Hays County now has a Countywide Fire Code. The new standards and rules were adopted by the Commissioners Court last month. The code became effective Jan. 1 and is designed to provide the basis for fire protection for the occupants of new construction as well as authorize the Fire Marshal to make “f...

Adriana Cruz, former president of the Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP), has been named to the Advisory Council on Cultural Affairs, a division of the Governor’s Office, by Governor Greg Abbott. Her term is set to expire on Feb. 1, 2023. Abbott also named Cruz vice chair of the council, which ad...

Hays County’s first “no refusal” New Year’s Eve in six years appears to have achieved its proactive goal of cutting down on the number of people arrested for driving while intoxicated during celebrations to ring in 2020. According to District Attorney Wes Mau, five DWI arrests occurred during the ta...

Once again, the Hays County Commissioners Court has proclaimed Jan. 20 to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The court voted unanimously on the designation during their Tuesday meeting. Celebrations of what would have been Dr. King’s 91st birthday include a wreath-laying ceremony in San Marcos at the Cr...

More than two years after the Kyle City Council passed an ordinance designed in part to lower parking fines, residents began getting refunds for overcharges. Council member Rick Koch, who is also now mayor pro tem, began trying to get the fines lowered while he was still a private citizen. He finish...

The Kyle City Council on Tuesday voted to challenge a natural gas rate increase proposed by the Texas Gas Service Company (TGS) that was scheduled to take effect Feb. 6. TGS has filed an intent to change the rate with the Railroad Commission of Texas “and in all municipalities exercising original ju...

The Hays Free Press reached out to both candidates running in the Jan. 25 special election to replace Daphne Tenorio on the Kyle City Council. Here’s what Brandi Heindl and Michael Tobias had to say. 1. The city has embarked on an ambitious goal of a 2020 bond election for the purpose of acquiring a...

Evelyn Alma Rios was born at Ascension Seton Hays at 2:12 a.m. on New Year’s Day. She weighed 8.7 pounds and was measured at 20.5 inches long. Parents are Jeremiah and Pauline Rios. She is pictured with her older brother. She is the youngest of four. Delivered by Dr. Jennifer Goss, OB/GYN at Ascensi...

Staff reports A Kyle resident was one of two people were killed early on Thursday, Jan. 2, when they were ejected from a vehicle on Hwy. 123 in San Marcos after their car veered off the highway and struck a driveway culvert. They were identified as Daniel F. Aguilar, 52, of Kyle and Seguin, who was ...

By Anita Miller The Texas Department of Safety has confirmed that errors were made in the initial reporting of a head-on collision Dec. 18 on FM 1826 east of Dripping Springs. Killed in the crash were Austin residents 38-year-old Caranda Mathis, who was driving a 2018 Infiniti QX8, and Kaylee Rosale...