Campus safety was a primary argument for close to 100 Hays High students Friday who chose to walk out of class in protest of gun violence. The event, held near the main office, coincided with similar walkouts across the country that were held on the 19th anniversary of the 1999 Columbine, Colo. mass...

Nearly $2 per month is how much Kyle residents stand to save on their utility bills after city leaders April 17 approved a gas utility rate decrease. The dip comes after Kyle city officials challenged a proposed rate increase by CenterPoint Energy Resources late last year. In November 2017, CenterPo...

A former Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation (DSWSC) general manager accused of stealing company property, vehicles and money was acquitted of criminal charges earlier this year. The decision, rendered by 428th District Judge Bill Henry, nearly ends seven years of vitriolic sparring between Do...

Software that allows the city of Dripping Springs to archive posts on its own social media pages was given the green light April 17. Archive Social, a program that allows entities to archive social media posts, even if those posts have been deleted, will allow Dripping Springs to monitor its six cit...

Bloody, bewildered and desperate for help was Dripping Springs High junior Ross Lincecum (right) who cradled a classmate while playing the role of a drunk driver in the school’s annual “Shattered Dreams” program held on campus April 20. The program, which involved a score of Dripping Springs High st...

Anxieties over the impact a proposed masterplanned development along FM 967 near Buda could have on neighbors and the Edwards Aquifer is steadily rising.  According to community organizers, the development, located in Dripping Springs’ extraterritorial jurisdiction, calls for 1,200 homes to be built...

A man with ties to the Buda and Kyle communities has been identified as one of the four victims in an April 22 mass shooting at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee. Joe R. Perez, 20, was shot and killed along with three others by Travis J. Reinking, 29, of Morton, Ill., who authorities suspect is...

Authorities have determined threats made on social media toward Hays High late Thursday were not credible, according to a press release. That determination was reached after an overnight investigation was conducted by the Hays County Sheriff's Office. According to a press release from Hays County Sh...

After a threat discovered on social media was found to be unrelated to Hays CISD schools, district officials are encouraging parents and students to remain vigilant. On Thursday, Hays High students reported seeing a post on Snapchat showing two guns in a backpack or satchel with the words, "ready fo...

Perhaps no other state offers the pleasant plethora of fascinating flowers and beautiful blooms as does Texas. And our Central Texas area is among the most blessed. If you have a hankering to see bluebonnets, Indian blankets, Indian paintbrushes and black-foot daisies, this is the place. More specif...