AUSTIN -— Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) employees and its members donated $10,000 to the Dell Children’s Medical Center (DCMC) Foundation. According to a news release, this brings PEC’s total contribution to the foundation to $100,000 since 1996. Funds came from a combination of PEC’s United...

KYLE — Caleb Harter and his brother, Carl, grew up in sunny San Jose, California. Free time was spent picking the perfect hockey stick, practicing hitting the puck and learning all the rules of the game — only it was on rollerblades. After graduating college, the pair took job opportunities in Austi...

No. 1 - Car accident in Buda leaves 1 dead Aug. 17, 2023 - Staff Report A woman died and two individuals were injured after they were involved in a two-vehicle collision on FM 1626 in Buda. At approximately 7:13 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 16, the Buda Police Department was dispatched to a major acciden...

BUDA — A woman died and two individuals were injured last week when they were involved in a two-vehicle collision on FM 1626 in Buda. At approximately 7:13 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 16, the Buda Police Department was dispatched to a major accident at the intersection of FM 1626 and Old Black Colony Ro...

By Amira Van Leeuwen BUDA — Lindsey Childress had always loved the idea of opening a boutique, but it wasn’t until a devastating accident that she began seriously considering it. Nearly two years ago, 4-year-old Tripp Archer Childress, fell into a pool and drowned. For 90 minutes, he did not have a ...

by Sahar Chmais Children and COVID-19 experiences differ slightly from the relationships between adults and COVID-19, but these differences have caused a lot of confusion leading some to believe that there is a bubble around kids that protects them from the disease. Even more, there have been people...

In November 2011, Amberlyn Fett, 22, lost her lifelong battle with Cystic Fibrosis, but her legacy of caring and giving during the holiday season and the charity she created lives on. Numerous hospitalized children of all ages at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin this past Christmas received ...

By Samantha Smith In the wake of drug manufacturer Mylans’ price spike of their EpiPen epinephrine auto injector devices by 400 percent, concerns now lie in how area residents can cover the exorbitant cost.  In a CNBC article last month, Heather Bresch, CEO of Mylan, attributed the rise in the compa...