Lehman High School’s Winter Guard team rolled to a Varsity “1st in Class” trophy showing at the Texas Color Guard Circuit season-opening contest. Lehman claimed all of its captions and scored more than 10 points higher than all its competitors, as well as those in the next higher class at the meet, ...

ear Terese, I’d like to spiff up the exterior of my home before I list it, without spending a fortune.   Do you have some simple ideas? Jay Dear Jay, Curb appeal is very important, so here are a few ideas for staging your outdoor areas.   A fresh coat of paint is always a good idea.   Although you w...

Barton Middle School Choir members (l-r) Mariam Kimpel Flores, Jessika Jackson, and Sam Stringham have all earned honors as members of the Region Choir! Mariam and Jessika, both 7th-graders, and Sam, an 8th-grader, are all first-time honorees in the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Region 18...

A Dripping Springs teen who had been on the run after assaulting his mother last week was finally caught by authorities in Illinois after leading them on a brief car chase, according to a Hays County Sheriff’s Office press release. But authorities are unsure when they can extradite William Michael B...

Dripping Springs city leaders last week moved forward with the voluntary annexation of a 35-acre tract along U.S. Highway 290. On Jan. 17, the Dripping Springs City Council approved annexation of the Blue Blazes Development, which could potentially hold commercial pad sites and possibly a hotel. Mic...

Concerns over the method Wimberley city leaders should take to alleviate wastewater woes drove hundreds to the Wimberley Community Center last week to hear what one group feels is the best way to proceed. The Citizens Alliance for Responsible Development (CARD) held a town hall meeting to voice thei...

Various issues ranging from fireworks to stop signs in one Kyle neighborhood led the Kyle Police Department (KPD) to hold a meeting to address public concerns. The Kyle Public Works building played host to the meeting between residents from the Four Seasons Farm neighborhood and Kyle Police.  Captai...

Giovanna Larea Hernandez; lovingly called “Gio”, was always singing, dancing, watching silly YouTube videos (she was so tech savvy from an early age!), playing with ShopKins, watching movies on Netflix with grandpa while he made her breakfast, and fighting over the remote with her grandma. She enjoy...

A Buda man was one of two people killed in a fatal two-car accident along State Highway 21 in Caldwell County Monday. Jose Omar Ortiz-Perez, 33, of Buda, and Olivia Maladores Flores, 45, of Dale, were killed in the accident, which occurred on Highway 21 roughly two miles from Niederwald in Caldwell ...

s the Obama administration draws to a close, this is a good time to reflect on the accomplishments and failures of our outgoing president. In my eyes, he has been both a wonderful president and a terrible one at the same time. His accomplishments have been magnificent, but his failures have been dis...