SAN MARCOS — Following the April 19 conviction by a jury, Jeffery Alan Scott Jr. was sentenced to life in prison for attempted capital murder and aggravated assault of a public servant on April 24. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Scott was on the run from a murder warrant out of Dallas ...

GATEWAY VILLAGE DRIPPING SPRINGS — Another development is coming to Dripping Springs to keep up with the city's growth. With a 2023 population of 8,253, World Population Review reported that Dripping Springs is the 282nd largest city in Texas and is growing at a 19.42% rate annually. Its population ...

REMEMBERING LAMONT RAMAGE HAYS COUNTY — Former Justice of the Peace Lamont Ramage died Tuesday, April 13 after battling a long illness, surrounded by his greatest legacy — his family. Long before Ramage would go on to become a pillar of the Hays County community, he met Sandra (Dobson) Ramage, his h...

BUDA — Upon entering Johnson High School on Saturday April 22, real-life princesses in ball gowns opened the doors and music from a simpler time played through the sound system. Turning the corner to enter the cosmetology center, where the event would be taking place, the music became muffled by lau...

Test Season The STAAR test looks different this year for students. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) said that the test was redesigned to make it more closely aligned with classroom instruction. Under House Bill 3906, passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in 2019, TEA has been exploring the “most inst...

KYLE — A few seats on the Hays CISD Board of Trustees are up for grabs in the upcoming election. The Hays County League of Women Voters held a Hays CISD candidate forum at Kyle City Hall on April 6. Johnny Flores and Dr. Esmeralda Pérez-González, both vying for the Single-Member-District 2 seat, wer...

KYLE — Bryan Langley has been named the sole candidate for the position of Kyle city manager. City council voted unanimously in a special meeting on Friday, April 13 to approve Langley for the position following a strenous search involving 69 candidates. “Very rarely is this council in unanimous agr...

‘Just because you tell me it’s fine, that doesn’t mean it’s fine. Especially when there is so much proof that it isn’t.’ BUDA — In November 2022, Doral Academy parents gathered with school leadership to bring attention to health and safety concerns they had for their children. On March 21, 2023, par...

KYLE — A Lehman High School assistant principal was arrested and charged with a DWI and evading arrest with a motor vehicle. Julie Rosales, 45, was booked into the Hays County Jail and released on Friday, April 7, on a $2,000 Surety Bond and a $2,000 Personal Recognizance Bond, according to jail rec...

HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Sheriff’s Office recently arrested a contractor for felony theft. According to the HCSO, the sheriff's office recently investigated a theft case involving a contractor. The suspect, John Paul Vargas Jr., 45, was arrested for theft of property ($150,000-300,000 with a pr...