BASTROP COUNTY — On Friday, March 29, Jerry Hernandez, 42, of Bastrop, was charged with criminally negligent homicide after the bus accident that took the lives of a Hays CISD student and a man from Bastrop. At approximately 2 p.m. on Friday, March 22, Hernandez was driving a cement truck on Highway...

Following the bus accident that claimed the lives of an adult male and Tom Green Elementary School student on Friday, March 22, Hays CISD and the Tom Green principal have provided updates. According to principal Jennifer Hanna, there are three staff members and two students known to still be in the ...