Senior Movie Night at Krug Activity Center Friday features African Queen The Silver Screen is a Senior Movie Night hosted by the Kyle Area Senior Zone in the Krug Activity Center (old Kyle City Hall). Friday’s movie will be “The African Queen” (1951) and begins at 5 p.m. In WWI Africa, a gin-swillin...

By Megan Wehring   HAYS CISD — The mask debate continued as more than 40 speakers showed up at the Hays CISD Board meeting Monday night.   Only a minute was allotted to each speaker but that did not stop them from expressing their feelings which ranged from standing up for personal freedom to whethe...

By Megan Wehring   DRIPPING SPRINGS — The city launched ‘Lights Out Dripping Springs’ to help birds migrate. Millions of birds, from hummingbirds to geese, migrate across North America every year — mostly at night. Residents and businesses are encouraged to take a pledge to turn off exterior lights ...

A parent at Fuentes Elementary school gives her child one last hug before leaving him on his own on the first day of school.

By Brittany Anderson UPDATE:  The City of Kyle voted to expand the Uber Kyle $3.14 program beginning Oct. 1. Kyle residents will receive 10 trips per month with Uber for $3.14, instead of the original eight. The service area has also been expanded. Additionally, Uber will provide one round-trip from...

By Sahar Chmais Five ICU beds remain available in Trauma Service Area O (TSA-O) as of Aug. 22; TSA-O serves 11 counties, including Hays and Travis counties. Not all ICU beds in the area are occupied by COVID-19 cases, but 262 of the 496 occupied ICU beds are coronavirus patients. Lack of ICU bed spa...

By Sahar Chmais The Dripping Springs ISD meeting got heated when a man took off his shirt and pants to prove a point about masks. James Akers anecdotally said he ran traffic lights, which almost killed somebody, then parked in a handicapped spot because all the other spots were full just to get to t...

By Megan Wehring HAYS CISD — Simon Middle School welcomes a familiar face as principal. The Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved Laura Briones, the current assistant principal, to lead Simon Middle School. Briones is heading into her 16th year in education. “As a school leader, I am passionate about...

By Sahar Chmais Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is the first to receive FDA approval for individuals ages 16 and older, according to the FDA. Pfizer’s vaccine will be marketed under the name Comirnaty. The FDA gave its approval only to Comirnaty for certain age groups, but the vaccine will still ...

By Erin Douglas and Joshua Fetcher This story is by the Texas Tribune.  The Texas Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for school districts to require people to wear masks in classrooms — at least for now. For cities, counties and school districts that have defied Gov. Greg Abbott by issuing mask ...