Dripping Springs girls soccer players and coaches indicate they are number one after winning the class 5A State Championship with a 2-1 victory over Frisco Wakeland. (photo by Wayland Clark)   Dripping Springs secured the the school's first girls soccer State Championship with a 2-1 win over Frisco ...

By Sahar Chmais For those looking for their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine without making an appointment, Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) has partnered with Live Oak Health Partner Community Clinic to provide that option. On April 15, 19, 20 and May 3 and 4, the Live Oak Clinic, loca...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — In early May, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees will officially vote for the next superintendent. The board named Dr. Holly Morris-Kuentz as the lone finalist in the superintendent search. The announcement was made during a special called meeting April 13...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — After several months of deliberation, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved new attendance zones on Tuesday for the 2021-2022 school year. The Board approved Elementary Option E-1 and Middle School Option 1-A, which are modifications of p...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS -- The Top 10 Dripping Springs High School seniors by academic rank for the Class of 2021 were announced today. (Photos courtesy of Dripping Springs ISD) The top-ranked senior and valedictorian for the Class of 2021 is Makayla Banton. The second-ranked student and s...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – Some Dripping Springs High School (DSHS) health science students are advancing to the international HOSA competition. Natalie Chavez HOSA was known as Health Occupations Students of America, but is now called Future Health Professionals. Three DSHS students qualif...

By Sahar Chmais DRIPPING SPRINGS – Due to the rapid growth in Dripping Springs, the city is launching Preserve Dripping Springs, a process to review and update the Zoning Code. Preserve Dripping Springs was established to improve and streamline the development process in the city and bring an opport...

by Nick VinZant It started with the number of COVID-19 cases. The coronavirus spread to every corner of the nation, but people of color were affected more — more likely to contract the virus, more likely to be hospitalized and more likely to die. Then came the layoffs. In one year, the unemployment ...

Three performing groups from the Dripping Springs High School band earned top ratings at the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Festival March 31 and April 1 at Hays CISD Performing Arts Center. The concert and symphonic bands, under the direction of Amanda Petro and John Pearson, began the competition b...

Teachers of the Year For Dripping Springs ISD were announced last week. The chosen are Laurie Burton (Dripping Springs Middle School, English Language Arts/English as a Second Language), Raquel Flores (Dripping Springs Elementary, bilingual first grade), Jennifer Franco (Walnut Springs Elementary, p...