SAN MARCOS – Texas State University will extend spring break for students by one week and move courses to remote delivery through April 12 in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Texas State President Denise Trauth announced the measures March 12. The move will enable the university to enact ...

Staff Report Temple Grandin, one of the most accomplished and well-known adults with autism in the world, will speak at Texas State University on March 25 as part of the Common Experience Insight Series. Grandin will speak on “The World Needs ALL Kinds of Minds” at 6 p.m. in the Performing Arts Cent...

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) will send Buda home-school student Nyah Gray, Hays High School student Jesus Jimenez, San Marcos Academy student Catarina Vazquez and Wimberley High School student Luthary Segura to Washington, D.C., as part of the 2020 Youth Tour. They’ll join 1,500 additional ...

Multi-generational pleas for participation in the 2020 Census rang out on the lawn of the Hays County Courthouse in San Marcos Saturday. In a celebration that also gave a nod to Texas Independence Day, students from Hays CISD’s Elm Grove Elementary sang. Speakers included Kyle City Council member an...

The Hays Free Press asked its audience its opinions about the Coronavirus. Out of 110 participants, this is what they had to say: This is a media driven scare tactic. It’s so out of hand. The reporting is only driven to encourage fear so people will keep watching the news. As someone that has been i...

(Above) Left to right, front row first, are: Sheriff Gary Cutler, Captain Julie Villalpando, William Kelly, Allyson Watts, Anna Liska, Ashlee Watts, Chief Deputy Mike Davenport, Instructor Edward Martell. Back row: David Velasco, Danny Castro, Cody Halvorson, Larry Fults, John Wray, Santiago Alfaro,...

Downtown Buda is growing rapidly to the delight of visitors and residents, but business owners question the city’s ability to keep up with the growth. Several merchants and business owners have faced unprecedented challenges getting their businesses open downtown and miscommunication with the city i...

By Chase Rogers Super Tuesday is now in the past, but a number of races are still to be decided. Here’s a rundown: Texas State Representative, District 45 The Republican primary for State Representative District 45 will go to a runoff between Carrie Isaac, who gained 46.89 percent of the vote, and K...

Stacy Anderson takes a chainsaw to saplings in the way of a 3.8 mile portion of trail through Lake Kyle Natural Area that she and Benito Pereda have been tasked with clearing. Spring is dawning at Lake Kyle Park, and the sound of the Kawasaki Gators driven by park staff scare up an occasional blue h...

Buda Police are seeking a man who donned blackface before robbing the Broadway Bank Monday afternoon. According to the BPD, the man walked into the Broadway Bank located on FM 1626 at 3 p.m. and handed the teller a note demanding money. He fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. No weapon ...