Staff Report The following information was provided by the Buda Police Department: There was a single-vehicle occupant fatality that occurred at approximately 6:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 19, off RM 967 near Dahlstrom Middle School. No other vehicles were involved. The vehicle was not blocking as it h...

Staff Report SAN MARCOS -- A 20-year-old fentanyl distributor was arrested in San Marcos. On Friday, September 2, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the San Marcos Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence for a man suspected of supplying fentanyl pills to members of the community. After w...

By Megan Wehring  DRIPPING SPRINGS – A fatal accident closed down Fitzhugh Road near Crossroads Drive in Dripping Springs over the weekend.  Contributed Photo At approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers responded to the crash on West Fitzhugh Road. ...

Kyle PD sees increase in deaths and ODs in teens and adults Staff Report HAYS COUNTY —  A 15-year-old Hays CISD high school sophomore died from a suspected fentanyl overdose in San Marcos on Saturday, Aug. 20 — this is the third suspected fentanyl overdose death involving a Hays CISD student in the ...

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- A medical emergency was called for an inmate incarcerated at the Hays County Jail on Aug. 16 at approximately 4:58 p.m. James Warren Knight (photo courtesy of Hays County Jail records) The inmate, identified as James Warren Knight, 41, from Dripping Springs, was seen by j...

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- Benjamin Wilcox, 44, was sentenced to 90 years in prison for several counts: one count of Sexual Performance by a Child, three counts of possession of child pornography with intent to promote and eleven counts of possession of child pornography. Benjamin Wilcox. Photo cou...

(Editor's Note: This post was updated at 9:12 p.m. on July 18 to reflect that the burglary suspects were identified) Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS -- The suspects from the burglary that occurred at approximately 3:30 a.m. on July 18 near Creek Road and Highway 290 in Dripping Springs have been ident...

Staff Report SAN MARCOS -- An-Drew Stephen Jones, 26, was convicted and sentenced to 65 years in prison on July 15, 2022, for the 2019 murder of Nicholas White. On April 5, 2019, White, 22, was shot and killed in the Uptown Square Apartments parking lot in San Marcos,  where he lived at the time. Wi...

Staff Report  KYLE – Noe Raymundo Ibarra, 30, was arrested and charged with capital murder for the death of two men in Kyle. On July 12, at approximately 10:43 pm, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call from a male subject who advised that he had shot two people. The call originat...

(Editor's Note: This post has been updated as of 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, July 9. As this is a developing story, we will continue to update the public as more information becomes available to us). By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – Fire crews and first responders from around the region helped battle...