The filing period for school board candidates in Dripping Springs ISD began Wednesday, Jan. 18, and continues through Friday, Feb. 17.  DSISD’s seven board members do not represent places; they are all “at-large” representatives. Trustees serve three-year terms. The current terms of trustees Barbara...

UPDATE – 10:53 a.m. Jan. 20  A Dripping Springs teen who is suspected of assaulting his mother and fleeing the scene with her vehicle earlier this week was taken into custody by U.S. Marshalls Friday after a short vehicle pursuit in Illinois, according to a Hays County Sheriff's Office press release...

A group of fine feathered fowl, along with their human owners, escaped an extra crispy fate last week after a chicken coop went up in flames along FM 150 in Dripping Springs.   North Hays County Fire Rescue Chief Scott Collard said authorities were dispatched to the 16000 block of FM 150 Jan. 4 for ...

A heavily damaged pickup truck is carried away by a tow truck from the scene of an accident on U.S. Highway 290 in Dripping Springs. Two people were transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries after the accident occurred along U.S. Highway 290 at Sunset Canyon Drive last week. The a...

A Dripping Springs man quite literally became an overnight millionaire after recently claiming a $1 million prize via scratch off ticket. Guillermo Castaneda, of Dripping Springs, won a $1 million prize in the Texas Lottery’s scratch ticket game, “Millionaire’s Club.” For selling the winning ticket,...

fter working as a civil trial lawyer in Houston for eight years, Sheri Soltes realized the job was too combative for her liking. Soltes instead sought another line of work that she could put her heart into. After reading a magazine article on people who help train service dogs, Soltes was inspired t...

n A, two Bs and one D were the letter grades Dripping Springs ISD received as part of the preliminary “report card” from the Texas Education Agency’s new A-F accountability system. DSISD officials, however, maintain their stance in opposition to the state’s new system, which is not slated to to into...

Hays County residents approve bonds totaling $237 million A pair of separate bond initiatives that called for a collection of county-wide road improvements as well as various improvements to the county jail were given the green light by voters this November. Proposition 1, which called for roughly $...

Dripping Springs ISD board trustee Mary Jane Hetwick joined 34 other school board members from across Texas Nov. 17-19 at the second session of the Leadership TASB Class of 2017. Selected by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), the group is participating in a yearlong education leadership ...

With the help of an outside video production company, the city of Dripping Springs is vying to create a community video program meant to showcase the city. Bonnie Gonzalez, communications coordinator for Dripping Springs, said in a staff report earlier this month that the city will bring in CGI Comm...