(Editor's Note: This post was updated at 4:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 16 with additional information) HAYS COUNTY — Following two emails sent to Hays CISD parents, students and staff earlier today, the district sent the following updated message regarding a threat rumor that was circulating across soci...

To help build excitement and educate the public on the total solar eclipse coming next April, the city of Dripping Springs has installed an art display of a larger-than-life-size pair of eclipse glasses at Veterans Memorial Park, located near the intersection of US Hwy 290 and Ranch Road 12. The cit...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — At its Oct. 3 meeting, the Dripping Springs City Council approved several proclamations and appointed two individuals to the Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP) Board of Directors. National 4-H Week The council proclaimed Oct. 7-13 to be National 4-H Week in the city of Dripping Sp...

KYLE — The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a Hays CISD student that occurred last week. At 6:31 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assist EMS call in the 5000 block of Heron Drive in Buda. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovere...

KYLE — At its meeting on Oct. 2, Kyle City Council approved water usage from the city of San Marcos, as well as celebrated the Hays Free Press’ 120th anniversary. Council celebrated the newspaper’s 120th birthday with a proclamation. “The Hays Free Press will celebrate its 120th anniversary with a y...

“Imagine a wizard buying a rusty old car and telling his wife all he wanted to do with it was take it apart to see how it worked, while really he was enchanting it to make it fly.” - Molly Weasley, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” ——— BUDA — Perhaps you thought the flying Ford Anglia was tr...

Dripping Springs High School students crown seniors Jasmine Zogaib and Parker Hoffman as the 2023 Homecoming King and Queen at the varsity football game against Akins High School on Friday, Oct. 6.

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Thomas Edward Watt accepted a plea deal for a charge of tampering with physical evidence, a third-degree felony, after concealing a pornographic image of a child on his cellular device during an ongoing investigation. Watt was arrested on Jan. 22, 2020, for three counts of possess...

In an email from Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright, it was announced that earlier this week a 15-year-old student was found deceased in their home — the seventh since summer 2022. The death is formally being investigated as a fentanyl overdose by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. The email is...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs ISD is moving forward with a reduction in its tax rate for the 2023-24 fiscal year. On Monday, Sept. 25, the DSISD Board of Trustees approved a rate of $1.1075 per $100 of certified property value by a vote of 6-1. The tax rate is a $0.1854 decrease from the 2022 ...