Hays County introduces New Online Tool for public information requests HAYS COUNTY – Hays County is offering a new, user-friendly online tool allowing users to submit public information requests at their convenience whenever they are connected to the internet. The online Public Information Request S...

SAN MARCOS –John Quiñones, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist, will deliver the LBJ Distinguished Lecture at Texas State University with a YouTube Livestream at 6 p.m. on Nov. 9. Quiñones' moderated discussion, "Upward and Onward: Opportunity Through Education," is free and open to the pu...

  Hays County celebrates two year-anniversary of resolution HAYS COUNTY – In the two years since Hays County Commissioners Court issued a resolution to “create a plan to achieve no-kill status for the San Marcos Regional Animal Shelter,” much has changed.   Sharri Boyett, the volunteer Animal Advoca...

By Megan Wehring   HAYS COUNTY — Teachers have a greater responsibility this year when it comes to teaching both virtual and in-person students. Some are learning alongside the students to ensure they are well-versed in the technology.   The Hays CISD Board of Trustees discussed the effect virtual l...

  HAYS COUNTY   – The active COVID-19 case counts for Hays County will look a little different in the update for Oct 38 and moving forward, according to the epidemiology team at the Hays County Local Health Department. Following a week-long internal review of COVID cases, the team found active case ...

Water users pulling water from the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District were recently notified that they are under Stage II Alarm Drought regulations. The warning went into effect Oct. 8, after the board of directors voted on the matter at its regular meeting. The declaration of drou...

by Anita Miller Big changes are coming along the San Marcos River downstream from the city. FM 110, initially envisioned as an eastern loop around San Marcos, is now going in between Staples Road and SH 80, with the San Marcos River bridge currently under construction. When finished, the new road wi...

In this age of constant connections through cell phones, social media and the like, the same lines of communication that keep us all in touch can facilitate those with bad intentions. But even as things have changed, some stay the same, and primary among them is knowing that our loved ones are safe....

Kyle Police release name of individual killed in train-pedestrian incident KYLEå– The Kyle Police Department has released the name of the man killed in the pedestrian-train incident at the Opal Lane Railroad Crossing on Friday, Oct. 23. He was identified as Kyle resident JP Burchett, age 36. Hays Co...

                        As of Sunday, Oct. 25, Hays County is making history. Voting, that is. Effective Sunday close of voting, Hays County was reporting 75,519 residents had already voted. That includes in person and mailed in ballots. When you look at total registered voters of 152,674 in Hays Co...