Baby Stephen Nawar Sharp was born at 2:54 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024 to Norelle Alkassawat and Stevie-Ray Sharp at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital – San Marcos. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces and was 21 inches long; the delivering provider was Dr. Virginia Smith. Alkassawat said that baby Stephen shar...

KYLE — Kyle City Council members discussed the possibility of a roundabout or a traffic signal at the intersection of Dacy Lane at Bunton Creek Road at its Jan. 2 meeting. This comes after council approved Task Order No. 4 to Cobb, Fendley & Associates to perform traffic signal warrant studies in Se...

KYLE — Edward Jesus Hernandez, 22, has been arrested for the Christmas day murder of 30-year-old Josué Javier Soto. At approximately 6:47 p.m. on Dec. 25, 2023, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call in the 300 block of Railyard Drive in Kyle where deputies located Josué deceased. ...

BUDA — At its Jan. 3 meeting, Buda City Council unanimously approved grant program amendments to the grants funded through hotel occupancy tax. Buda provides two grant opportunities to businesses, organizations and individuals to bring tourism activities to the community: the Downtown Co-Marketing R...

SAN MARCOS — The trial for the shooting of a San Marcos Police officer began on Jan. 8 at the Hays County Courthouse. On Dec. 4, 2017, SMPD officer Kenneth Copeland, 58, was shot and killed while serving a warrant to Stewart Mettz, 57. Copeland was struck several times and rushed to Central Texas Me...

SAN MARCOS – A Kyle man has been sentenced to a total of 52 years in prison for sexually assaulting his girlfriend’s young daughter. Jacob Earl Shirejian, 44, was sentenced Monday, Jan. 8 on two first-degree felony counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two second-degree felony counts of...

At 7:50 a.m. on Jan. 5, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call to a physical disturbance in the 100 block of Hunter Creek Cove. The caller stated that the suspect was armed with two knives and attempting to kick in the front door of the residence. The suspect was the daughter’s ex-boyf...

(Editor's Note: This post was updated at 12:25 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 5 to reflect that all jury summonses were sent to prospective jurors.) HAYS COUNTY - Jury summonses for the remainder of January and early February have been sent to prospective jurors. Summonses were hand-delivered following an err...

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Parents will see a different traffic pattern when picking up and dropping off their students at Sycamore Springs Middle School and Sycamore Springs Elementary School. In May 2023, voters approved a $223.7 million bond to keep up with the district’s continuous growth. As a componen...

DRIPPING SPRINGS – Following approval by the Hays County Commissioners Court, the Dripping Springs City Council approved an amended interlocal agreement between the city and Hays County for the use of the Dripping Springs Ranch Park on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. In the current agreement, there have bee...