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...

“Wash your hands like you’ve been chopping jalapeños and need to change your contact lenses” goes a meme circulating on Facebook concerning tips to avoid catching the newest round of Coronavirus. It’s good advice. Though there are still no confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Hays County, a Wimberley coup...

By Anita Miller From the outset, the capital murder trial of former Kyle resident Krystal Villanueva was anything but ordinary — but so was her crime. Krystle Villanueva Villanueva, 27, not only stabbed her five-year-old daughter to death, she cut off the child’s head, fingers and toes after the gir...

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By Camelia Juarez and Anita Miller A Hays County jury found Krystal Villanueva guilty of capital murder and aggravated assault on Thursday after deliberating for less than four hours. She will serve a life sentence without the possibility of parole, which is automatic in cases where the death penalt...

By Anita Miller “Wash your hands like you’ve been chopping jalapeños and need to change your contact lenses,” goes a meme circulating on Facebook concerning tips to avoid catching the newest round of Coronavirus. CDC image. Authorities say there’s been no confirmed case of COVID 19 in Hays County. H...

The Friends Foundation of the Springs Family YMCA in Dripping Springs will hold a Community Resource Fair on Saturday, March 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Springs Family YMCA, 27216 RR 12 South. This is a free event to enable the public to interact with more than 40 participating groups and busin...

A 67-year-old Dripping Springs resident was killed in a two-car collision on RR 12 in Hays County Friday. Don Olan Young, Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene about 3.4 miles north of Dripping Springs, according to DPS Sgt. Deon Cockrell. Young was at the wheel of a Chevrolet Espressway that was tr...

To promote an understanding of dating violence, Dripping Springs ISD high school students participated in a mock trial playing the role of all participants from defendants to lawyers and jury members. For the 8th year in the “courtroom” of retired Judge Brenda Smith, a realistic dating violence tria...

By Anita Miller Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler handily defeated his challenger in the Republican Primary Election Tuesday and will face Democrat Alex Villalobos in November’s General Election. With 39 of 49 precincts reporting, Cutler held a lead of 10,067 (77.88 percent) over challenger David Grah...