DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved longtime counselor Retta Ary as the new director of Counseling & Health Services at its Sept. 23 meeting. Now in her 12th year in DSISD, Ary has served as the coordinator of counseling services since 2023, after spend...

Members of the Kyle Area Senior Zone and Unforgettable Families and Friends pose with the 724 boxes collected for the Stack the Mac, Mac & Cheese Drive, hosted by the Hays County Food Bank. Those that participated wore orange, yellow and blue to represent the boxes.

Performers from Texas State University’s Grupo Folklórico Ocotochtli strike a smile as they dip toward the audience at the Buda Public Library’s Ballet Folklórico Performance on Sept. 27, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Hays Education Foundation (HEF) announced that the Hays CISD inaugural State of the District event is set to take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Hays CISD Academic Support Center central administration building. The State of the District event is a fundraiser, with proce...

BUDA — Johnson High School football players Warner Erwin and Joe Margiotta are working with Alex’s Lemonade Stand and Kohl’s Champions Kick It For Cancer to raise money for childhood cancer research. Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF) began as a lemonade stand run by 4-year-old Alexandra “Alex”...

KYLE -- The city of Kyle is inviting the community to an open house from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Kyle Public Safety Center, 1700 Kohlers Crossing. This come-and-go style event will provide residents with the latest updates on the Kohlers Crossing Project, funded by the voter-approved 20...

Recently, schools throughout the nation have witnessed an increase in school threats — and Hays CISD is no different. Within the past month, six students have been arrested by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office for threats made against campuses within the district. Since Sept. 11, there have been thre...

“There are so many parents — there are so many students — that don’t have or not even they don’t have, but their parents aren’t capable of advocating for them and that’s where that’s up to us, and up to you guys, to be that advocate for them. We have to do better.” KYLE — Several parents recently sp...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Dripping Springs High School announced the 2024 Homecoming Court, including the king and queen nominees and the underclass dukes and duchesses. Seniors nominated for Homecoming queen are Kylie Acosta, Ava Azua, Emily Molleur, Mia Pleasant and Eloise Roffers. King nominees are Rya...

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the homecoming mum tradition. Prior to the start of homecoming festivities last week, students in the Johnson High School Floral Design courses handcrafted the school’s first-ever mega mum.