DRIPPING SPRINGS  —   On Thursday, Oct. 17, Dripping Springs ISD held the first of four community meetings regarding its attendance rezoning, which is set to be voted on by the board of trustees in December, in preparation for the opening of the district’s sixth elementary school in the fall of 2025...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — The first standalone mobile food truck is now coming to Dripping Springs. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, after weeks of discussion across several meetings, Dripping Springs City Council — upon the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission — voted 5-0 to approve a Conditional Use Pe...

SAN MARCOS — Joseph Pavelka, 34, was found guilty for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact. On Aug. 19, 2024, a Hays County jury found Pavelka guilty of sexually abusing the victim from the ages of six and seven years old, while...

Johnson High School junior Ava Schlotterbeck was selected to participate in NASA’s Texas High School Aerospace Scholars program earlier this semester. She is the first from Hays CISD to be selected for the program. Schlotterbeck, who discovered the program while researching for internships and schol...

The Texas Legislature has declared the month of October as Czech Heritage Month in Texas. Beginning in the late 1840s, Czech settlers came in growing numbers to the Lone Star State and have made sacrifices to Texas; Czechs are known for their love of democracy, work ethic and have established standa...

SAN MARCOS — The Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously voted to authorize the health department to give the remaining employee flu shots for eligible members of the public at its Oct. 15 meeting. This comes after the Hays County Health Department offered employee flu shots during the week of S...

KYLE — Kyle City Council listened to a presentation on the city’s future skatepark at its Oct. 15 meeting, ultimately waiting to make a decision on next steps. In November 2020, voters approved a park bond, including $1 million in improvements to Gregg-Clarke Park. Among these overall improvements w...

KYLE — Kyle hosted its inaugural City Fest on Oct. 19, where Mayor Travis Mitchell delivered the State of the City address to community members. According to Mitchell, staff has been planning City Fest for more than a year in an effort to give residents an opportunity to speak to both city departmen...

Hays City Donuts has provided donuts to the Kyle community for more than 20 years. On Sunday, Oct. 20, the owner, San Long, decided to give back to the community one more time by providing free donuts on his final day in business, following the purchase of the property by the city of Kyle. According...