Hays County experienced its first death from the COVID-19 virus on Monday, April 13. The county said a woman in her 80s who was staying with a relative in Buda succumbed to the disease. Her death came roughly one month after the county’s first recorded “presumptive” positive case. Along with that an...

Authorities have identified a body found in a wooded area near Dripping Springs May 14 as a man who had been reported missing earlier this month. According to a Hays County Sheriff's Office press release, authorities were dispatched to the 3400 block of McGregor Lane in Dripping Springs May 14 in re...

The Kyle Police Department is investigating the death of an adult male in Steeplechase Park, according to a city press release. Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said officers do not believe the case is criminal in nature and that it is an isolated incident, according to the release. Barnett said there...

A Kyle woman has been charged in connection with the death of her five-year-old daughter in a crime law enforcement officials have deemed as one of the “most horrific cases in Hays County history.” Krystle Concepcion Villanueva, 24, was charged with capital murder in the death of her daughter, Giova...

  Staff report  The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the discovery of a badly decomposed body that was found floating in a stock tank in Kyle Thursday evening. The body was found at approximately 8:00 p.m. Thursday after Hays County deputies responded to the 1500 block of Cotton Gin Roa...

  Staff report UPDATE: Hays CISD has identified the Hays High student who was killed in Tuesday's fatal accident in south Austin as 16-year-old James Otto.  A gofundme account has been created to assist the Otto family with costs associated with the tragedy.  Accrording to the page, $6,090 of a $10,...

Staff report Update Authorities have identifed the man who was found dead in his vehicle Tuesday as David Wesley Jones, 65, of Kyle.  Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said in a statement that a customer at the HEB shopping ccenter found Jones slumped over in his truck.  No cause of death has been dete...