Staff Report   BUDA —   A group of residents created a nonprofit organization to support police officers outside of the city budget — a project that they have been working on for the past two years. The Buda Police Foundation's purpose is to promote and reinforce public safety efforts by strengtheni...

I read a statement this week from Rev. David Sweet regarding the sentencing and imprisonment of his dad. Charles Sweet, a former deacon at Hays Hills Baptist church, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for to molestation of two young girls. David Sweet’s statement simply made me cry, because I know ...

On Wednesday, Austin resident Charles Sweet, 85, was booked into the Hays County Jail on one charge of Indecency With a Child, Sexual Contact, a second-degree felony. Sweet, who was accused earlier this week of sexually abusing multiple women from 1990 to the mid-2000's, was released Wednesday on a ...

Above, right, Pastor David Sweet oversees the construction of the Hays Hills Baptist Church nearly 27 years ago on FM 1626 (file photo) here’s a time for everything, including changes within church leadership. Hays Hills Baptist Church recently experienced this change when David Sweet, lead pastor o...

By David Sweet I n the late 1960s the newly formed Hays CISD took in several communities at once. “Camp Ben” – home of one of the oldest, continuous Confederate reunions – sat in the heart of the district. Thus there were historical reasons for the choice of mascot for Hays High School. Students fro...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Rejoicing around the country regarding the Supreme Court’s decision giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry was met with disapproval by the top Texas lawmakers. But local responses on Facebook overwhelmingly supported the idea. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week in th...