Dripping Springs ISD’s proposed $132 million bond measure passed by a slim 31 vote margin May 5, marking a victory in the district’s initiative to accommodate for growing classroom populations. The measure was approved by 50.47 percent of the 3,293 total voters who participated in the bond referendu...

A push to create a “destination experience” that adheres to a more technologically-driven demographic is the goal for the Kyle Public Library. As a result of their work, the KPL claimed a state-wide award signifying efforts to change with the times.     Of more than 550 public libraries in Texas, th...

After seven years through civil and criminal court, a former Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation (DSWSC) general manager is being denied over $700,000 in retirement. Doug Cones’ name was cleared in December 2017 after he was accused of stealing up to $20,000 in property, costing him his job at...

Capital Highlights by Ed Sterling AUSTIN • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on May 1 filed a lawsuit against the federal government to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The attorneys general of Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and West Virginia joined Pax...

F or the better part of three hours Saturday, most of us who work in the News-Dispatch newsroom sat around and twiddled our thumbs.  Occasionally, those thumbs were spent rapidly typing on phone keyboards, trying to text our contacts for the information we so desperately desired.  What we had all be...

Four area teenagers were arrested after leading the Kyle and San Marcos police departments on a miles long chase in a stolen vehicle, according to a press release. The teens, all minors, were not identified by police, but were taken into custody and placed in the Hays County Juvenile Detention Cente...

Economic growth was the topic for the mayors of Kyle, Lockhart and San Marcos during a panel at the Greater San Marcos Partnership’s Economic Outlook luncheon May 2. The panel, which consisted of San Marcos Mayor John Thomaides, Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell and Lockhart Mayor Lew White, gave insight o...

Mother & Son Bowling Night It’s the Second Annual mother and son bowling event in San Marcos at Sunset Bowling Lanes on May 10. For boys aged 2 and older and anyone they consider a female role model. Kyle Market Day Come enjoy Market Day in Kyle. Shoppers can enjoy local musicians play in the gazebo...

A little wet weather didn’t stop hundreds of area residents from taking over the Barton Middle School gym for the 2018 Relay for Life Hays County walk, which helps to fundraise for the American Cancer Society in its fight for a cure. Saturday’s event had music, fun, games, but also was meant to hono...

Almost $70 million in state and federal funds were allocated toward various transportation projects in Hays County Monday. The move was the result of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) board approving a $400 million package for regional road projects across Central Texas. CA...