A Lakeway man was arrested Aug. 7 after authorities accuse him of going online to solicit sexual favors from minors in the Dripping Springs area. Luann Fabric Campos Leao Hida, 24, of Lakeway, was booked into the Hays County Jail on two charges of online solicitation of a minor, both third-degree fe...

Raise your voice with the Wimberley Chorus Calling all singers! The Wimbrley Chorus is recruiting vocalists for the upcoming fall and Christmas season and you could be the person they’re looking for. The Wimberley Chorus invites singers to join in fall rehearsals on Sept. 10 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at...

Hays County school districts, like many across the state, are struggling to provide improvements and services without the sale of bonds. However, a lack of state funding, along with a heavy reliance on property tax revenue, is limiting funds and creating problems. According to an April 2018 report b...

Deteriorating pavement conditions along a well traveled road in west Kyle is pushing city officials to move forward with fixing it. By securing developer contributions, Kyle plans to cash fund $7 million on engineering for reconstruction of Old Stagecoach Road from Post Road to FM 2770, along with r...

A Buda family’s fight to get an undocumented relative out of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody continues, even as they believe her mental health is quickly deteriorating. Janelie Rodriguez, 25, is currently being held at the South Texas Detention Complex in Pearsall. According to fam...

A proposed Ranch-to-Market 150 alignment has driven neighbors apart over the best way to handle growth and development from Kyle to Dripping Springs. On Thursday evening at Wallace Middle school, the cafeteria was full of residents poring over maps of a potential revised RM 150, which currently exis...

Tempers flared Tuesday as Kyle residents and city leaders sparred over a slew of proposed charter amendments slated to go on the November ballot. While the Kyle City Council ultimately approved taking the amendments to voters by a 6-1 vote – Place 6 Council Member Daphne Tenorio voted against the me...

Meeting the price point of neighboring entities is leading Hays County constables to request a roughly $26,000 pay raise. John Ellen, Hays County Pct. 5 Constable, said all constables in Hays County currently earn $67,762 a year. Under their proposed increase, each of the five Hays County constables...

Photo by Nicholas Morris An excited cowgirl gets a little help from a family member as she readies for a ride on the mechanical bull during this weekend’s Dripping Springs Fair and Rodeo. Thousands poured into Dripping Springs Ranch Park July 27-29 for the 7th annual Dripping Springs Rodeo, which fe...

On July 23, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved Superintendent Bruce Gearing’s recommendation of Katharine Muller as the district’s new Director of Special Services. Muller has been an educational specialist at Region 13 Educational Service Center since 2014. The DSISD Special Servic...