The Lehman High cross country team ran away with several individual and one team award as they competed at an event held at Lake Kyle last weekend. Lehman’s Tracy Malrey and Jose Cano respectively finished second and third overall Saturday. The Lehman High boys cross country team finished tied for s...

By Spencer Spilman The Hays Rebels struggled Friday night as the powerhouse Lake Travis Cavalier offense was too much for Hays to overcome in its 50-14 loss. Hays found success running the ball against Lake Travis but had trouble through the air. The Rebels used three quarterbacks throughout the gam...

By Moses Leos III For the first 24 minutes of Friday’s game, the Lehman Lobos and Vista Ridge Rangers went toe-to-toe in a back-and-forth slugfest.  But a 27-point second half Vista Ridge flurry sunk the Lobos in a 41-21 loss at Gupton Stadium in Cedar Park.  While Lehman head coach Todd Raymond lau...

Staff Report   More than a hundred Rebs were recognized at successively higher honor levels for their recent Advanced Placement (AP) test scores. Topping those honors were Class of 2016 graduates Joshua Bedwell, Mark Ramirez, and Bonnie Vannatter, the three named “National AP Scholars.”  Twenty-four...

Staff Report   Most people know that public school teachers don’t pursue their profession for the money. Education jobs, year after year, have been listed as some of the lowest paying jobs in the U.S. that require a bachelor’s degree. With various laws, including the “No Child Left Behind”, teachers...

Barbecue aficionados from across the area converged on Buda last weekend as they took part in the 2016 Fajita Fiesta at Buda City Park. The event, which was held Sept. 23-24, featured cooking competitions including fajitas, charro beans and camp bread. The event also had a group of area Buffalo Sold...

I f you love flower bulbs, now is the time to plan and plant for the spring of 2017. Although we will never be able to create the rolling fields of hyacinths and tulips like the Dutch, there are still many wonderful bulbs that thrive in our mild winters and hot summers, and return bigger and better ...

T he Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by slaves to escape to free Northern states with the help of sympathetic abolitionists, has long made for rich stories. Two recent New York Times bestselling books receiving high praise have managed to turn the Underground Ra...

T he life and career of actor Zachary Scott, handsome star of stage and screen, were cut short by cancer on Oct. 3, 1965. Zachary Thomson Scott, Jr. was born in Austin in 1914. The son of a surgeon was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps but never showed the slightest interest in medicine. ...

Virginia “Virnie” Lehmann was born on September 5, 1930 in Lockhart, Texas and passed away peacefully at her home in East Bernard, Texas on September 11, 2016. She was born to Joseph Henry Bienek and Christina Constansia Charnetski, the sixth of their seven children. She was preceded in death by her...