DALLAS  — Four Dripping Springs High School Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) students advanced to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) after competing at the State Career Development Conference in Dallas March 6-8. Qualifying for the ICDC are freshman Faith Hyde — pri...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — “He had his own way of getting here and he was ready to join us,” Ashley Karol said, as she reflected on the unexpected natural experience that she had for the birth of her youngest son, Jonah. On Dec. 8, 2024 — five days before the expected due date — Karol’s first contraction st...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Sunflower Bank celebrated its membership in the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce by hosting a ribbon cutting event at its branch Thursday, March 13. Founded in Kansas in 1892, Sunflower Bank acquired Pioneer Bank in 2022 and now has multiple locations in the Central Texas regi...

Fitzhugh Brewing hosted a Books & Brews Spring Fling to benefit the Dripping Springs Community Library Saturday, March 22. The event featured local vendors, three children’s book readings by local authors, special food and drink offerings and live music, all in an effort to raise funds for the libra...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — When the Dripping Springs City Council proclaimed June as LGBTQIA Pride Month in 2021, a few members of the community came together to create the Pride of Dripping Springs organization. Initially, the group was formed to put on a pride event in Dripping Springs. The first event i...

AUSTIN  — For 12 years, Kris Betts was behind the news desk and in front of the action every chance she could get during natural disaster events and more as an Emmy-award winning journalist whose career has stretched from Texas to New York. But for the last three years, she has taken that passion fo...

SAN MARCOS — Seasons of Science, organized by  Texas State University’s Department of Biology and the Hays County Master Naturalists, is set to transform local breweries into interactive science spaces this April. According to a news release, the events will offer the following: exploring the critic...

Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 The Kyle Police Department (KPD) is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at approximately 2 a.m. March 18 on southbound IH-35 near Yarrington Road. Flavia Arzate Gomez, a 50-year-old woman from Austin, had pulled over on the shoulder of the highw...

SAN MARCOS — The Hays County Commissioners Court appointed Erik Granjeno as the new director of human resources; the department is responsible for various county activities involving employees, applicants and citizens. An Austin native, Granjeno attended Texas State University for a year and finishe...

SAN MARCOS — As podcasts become a more popular choice of entertainment in society, law enforcement personnel have begun to join the movement, including the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. When HCSO multimedia specialist Miranda Allman began her position in July 2024, she knew that she wanted to encour...