A new 108-acre mixed-use commerce center, which includes investments from Hillwood Properties, a Fortune 500 company, will be coming to Kyle in the near future. The new development will be located in Kyle on the west side of I-35 between Loop 4 and Kyle Crossing. Formally named the Hays Commerce Cen...

Portions of public parkland will soon be used for road widening and improvement projects in Buda after city leaders unanimously approved a resolution calling for it April 17. The three road improvement projects – including Goforth Road, San Antonio Street/Garison Road, and Main Street – will be usin...

Founders Day Festival in Dripping Springs The three-day festival celebrates the 1850 founding of the Dripping Springs community. In downtown Dripping Springs from April 27-29. The Friday parade will start off the festivities followed by a carnival, cook-off competitions, arts and crafts vendors, and...

An undocumented Wimberley woman detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following a misdemeanor arrest was released from custody April 3. The release of Maria Garcia, of Wimberley, was due in part to the work of local groups that have helped a handful of area residents temporarily avoi...

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...