UPDATE – 8:38 p.m. Additional road closures as a result of heavy rain and the possibility of extended power outages are what Hays County officials are expecting during the overnight hours, according to a press release. The information, which was disseminated in a press release, comes as Tropical Sto...

As the threat of severe weather from Hurricane Harvey is imminent, emergency officials are taking steps to prepare for the worst. Hays County’s Office of Emergency Management, along with local emergency districts, are organizing efforts in the event of severe weather this weekend. According to multi...

A San Marcos man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened to bomb the Hays County Jail during a phone call to the Hays County Sheriff's Office 911 dispatch center. Chance Bandy, 35, of San Marcos, was arrested for terroristic threat, which is a Class B misdemeanor. Bandy was transported t...

Hays County falls into the median category of concentrated gang activity in Texas, according to the state’s 2017 Gang Assessment Report. Gang activity has been rising exponentially in Texas and recent reports estimate there are 100,000 active gang members in the state. However, given the dynamic nat...

major milestone was reached this year as the Lions Club International organization celebrates its centennial by honoring the mission of service that began in Chicago, Illinois in 1917. Locally, Lions Club organizations in Wimberley, Buda and Kyle not only pave the way for some of Hays County’s most ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the State of Texas, and local communities and counties, have released preliminary flood maps for public review and comment.  These preliminary flood maps, known as Flood Insurance Rate Maps ...

A recent leukemia diagnosis has forced Hays County’s top elected official to temporarily step off of the dais in order to begin treatment. Hays County Judge Bert Cobb announced at the end of Tuesday’s Commissioner’s Court meeting he had been “diagnosed with a lethal disease,” later identified as Leu...

A Corpus Christi man who is alleged to have sexually assaulted relatives for close to a decade now faces multiple child sexual assault charges in Hays and Nueces Counties. Salvador Jimenez, 40, was booked into the Hays County Jail July 25 on one count of sexual abuse of a child and two counts of ind...

H-E-B is recalling Fresh Ground 80/20 Chuck that was packaged on styrofoam trays July 23 at the Buda store along the Interstate 35 frontage road. According to an H-E-B press release, the recall affects only the H-E-B store in Buda and only fresh ground 80/20 chuck packed on styrofoam trays with a ti...

(photo courtesy of the Austin Fire Department) A controlled burn by by Austin Water’s Wildland Conservation Division blazed out of control just west of Buda near FM 967 Wednesday and scorched nearly 200-plus acres of undeveloped land. Palmer Buck, Austin Fire Department Division Chief, said a contro...