High capacity crowds during Dripping Springs’ annual Founders Day celebration is leading city leaders to look at ways to expand the festival’s reach. With improvements on Old Fitzhugh Road on the horizon, Dripping Springs city officials believe expanding the event to the revamped road could not only...

An immense sense of pride flowed through the mind of Kristen Northrup as she watched her first-born child cross the stage as a Dripping Springs High graduate Friday. The moment was the culmination of 12 years of hard work and the achievement of moving on into the next stage of life. Before the caps,...

Cost overruns for a city-owned wastewater treatment plant is leading Wimberley leaders to consider hiring a third-party for the plant’s operation. But residents are concerned about the possible hiring of Aqua Texas, an area water and wastewater provider, due to a handful of wastewater spills in Kyle...

Sporting the motto of the United States Air Force and a few patches to boot, Dripping Springs High senior Diedrich Wolfgang Welling takes in the school’s 2018 commencement ceremony held at Tiger Stadium Friday night.

Striking up a smoke on or near Buda city property will soon be a thing of the past after city leaders June 5 nixed the practice. The measure, approved by the a 6-0 Buda City Council decision, prohibits the use of tobacco and smoking within 30 feet of city facilities, in city vehicles and on city equ...

No one was hurt after fire swept through a Niederwald-area ammunition manufacturing company early Sunday, setting off rounds for the better part of two hours. Clint Browning, Hays County Fire Marhsal, said a cause of the blaze has not yet been determined and remains under investigation. Browning sai...

Property rights concerns extending to proposed code changes on accessory structures kept Kyle city leaders from taking any possible action June 5. Kyle’s proposed changes would have enforced five feet between an accessory structure and fence line, and ten feet from any other accessory structures. Ky...

Buda Movies in the Park, June 15 The first movie of the summer season for Buda’s Movies in the park series will be “The Sandlot” on June 15. The movies will be hosted at a new location at the Buda Sportsplex. The movie starts at 8:45 p.m. Summer Contest For Young Writers 2018 Buda library patrons ag...

Plans for a controversial subdivision along FM 967 outside of Buda has come to a screeching halt after developers opted to suspend the permitting process earlier this month. The move now leaves nearby residents worried about what could come of the 1,200-home Rutherford North development. According t...

Single member district plan focuses on neighborhoods Single-member district boundaries in Buda were finalized June 5, setting the stage for the first election of its kind in the city this November. Approval of the boundaries, completed via a 5-0 Buda City Council vote, was done after city staff and ...