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...

Staff Report The Kyle Police Department has arrested Mark Anthony Briones, 32, of Kyle in connection to the death of a 7-month-old infant.   On Monday, June 20, the Kyle Police Department was called to Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin for a report of an infant being treated for life-threaten...

Staff Report BUDA - The Buda Police Department is investigating an attempted burglary that occurred early morning on June 1. On Wednesday at approximately 12:38 a.m., five male subjects were seen on video attempting to force entry into a residence in the Whispering Hollow subdivision of Buda.  At le...

Staff Report KYLE - The Kyle Police Department recently arrested 35-year-old Russell Kershaw in connection with the tire slashings that took place in the Woodlands and Cool Springs neighborhoods. Dispatch received the first call from Evening Star at 3:48 a.m. on Monday, May 16. Officers were dispatc...

(Editor's Note: This post was edited at 1:30 p.m. on May 13 to reflect that the homicide did not occur in Buda, rather it was outside of the Buda city limits). Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- William Rojas, 25, was arrested and charged with murder related to the death of a 19-year-old male in Hays Count...

Staff Report KYLE -- Dazrine Chagoya-Williams, 24, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole for the death of her infant son. Chagoya-Williams’ trial began on April 25, 2022. She was convicted of capital murder of a child under 10 years of age after the jury’s guilty verdict F...

Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS -- After an ongoing investigation, Christopher Dale Gainey, 28, was arrested for a string of burglaries that occurred at five businesses in Dripping Springs. These burglaries took place from February 6 through April 30 and targeted established businesses that left cash ...

Staff Report  HAYS COUNTY — A 16-year-old boy from the city of Kyle has been missing for over a week.  Hays County Sheriff’s deputies are asking the public’s help in locating Davion Lewis who left his Kyle home on Tuesday, April 19, and has not returned home since. Lewis is described to be 5 feet 10...