Dripping Springs First Methodist Church Pastor Adam Thorton looks to the few people helping him with Sunday service, then looks at empty aisles and the tiny open camera lens staring back at him. He has never been nervous before a Sunday service, but something is eerie about talking to an empty room....

A Driftwood distillery shifted gears from liquor to hand sanitizer and has donated 20,000 bottles of it to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and police departments in Austin, San Antonio and Houston, among others. Desert Door, known for its premium spirit that uses Texas sotol, has pivoted its produc...

Remove term: Katerina Barton  By Katerina Barton I am watching the terrifying spike of confirmed cases in New York just like everyone else across the nation. But I’m also a former Hays Free Press reporter, a stockholder in the company, and Kyle resident who is currently living in the zip code where ...

Harrell Funeral Home is prepared to care for families safely through these unprecedented times. The funeral home is quickly adapting and offering new services to help families receive the support they need from funeral directors, grief counselors and friends. Under the new shelter-in-place restricti...

Buda Mayor  George Haeh n has amended his previous order that closed daycare centers within the city. The amended order mirrors the current “Stay Home, Work Safe” order put into place by Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra. Mayor Haehn Amended  Order - March 27, 2020 Under Becerra’s order, daycare facil...

As hospitals around the world and throughout the country are low on supplies and treatment equipment in the fight against COVID-19, the local hospital Ascension Seton Hays talks about its preparedness and what the community can do to help our local hospitals. 1. Does your facility have enough suppli...

The population of Hays County Jail fell by almost a third last week as district courts, adult supervision and law enforcement collaborated in an inmate release initiative to protect as many people as possible from infection with the COVID-19 virus. According to Michael Hartman, CSCD director for Hay...

Thousands of COVID-19 tests may soon be available in Hays County through the county health department for “frontline professionals” including medical personnel and first responders. This announcement comes just in time, as the county is making some tough decisions regarding emergency operations. All...

Drive-up testing for the COVID-19 virus could be available as early as this week for people with a doctor’s order requesting one. Kyle is one of five locations where the testing will be available, Austin Regional Clinic (ARC) announced on Monday. Patients with an order from an ARC physician will be ...

Although COVID-19 patients don’t need blood to help them get better, a lot of people need blood and organ transplants to save their lives. It has become difficult for blood donation stations to keep their reserves full if only 10 people are allowed to donate at a time. If you’re not sick and if you ...