With Dripping Springs becoming the first International Dark Sky Community in Texas in 2014, Buda is now looking to get in on the action as well. Members of the sustainability commission met on March 1 to discuss their application to make Buda a designated dark sky community. This has been a part of ...

The rollout of an updated transportation service aimed at helping area seniors could be on the horizon in Buda. City officials now hope the Buda Seniors Taking a Ride (STAR) program can fulfill one of several needs Buda is addressing for its aging population. “The big thing was that our seniors felt...

An incumbent Hays CISD school board trustee will square off against three political newcomers who are challenging him for the District 3 seat on the dais. Bert Bronaugh, the incumbent District 3 trustee, will go up against Valerie Hopkins, Michael Sanchez and Alejandro Correa in the May 6 general el...

Of the more than 3,500 traffic stops conducted in Kyle last year, roughly 531 of those involved a search of some kind, according to statistics provided by Kyle Police in February. The statistics are part of a requirement from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) for law enforcement agenci...

Future 9th and 10th graders will be the first students to roam the halls of Moe and Gene Johnson High when the campus opens in fall 2019, according to information posted Friday on the Hays CISD website. While the rezoning process for Johnson High has not been completed, district officials released i...

A total of 28 years in prison was the punishment given to a Buda man who pled guilty to several felony charges, including intoxication manslaughter for a fatal 2016 wreck in Kyle. Jarred Brady Farmer, 22, of Buda, pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter, as well as manufacture and delivery of a con...

UPDATE – 10:38 p.m.  The race for Hays County Judge is now set after Ruben Becerra claimed a lopsided victory over Abel Velasquez in Tuesday’s Democratic primary. With the win, Becerra, a San Marcos small business owner, advances to face former Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner Will Conley for the Cou...

Questions over the need for additional street maintenance dollars beyond what’s already budgeted led Buda city leaders to shut down potential fundraising ideas. One of those options, which received a negative response from several council members, centered on redirecting city sales tax dollars to go...

Kyle resident Lenore Brady lives by the ideology that one person’s dusty relic might be another’s treasure. That’s why Brady spent several minutes Saturday going through books with antiquated, yellow pages in the hopes of finding a potential gold mine. Brady was one of a large collection of similar-...

The Buda Downtown Merchants Group, in partnership with the Buda Main Street Program, presented a check to the Victoria Main Street Program Tuesday, which will assist with rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Harvey. Downtown Buda raised $2,300 in commemorative ornament sales and donations received dur...