HAYS COUNTY  –   Since it opened in 1984, the Hays County Food Bank (HCFB) has served the Hays County area with distribution days weekly in San Marcos, Kyle and Buda, monthly in Wimberley and every fifth Sunday in Uhland. With the cost of food and housing going up, HCFB strives to make sure that les...

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Sprouts grocery store location in Kyle took place on Wednesday, Oct. 30. At the northwest corner of Kohler’s Crossing and FM 1626, a group that included Kyle City Council members and representatives of GBTC Realty, Arch Con Corporation and Sprouts grabbed a sh...

BUDA — After years of dreaming of owning their own festival, Chad and Bethany Kocian are launching Railcar Revival in Buda on Nov. 9. The couple, originally from LaGrange, Texas, and Kentucky, have owned HighBridge Events, an event logistics company, for nearly 15 years. Now, living in Austin, they ...

SAN MARCOS — Republican candidate Anthony Hipolito is Hays County’s newest sheriff after receiving more than 52% of the votes during the Nov. 5 election. Previously, he received 15,435 votes in the March primary, where he qualified for November’s ballot, along with Democrat candidate Alex Villalobos...

SAN MARCOS — Republican candidate Anthony Hipolito is Hays County’s newest sheriff after receiving more than 52% of the votes during the Nov. 5 election. Previously, he received 15,435 votes in the March primary, where he qualified for November’s ballot, along with Democrat candidate Alex Villalobos...

SAN MARCOS - Mark Anthony Briones, 34, of Kyle was convicted of capital murder for the June 2022 murder of infant Annalyne Fridley Benavides. Judge Bruce Boyer then sentenced the defendant to life without parole. According to a Hays County news release, on June 20, 2022, Briones was babysitting Frid...

These are the unofficial Nov. 5 election results as of 11:13 p.m, with all 58 polling locations reporting. Results will remain unofficial until canvassed and certified. District Judge, 22nd Judicial District (Multi-county jurisdiction, numbers only show Hays County votes) * Bruce Boyer (R): 79,001 (...

SAN MARCOS — Four Hays County property owners have filed a lawsuit against the Hays County Commissioners Court regarding the almost $440 million road bond placed on the Nov. 5, 2024, election ballot. The proposed $439,634,000 bond, titled Proposition A on the ballot, aims to bring 35 projects over t...

Located in Kyle, Milburn “Bubba” and Rhonda King have been hosting a Halloween display and haunted house in their front yard and garage for 18 years. Every year, they add to their display and invite everyone to come and visit, leading up to Halloween where they have a haunted house in their garage. ...