was not wearing a mask. This caused me great consternation, so when I got home, I looked up Governor Abbott’s ...

Worldwide, populations grieved the same loss at different times. China was the first to experience this loss, then Italy and Europe, and more countries along with the U.S. followed suit; not one country was left unscathed. The coronavirus made everyone grieve the loss of our old lives. Some lost the...