Sometimes it’s good to be the last on the list, but Texas seems to be determined to move up when it comes to coronavirus cases. And Hays County is helping to add to the figures, as its number of cases of COVID-19 continue to increase. In Hays County, the first coronavirus case was reported March 13....

Last week, the city of Kyle was experiencing the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Hays County, making up almost half of the county’s coronavirus illnesses. Mayor Travis Mitchell wants answers from the county as to why his city is being hit by this wave. “There are simple levels of analyses that c...

Securing additional ballots ahead of an expected surge in mail-in voting for the July 14 primary runoff elections, as well as sanitizing supplies for in-person voting, were among anticipated uses of a federal CARES grant discussed by the commissioners court on June 10. Elections Administrator Jennif...

Free COVID-19 tests were performed on 701 people Sunday at Bohnam Pre-K in San Marcos. Similar events will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 at Simon Middle School in Kyle, on Thursday, June 18 at Uhland Elementary in Uhland and on Friday, June 19 at McCormick Middle School in Buda. The tests a...

This is a coronavirus story with no tragic losses, no major life changes and no grim endings; rather, this is a coronavirus story about a series of unfortunate events leading to a pleasant end. Instead of getting married in the breezy and cool months of spring, these couples will settle for the hot ...

By Megan Wehring COVID-19 pandemic could wreak havoc with the Hays CISD Board of Trustees’ 2020-2021 budget. Trustees are preparing for the upcoming school year even as they walk in unfamiliar territory, looking at fall enrollment figures and what to expect even as the pandemic continues to escalate...

Couples plan for their wedding day more than a year in advance. And they pay thousands of dollars and spend countless hours organizing little details of their special day. Hundreds of these large emotional and financial investments have been skewed by the coronavirus in Dripping Springs, the self-pr...

Hays County’s health department has been doing contact tracing since it found its first coronavirus-infected patient, and this method has helped the department hold down the spread of COVID-19 in several instances. “It has helped us to identify a couple of clusters that were linked back to people wh...

State Rep. Erin Zwiener donated surgical face masks to community members in Buda, Kyle and Niederwald recently. She distributed them to senior living and rehabilitation centers, Hays CISD families and patrons at the Buda Farmers Market and Kyle Poco Loco. “For reopening Texas to succeed, we all must...

Against the backdrop of a fifth COVID-19 fatality, the Hays County Health Department laid out an aggressive bilingual outreach program to the Commissioners Court during its Tuesday meeting. Clinic Manager Margie Rodriguez ran down the latest numbers on testing for the coronavirus at various sites an...