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...

Cadena-Stockman A Kyle woman was charged with multiple felonies after authorities allege she attempted to disarm a police officer who was subduing her during an April 19 incident. Cynthia Cadena-Stockman, 54, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail May 4 on one charge of attempt to take weapon...

Sanchez Castillo An undocumented Kyle man was charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child after authorities allege he abused a minor in 2012. Luis-Gerardo Sanchez Castillo, 57, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail May 5. An Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deta...

Houston firm renews water request from aquifer district A Houston-based firm at the center of controversy in 2015 is now looking to draw roughly one billion gallons of water per year from the Trinity Aquifer. Electro Purification (EP), which had failed in its attempt to secure water in 2015, submitt...

Authorities are asking for the public's help in locating a man who was last seen May 5 in the 6800 block of Fitzhugh Road in Dripping Springs. According to a press release, Domingo Alcaraz, 45, of Spring, was visiting the area Saturday when he fell and sustained injuries to his forehead and tongue. ...

A Dripping Springs man has been identified as the victim in a fatal May 6 single-vehicle wreck along Ranch Road 12 just outside of Dripping Springs. Ernest Tamayo, 58, of Dripping Springs, was killed in the wreck, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson. According to a DPS repo...