Members of the Lehman High JROTC presented the colors and raised the flags at a Memorial Day service at the Wimberley Veterans Memorial. Above, a veteran pays his respects for fallen service members. The ceremony was one of a handful of events held in honor of fallen Hays County servicemen and women...

Authorities have identified a body found in a wooded area in Dripping Springs May 14 as that of a man who went missing earlier in the month. Alcaraz Domingo Alcaraz, 45, of Spring, was discovered in a heavily wooded area in the 3400 block of McGregor Lane in Dripping Springs. According to a Hays Cou...

While it took two tries, Dripping Springs area residents May 22 elected a new Pct. 4 Justice of the Peace into office for the first time in over a decade. John Burns John Burns, a Navy veteran and practicing attorney, claimed a landslide victory over attorney Robert Avera in a runoff for the JP4 sea...

Keeping subdivisions together was one of the primary issues discussed at Tuesday’s public workshop on proposed single-member districts in Buda. The city held a public workshop to look at boundaries of three new single-member districts that will be used to elect city council members in November’s ele...

The Little Mermaid Theater Production The EmilyAnn Theatre and Gardens in Wimberley will begin showing a theater production of The Little Mermaid beginning on June 1 through July 1 as the second show in their 2018 Theatre Season. International Piano Festival Held at the Texas State University Perfor...

A proposed roundabout at the FM 3237 and FM 150 split near Driftwood is drawing criticism from residents who are concerned about its necessity. The furor comes after the News-Dispatch reported earlier this month that the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) added the project to it...

Members of a local Boy Scout troop help Kyle VFW Post 12058 member Clint Williams raise the American flag as the Star-Spangled Banner was sung in Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony in downtown Kyle. Across the county and the nation, Americans took time to honor the memory of servicemen and women who hav...

Phasing in how much water a Houston-based firm could obtain from the Trinity Aquifer was the recommendation handed down by local water entity officials. The Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District’s (BSEACD) general manager and staff   recommended a plan for Electro Purification’s (EP) ...

Law enforcement officials continue to search for the operator of a 2009 or 2010 charcoal gray Kia Optima who fled the scene of a fatal hit-and-run of a bicyclist on Sunday. Authorities were dispatched at approximately 11:46 a.m. May 27 for a white male lying in the grass along the Interstate 35 west...

A Hays CISD campus-based security monitor resigned after they allowed several Hays High students to enter campus before school hours to conduct an unauthorized senior prank. Tim Savoy, Hays CISD public information officer, said the incident occurred in the early morning hours before school on May 24...