Staff Reports Three people — teenagers but adults in the eyes of the law — have been charged in connection with graffiti at Johnson High School in October. Two seventeen-year-olds from Buda and Timothy Allen Sharp, 18, from Kyle were charged with graffiti of a school, a state jail felony. All three ...

Staff Reports Different perspectives about law enforcement responsibility and credibility are rising to the fore in the Democratic primary race for county sheriff. When the chief aide to the county judge, Alex Villalobos, formally announced for county sheriff this past week, another Democrat already...

Staff Reports Kyle City Council member Alex Villalobos has filed as a candidate in the Democratic primary race for Hays County Sheriff.   Villalobos, who holds the Place 4 seat on the Kyle council, is also the county’s chief of staff

Staff Reports Hays County is recruiting people to serve as corrections officers. No experience, is necessary, but applicants must be 21 years old, have a high school diploma or GED and a valid Texas drivers license, be able to pass a physical assessment test and criminal background check as well as ...

Errors discovered in a routine county audit of the offices of Hays County’s District Attorney Wes Mau and Elections Administrator Jennifer Anderson have been corrected, Hays County Commissioners and County Judge Ruben Becerra were told at their Nov. 26 meeting. Mau, who took office in 2015, said the...

Submitted Report Driving a car means freedom, but it also comes with a great deal of responsibility and risk. For some teenagers, it can be difficult to fully appreciate that risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teenage drivers are more likely than older drivers t...

Submitted Report Want to put someone behind bars for a good cause? The Hays County Sheriff’s Office Brown Santa will hold its Holiday Lockup Fundraiser Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Government Center on South Stagecoach Road in San Marcos. One of the major fundraisers for the Brown Santa prog...

Submitted Report The Hays County Master Gardener Association will hold a Master Gardener Training Course on 12 Fridays in the spring of 2020. The Master Gardener Training Program is an educational/volunteer program conducted by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service designed to increase the availabili...

Brooklyn Robertson, owner of Brooklyn’s restaurant in Buda, and his family went to Chapa Middle School on Tuesday of last week and gave turkeys and hamburger meat to 25 families for the Thanksgiving Holidays.

Damage to the monitoring system at two low-water crossings, one caused by a hit-and-run and another by a police chase, will be repaired, the Hays County Commissioners Court said Nov. 26, authorizing $2,360 toward the effort. The standpipe rain gauge at Chaparral Road was damaged in a hit and run, as...