By Bud Wymore The Hays Free Press offers candidates one opportunity each election to address its readers. Rather than publishing a press release, I made the decision to speak directly to you about why I’m running. My name is Bud Wymore and I am a candidate in the Republican Primary to represent our ...

The Peace Corps will host an application drive at Texas State University on March 3. Peace Corps recruiters will be in the LBJ Student Center Ballroom noon-4 p.m. Students interested in applying to serve after graduation will have an opportunity to ask questions about service, learn which programs b...

Submitted Report The Texas Historical Commission presented Hays County Historical Commission Chair Kate Johnson with the John Ben Shepperd County Historical Commission Leadership Award at its recent REAL PLACES, Preserving Historic Texas 2020 Conference. Johnson also received the award in 2010. “Con...

Last spring, 116 students from the Hays CISD were recognized with the Linebarger Academic Award, which, in addition to the prestige for scholastic achievement it signals, came with a $100 gift card. This year there will be only 53 to achieve that recognition, and whether there’s a cash award is anyo...

An Austin man was arrested in connection with Carpenter Hill Elementary being damaged in August of 2018, which caused up to $300,000 in damages, including the destruction of an antique carousel colt in the library. The school and the colt have since been restored.   It took more than two years, but ...

Every municipality in Hays County, with the exception of two, saw double-digit increases in their monthly sales tax allocation from the State Comptroller’s Office and all but one are also ahead by double digits for the year to date. According to statistics for February, Buda saw a monthly increase o...

The Hays County Sheriff’s office is looking for a social worker who will respond to mental health crisis calls and follow up with patients post hospitalization. The social worker’s job is designed to provide some relief to the understaffed mental health authority, who provides mental health services...

Outgoing Kyle City Council member Daphne Tenorio posed with a plaque honoring her service. With here are (from left) Council member Dex Ellison, Mayor Pro Tem Rick Koch, Council member Tracy Scheel, Mayor Travis Mitchell, Council member Robert Rizo and Council member Alex Villalobos.   Michael Tobia...

Prohibits installation of cast iron pipes; adds new requirements for incident/accident reporting New pipeline safety rules adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas prohibit natural gas distribution pipeline operators from installing underground cast iron, wrought iron or bare steel pipelines. Oth...

By Chase Rogers Local candidates looking for a win during the March 3 Texas primaries showed up in force at the Hays County League of Women Voters candidate forum Feb. 13. But only one of five candidates seeking the State Rep. District 45 positions showed up at the event. Candidates vying for Hays C...