SAN MARCOS — Following the April 19 conviction by a jury, Jeffery Alan Scott Jr. was sentenced to life in prison for attempted capital murder and aggravated assault of a public servant on April 24. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Scott was on the run from a murder warrant out of Dallas ...

On Saturday, April 22, Cyndy Slovak-Barton, former owner and publisher of the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch, received the South Texas Press Association’s Chester Evans Award for distinguished service, in recognition of her years of dedicated service to the South Texas Press Association. Slovak-B...

Hays Count y — Addressing Cancer Together coalition and Community Action have joined forces to bring breast cancer health services to low-income women in Hays, Williamson and Bastrop counties. Community Action is the coordinator between the patient and the screening company. “We are looking for unin...

As of the first day of early voting for the May 6 election, there were 626 voters for Dripping Springs ISD and 98 for Hays CISD, according to Hays County Elections Office data. The breakdown of DSISD voters on April 24 is 231 in Austin, 57 in Driftwood, 337 in Dripping Springs and one marked as othe...

REMEMBERING LAMONT RAMAGE HAYS COUNTY — Former Justice of the Peace Lamont Ramage died Tuesday, April 13 after battling a long illness, surrounded by his greatest legacy — his family. Long before Ramage would go on to become a pillar of the Hays County community, he met Sandra (Dobson) Ramage, his h...

Test Season The STAAR test looks different this year for students. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) said that the test was redesigned to make it more closely aligned with classroom instruction. Under House Bill 3906, passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019, TEA has been exploring the “most inst...

April 22 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Launched in 2010 and led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), this awareness day highlights the potential health and safety hazards of not disposing or improperly disposing of unused prescription medications. It also provides helpfu...

As April’s sun warms us up, it inspires us to put away winter gear, start spring cleaning and seek new opportunities. April is Global Volunteer Month and National Volunteer Week is April 16–22, which gives us a chance to recognize the important role volunteers hold in our communities. According to A...

HAYS COUNTY — Every nine minutes, a person is added to the National Transplant Waiting List, and every day, 17 people die because the organ they need is not donated in time. In Hays County, efforts are being made to encourage more residents to register as organ donors to help save lives. During the ...

DRIFTWOOD — For the last 50 years, the Burke Center for Youth has been providing a safe place for teenage boys who don’t have one. The Burke Center, located in Driftwood, began as a treatment center for teenage boys in 1973 and since then, it has grown and gained more access to tools to help boys in...