Two members of the same family have died as the result of COVID-19, Hays County officials announced on Monday, bringing the total number of fatalities to 10. Both the father, in his 70s, and the son, in his 50s, live in San Marcos. As of Monday, the county had seen more than 3,190 confirmed cases, o...

Hays County’s unemployment rate for May was 11.7 percent and between May 27 and June 27, 2,629 county residents applied for unemployment benefits. The top industries those people represented are full-service restaurants, colleges and universities, limited-service restaurants, elementary and secondar...

Hays County Commissioners approved an agreement June 30 with Texas State University to allow for locations for the county’s first responders to quarantine because of COVID-19, should that become necessary. The agenda item, requested by Chief of Staff and Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Villalo...

SAN MARCOS – Due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in Hays and Williamson Counties, Texas State University will transition nearly all classes to online delivery for the Summer II session beginning July 6 on both the Round Rock and San Marcos Campuses. "The President’s Cabinet and I have been monitor...

Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state to slow down the reopening process for bars and other venues as coronavirus-related infections, hospitalizations and deaths continued to increase in Texas last week. “As I said from the start, if the positivity rate rose above 10%, the State of Texas would take fur...

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the suspension of all elective surgeries in Travis, Bexar, Harris and Dallas counties to offset the rapid increase in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. Additionally, he ordered hospitals in the state’s 250 other counties to “postpone all surgeries and procedures that are n...

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Central Texas is enrolling now for the upcoming volunteer training session, and more volunteers are needed for the program to keep up with the number of child abuse victims in the area. CASA of Central Texas advocates for abused and neglected children in t...

COVID-19 has infringed on a lot of traditions, but the Fourth of July fireworks will go on, with restrictions in Kyle and Buda. By Megan Wehring Crowded streets, American flags and neighborhood barbecues. The Fourth of July is gathering together with family and friends in celebration. How does the p...

The largest age-group that has contracted COVID-19 in Hays County is 20-29 year olds, making up more than half of the county’s case load. Young people have received some blame for being callous, but not all those who got the illness were ignoring social distancing rules. While cases have been on the...

COVID-19 testing for the general public administered by the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM) and the National Guard has been a huge success in Hays County but will soon be phased out. The line outside the Hays CISD’s Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Saturday as people lined up for free...