'Newsbreak'

By Brittany Kelley HAYS COUTY — At its Oct.

HAYS COUNTY —

BUDA — At its Oct. 11 meeting, Buda City Council voted 7-0 to allow Bailey Land Investments, LP to remove approximately 459 acres of land from the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).

— On Friday, Oct. 13, Caleb McCreless threw a touchdown pass after coming in at quarterback to relieve Wimberley’s starter Cody Stover who had three touchdown passes. The Texans would add six rushing touchdowns and Dail Hernandez, who missed one of 10 PATs, would kick a 27-yard field goal.

Eight Dripping Springs High School cross country runners qualified for the Region IV-6A Meet after the girls team placed second, and Wes Anderson qualified individually, at the District 26-6A Championship on Thursday, Oct. 12 at Walter E. Long Park in Austin.

Westlake High School head coach Tony Salazar excelled in sports as a student at Dripping Springs from 19961999, when he played basketball, baseball, football and ran track and his name can be found in the school’s athletic records. As a head coach, Salazar holds another record; in Dripping Springs’ second year in class 6A, his Westlake teams are 2-0 against the Tigers.

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY — A juvenile suspect was arrested in the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 17, and charged with false alarm, a state jail felony — because the suspect is a juvenile, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office will not be identifying the individual who was taken into custody.

The following article is the first installment of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about domestic violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we hope to educate our community on this very important issue. In our communities, the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center has been serving victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and child abuse since 1978. Last year, HCWC served 2,269 victims of abuse (face-to-face) primarily from Hays and Caldwell counties. 978 of those were victims of domestic violence.

At its Oct. 3 meeting, the Dripping Springs City Council approved several proclamations and appointed two individuals to the Dripping Springs Ranch Park (DSRP) Board of Directors.