Hays County authorities have now formally charged the man suspected of shooting and killing San Marcos Police officer Kenneth Copeland on Monday.     Stewart Thomas Mettz Stewart Thomas Mettz, 58, has been charged with capital murder of a peace officer. Mettz was also charged with injury to an elder...

Reservations over the rushed nature of a settlement agreement involving Dripping Springs’ proposed wastewater permit led Austin city leaders to express discontent Dec. 8. While no action was formally taken, two Austin City Council members said they wouldn’t approve the proposed agreement with Drippi...

No one was injured when a home went up in flames along Ranch Road 12 near Dripping Springs Dec. 9. A North Hays County Fire Rescue first responder sprays down construction equipment that had caught fire during a controlled burn Dec. 8. North Hays crews responded to three fires over the course of 48 ...

Significant changes may be underway in the conceptual plan for the Dripping Springs Town Center project approved by the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (TIRZ)  Board. On Dec. 4, the Dripping Springs Independent School District (DSISD) Superintendent Bruce Gearing said the district is developing an a...

WACO – A Dripping Springs man was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for making threats to kill people at Fort Hood earlier this year. Thomas Anthony Chesnut, 29, of Dripping Springs, was sentenced Dec. 8, roughly two months after a federal jury convicted him on one count of threatening to ass...

The task of stacking books on crowded shelves is a daily reminder of the limited space the Dripping Springs Community Library faces. On Dec. 5, Dripping Springs Community Library District (DSCLD) Board of Trustees reviewed and discussed Dripping Springs’ Town Center concept plan, a project that, if ...

UPDATE – 5:49 p.m.  Kyle Police have apprehended the second of two suspects involved in a burglary at a residence in the Four Seasons Farm subdivision Monday. The name of the first suspect, who was apprehended earlier in the day, is not being released at this time. The second suspect is a juvenile w...

Hays County residents celebrated a heavy, and rather unusual, dose of winter weather Dec. 7 as roughly four inches of snow fell in some parts, which left the area looking more like Bedford Falls than Central Texas. The resulting weather forced Hays CISD officials to cancel class Dec. 8, while city g...

An Austin man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after he was convicted of a felony methamphetamines arrest in 2016, which triggered the state’s habitual offender, or three strikes, law. Wayne Allsup, 46, was convicted of felony methamphetamine possession by a Hays County Jury last week. Wayne Alls...

After talks that the city could potentially be sued over the denial of a development on Opal Lane, Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell met with Planning and Zoning commissioners to set his expectations on the commission’s role in developments. During a Nov. 28 Kyle Planning and Zoning Commission workshop, Mi...