By Anita Miller A fire that damaged a large mulcher along the route of the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline in Blanco County is under investigation. The Blanco Volunteer Fire Department said firefighters were alerted to the fire at 1:55 a.m. Friday and that a fire crew of 15 personnel brought ...

Staff report County authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating a man who reportedly exposed himself in an aisle of a Kyle Dollar General. Suspect in Dollar General in Kyle. Photo courtesy of HCSO It happened around 9:50 p.m. on Feb. 22 at the store at 2630 Goforth Road. He was wearing sho...

By Anita Miller News of the COVID-19, that originated in China continues to dominate headlines, and though there are no cases in the general population of Texas, Epidemiologist Eric Schneider and others are continually engaged in preparation and consultation with federal authorities. COVID -19 CDC p...

The Hays County Commissioners Court proclaimed February as Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month at its Tuesday meeting and thanked the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center (HCWC) for helping young people learn about healthy relationships. According to the proclamation, “Family, friends, teachers, ...

Team members are (from left) John Yim, Drew Wilson, Justin Garrity, Ian Stinson, Angela Gamez, Maya Bisset, Celeste Lohman, Alyssa Ordway and Alex McShan . The weekend of Feb. 28-March 1, Dripping Springs High School will host a district FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technolo...

The city of Dripping Springs was awarded two grants totaling more than $2.8 million from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to improve pedestrian safety via the construction of two sidewalk projects. The grants were awarded through TxDOT’s Transportation Alternative Set-Aside Program (TA...

The number of May elections scheduled to be held in Hays County has shrunk. Municipal elections slated in both Dripping Springs and Wimberley will not be held, since there are no contested races in either city. In Dripping Springs, Mayor Todd Purcell was up for re-election, as were Place 2 council m...

The city of Kyle took the first step toward becoming an “entitlement city” Feb. 18. On first reading the city council unanimously approved a resolution declaring the city to have a population in excess of 50,000 and to correspondingly increase its ETJ from two miles from the city limits to three and...

By Anita Miller “She did something crazy. That doesn’t mean she was legally insane.” Krystle Villanueva That’s part of how Hays County District Attorney Wes Mau framed his case against former Kyle resident Krystle Villanueva on Tuesday during the first day of her capital murder trial. Villanueva, 27...