'Newsbreak'

By Megan Navarro WIMBERLEY — A deficit budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year was approved by the Wimberley ISD Board of Trustees on Aug. 21.

By Megan Navarro HAYS COUNTY — One local organization has been the backbone of aiding first responders when they are assisting in emergency situations.

Staff Report JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) donated more than 2,500 school supplies to benefit schools across the co-op’s service territory.

Staff Report KYLE — The Chapa Middle School Percussion Ensemble has been selected as a music showcase ensemble at the annual Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) convention in February 2024.

By Ashley Kontnier KYLE — St. David’s Heart & Vascular cut the ribbon on its comprehensive cardiac clinic in Kyle on Wednesday, Aug. 30. The new office, located at 4100 Everett St., Suite 100 in Kyle, brings St. David’s affiliated physicians from Austin Heart, Texas Heart and Vascular and Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia all under one roof.

When you grow up in Texas, or have at least lived here for a few years, you know that the summers can be brutal. There is little to no rain and it’s scorching hot to the point where you feel like you are melting the second you step outside.

Staff Report BUDA — The new fine arts wing at Dahlstrom Middle School (DMS) — which includes the school’s new band hall and music rooms — will be named after Leroy Gerdes.