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Shaunna’s Picks of 2024
Community, Hays County, News
Staff Picks
Shaunna’s Picks of 2024
Here, we share staff picks for our most memorable or favorite stories of 2024.
By Staff Report 
January 1, 2025
Kyle to see Juvenile Behavioral Health Program By Brittany Kelley - July 17, 2024 KYLE — Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center is partnering with Hays CISD, Hays County and city of Kyle to establish a Juvenile Behavioral Health Program. The partnership comes after Kyle Cit...
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Liz’s Picks of 2024
Community, Hays County, News
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Liz’s Picks of 2024
Here, we share staff picks for our most memorable or favorite stories of 2024.
By Staff Report 
January 1, 2025
Lehman High School theatre takes on man-eating plant By Brittany Kelley - Jan. 31, 2024 When picturing a flower shop, one may envision a rose or a tulip, a lily or a daffodil, but inside the Lehman High School Theater lies a man-eating plant that feeds on human blood — and it went to the 2024 Heller...
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Megan’s Picks of 2024
Hays County, News
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Megan’s Picks of 2024
Here, we share staff picks for our most memorable or favorite stories of 2024.
By Staff Report 
January 1, 2025
Child sees support from elementary school By Brittany Kelley - Feb. 21, 2024 KYLE — As Mike and Maggie Cook sit across the table in the Science Hall Elementary School (SHES) faculty lounge, they talk of their brilliant children: one who works for the National Security Agency; one who is a pilot in t...
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Most Read Hays Free Press Stories of 2024
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Most Read Hays Free Press Stories of 2024
Here, we count down our top five stories of 2024, based on web analytics.
By Staff Report 
January 1, 2025
No. 1 - Fatal crash closes IH-35 in Kyle Staff Report - June 7, 2024 KYLE — A man was killed in a three-vehicle crash on southbound IH-35 on Thursday, June 6. At approximately 4:36 p.m., Kyle Police Department officers responded to reports of a major motor vehicle crash, with a possible pin-in, on s...
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Most Read News-Dispatch Stories of 2024
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Most Read News-Dispatch Stories of 2024
Here, we count down our top five stories of 2024, based on web analytics.
By Staff Report 
January 1, 2025
Wimberley ISD trustee arrested for DWI Staff Report - April 24, 2024 KYLE – The Kyle Police Department arrested William Player Conley, 47, on Tuesday, April 23, for driving while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor, and unlawful carrying of a weapon, a Class A misdemeanor. Conley serves in the Place ...
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Dreamland to close at end of 2024 in Dripping Springs
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Dreamland to close at end of 2024 in Dripping Springs
By Megan Navarro 
December 30, 2024
DRIPPING SPRINGS -- Dreamland , an outdoor sports, games and entertainment venue in Dripping Springs announced that it will be closing its doors on Dec. 31, 2024. The facility, which opened in 2021, made the announcement of the closure through the following post Dec. 19, 2024, on its social media ch...
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Central Texas Food Bank, Hays County Pet Resource Center serve 300+ pets at end-of-year food distribution
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Central Texas Food Bank, Hays County Pet Resource Center serve 300+ pets at end-of-year food distribution
By Staff Report 
December 30, 2024
BUDA -- The Central Texas Food Bank (CTFB) and Hays County Pet Resource Center (Hays PRC) hosted an end of year drive-up food distribution for people and pets on Saturday, Dec. 28, at McCormick Middle School in Buda. This event marked the fourth distribution event held in Hays County. Pet supplies f...
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Winter wastewater averaging explained
Community, Hays County, News
Winter wastewater averaging explained
By Mikey Brown 
December 23, 2024
AUSTIN   — During the winter, utility companies like Texas Water Utilities have a process called “winter wastewater averaging,” which is a process that allows them to calculate the amount of water waste in a household. That, in turn, determines the annual wastewater charges for that household. Accor...
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Hays CISD considers further high school designs
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Hays CISD considers further high school designs
By Brittany Kelley 
December 23, 2024
KYLE — At its Dec. 16 meeting, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees voted to approve further consideration for the 2023 bond bid package 12 design development for the three high schools not to exceed $163,803,849. “Tonight, we’re doing these [design development] approvals to build a bond budget. So, we’r...
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Engineer launches Home Helpers Home Care of South Austin
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Engineer launches Home Helpers Home Care of South Austin
By Staff Report 
December 23, 2024
AUSTIN — When Guillermo Vieiro was young, he always wanted to be a doctor. He loved his pediatrician and the idea of caring for people in a way that was personable and genuine. Then, right before starting college, a negative conversation with a friend’s mom derailed his dreams and led him to a caree...
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Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
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Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
By Brittany Kelley 
April 30, 2025
BUDA — After discovering that her son’s former teacher was arrested for public intoxication, Christina Nichols was left wishing Hays CISD did more to ...
Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 near Yarrington Road
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Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 near Yarrington Road
By Staff Report 
March 18, 2025
KYLE – The Kyle Police Department is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at approximately 2 a.m. March 18 on southbound IH-35 near Yarringto...
Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
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Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
By Staff Report 
April 30, 2025
SAN MARCOS — Hays County District Judge Sherri K. Tibbe sentenced Kevin McLean, 33, to a total of 60 years in prison April 29; McLean entered a plea o...
Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
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Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
By Staff Report 
April 2, 2025
AUSTIN — A joint investigation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Antonio Poli...
Hays County Sheriff’s Office arrests corrections officer following inmate outcry
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Hays County Sheriff’s Office arrests corrections officer following inmate outcry
By Brittany Kelley 
April 25, 2025
SAN MARCOS   — Following an inmate who claimed she was a victim of sexual misconduct, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office arrested corrections officer Jo...
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