Despite Mexico getting knocked out and the United States not making an appearance at the FIFA World Cup, local business owners say patrons are still showing up to watch matches in Hays County. Acopon Brewing Company in Dripping Springs is one of the few Hays County soccer hotspots. Acopon plays most...

Hays CISD is contributing $5 million toward the addition of a natatorium facility being built at the new YMCA Camp Moody, formerly Camp Cypress, in Buda. Hays CISD has been a longtime partner with the Hays Communities YMCA center in Buda since it opened in Buda in 2007. Both Lehman and Hays High use...

Project Ace will serve up a new volleyball-centered sports complex in Buda to open next year. The 30,000-square-foot indoor multi-use complex, along with a connected retail center, will be located on Main Street and Camp Del Sur on the east side of Interstate 35. The complex is primarily for volleyb...

Winning a national title in anything is hard enough. Winning one in a sport that someone started playing just under three years ago? Now we are in rare territory, but that is exactly what Grace Vasicek achieved. Vasicek, 15, started her archery career just two years ago, when the sport caught her ey...

As a junior, Aidan Martinez was a pivotal part of the Hays Rebels baseball team’s success. Now that he is a senior and the leader of his team, Martinez has set his sights high. Hays High had a solid 2017-18 season with the Rebels finishing 16-12 overall, 7-10 in district play. Despite the solid reco...

Over the past three seasons Dripping Springs senior running back Jake Cox has become a physical presence for the Tigers’ rushing attack. Going into his senior year, Cox looks forward to having his younger brother, junior running back Curtis Cox, join him in the backfield for the 2018 season. Jake an...

With Hays CISD projected to hit an enrollment of 20,000 students in the fall, the district has made preparations to accommodate the growth and minimize growing pains during this watershed year. According to district data, student enrollment has grown by about 20 percent in just five years. Hays CISD...

During his freshman season Bryant Lewis was thrown into the fire of being the Lehman starting quarterback after then starting quarterback Daniel O’Neal went down with an injury in the third game of the 2017 season. The transition from wide receiver to quarterback was easy for Lewis since he had play...

A year after graduating from Southern Methodist University (SMU) with a degree in advertising and a minor in psychology, Hays High alum and golfer Lindsey McCurdy is grinding away in mini-tournaments across the United States in order to reach her goal of qualifying for the Ladies Professional Golf A...

“What’s unique about our time capsule is that it’s not in a hidden location somewhere on campus. It’s out in the open, kids will pass by it every day on their way to the cafeteria and have it on their minds.” –Dan Diehl , Dripping Springs Middle School principal With the May installation of a pair o...