HAYS COUNTY — The Hays CISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the purchase of additional buses last week. Totaling $1,522,012, the 2023 Bond purchase from Longhorn Bus Sales includes 10 buses, with seven for regular routes and three for special education. The timeframe for getting buses right n...

Crews responded to a wildfire in the 2700 block of Post Road near Five Mile Dam in the early evening hours of Monday, July 31. The fire began at 5:14 p.m. with a vehicular accident, according to the Hays County Office of Emergency Management. The fire burned approximately three acres and was contain...

HAYS COUNTY — Hays CISD is adding more school resource officers (SRO) to the district. During the consent agenda portion of its July 24 meeting, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved an interlocal agreement between the district and Hays County to provide three additional full-time SROs. This woul...

SAN MARCOS — A former band director at Dahlstrom Middle School was sentenced to 30 years in state prison on Tuesday, July 25 following a plea agreement. Tyler Townsend, 33, of Buda, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony, and seven counts of invasive vi...

HAYS COUNTY — The fentanyl crisis has hit far too close to home. Since the summer of 2022, Hays CISD has experienced six student deaths related to fentanyl overdoses and poisonings. But it’s not just a local issue — more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses and poisonings in the 12...

HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference at the San Marcos Public Safety Center on July 20 to provide updates on the charges against registered sex offender, Diego Alejandro Cortez. Cortez was arrested on July 2 after HCSO responded to a 911 call at approximately 3:30 a...

Hays County and TxDOT invited the community to participate in a ribbon-cutting celebration for the RM 967/Robert S. Light Boulevard project at 10:30 a.m. on July 13. After the ribbon was cut by Hays County Commissioner Walt Smith, he, Rep. Erin Zwiener, TxDOT Austin District Engineer Tucker Ferguson...

AUSTIN — The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) is seeking public input on amendments to the 2023-2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The comment period is open until July 31, 2023. While an in-person open house was held on Monday, July 17 at the CAMPO office in Austi...

Judge Ruben Becerra stands with Linda Coker, the chair of the Hays County Historical Commission (HCHC), on July 11 with a distinguished award from the Texas Historical Commission. Commissioners Michelle Cohen, Debbie Ingalsbe, Lon A. Shell and Walt Smith are pictured along with members of the HCHC. ...

HAYS COUNTY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) is brightening the Texas Hill Country with grants to support local nonprofits in the co-op’s service area. Funded by the Power of Change program, PEC awarded more than $33,000 to seven nonprofits in June. These grants will be used toward projects t...