Update – 11:00 p.m.  After more than four hours, fire crews from three departments extinguished a blaze at a Kyle home around 8:30 p.m. Friday. Officials' initial estimate places the cost of damage at roughly $400,000 to property and belongings at the home, located in the 100 block of Indigo Cove. A...

The discovery of a damaged drainage culvert underneath a section of Kyle’s Bunton Creek Road improvement project is forcing city leaders to immediately spend up to $50,000 to fix the problem. Officials are now scrambling to fix the damaged culvert prior to finishing the Bunton Creek Road project, wh...

A proposed long-range beautification plan in Kyle took on harsh criticism Tuesday as residents suggested the funds could be better spent elsewhere. The plan, presented by Kyle City Manager Scott Sellers, is split into three initiatives, which include corridor beautification, Interstate 35 maintenanc...

A San Marcos man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly threatened to bomb the Hays County Jail during a phone call to the Hays County Sheriff's Office 911 dispatch center. Chance Bandy, 35, of San Marcos, was arrested for terroristic threat, which is a Class B misdemeanor. Bandy was transported t...

Changes in how the city of Dripping Springs handles cash transactions were made after city officials discovered close to $3,000 was missing earlier this year. However, an outside investigation conducted into the matter didn’t result in identification of a suspect, said Bonnie Gonzalez, Dripping Spri...

Walking around a small table, Jason Daniel, executive director of the Springs Family Branch YMCA in Dripping Springs, consulted with a colleague on the look and placement of the furnishing. Daniel, along with Heather Marchant, membership and sports director at the Springs YMCA, discussed if the tabl...

Sewer woes were the main concern of a town hall meeting in Wimberely that was lead by Mayor Mac McCullough. The meeting, held at the Wimberely Community Center, was meant for residents to voice their concerns regarding various issues in the city. Many voiced their disapproval at the current state of...

Enhanced mobility efforts in Hays and Travis counties were supported Aug. 10 as a U.S. District Court in Austin dismissed an injunction against construction on the State Highway 45 southwest and MoPac intersection projects. The lawsuit, filed by the Save our Springs Alliance (SOS) and other plaintif...

Hays County falls into the median category of concentrated gang activity in Texas, according to the state’s 2017 Gang Assessment Report. Gang activity has been rising exponentially in Texas and recent reports estimate there are 100,000 active gang members in the state. However, given the dynamic nat...

Over $126,000 in technology equipment for Buda’s new municipal facility was given the green light by Buda city leaders Aug. 1. The unanimous vote from the Buda City Council came after officials tabled discussion in July to revise the list of equipment needed for the new facility, as well as send out...