Ten students recently were awarded $500 scholarships by the Buda United Methodist Church (BUMC) Men’s Group. Hays High students included Amanda Mae Ashley, Melanie Chida, Blake Fall, Thomas Farrell, Samuel Grumbles, Samuel Johnson, Brittney Koopmann, Freddy Rojo and Erin Swearingen; Quinlin Hehr fro...

Hays High juniors Paul Stumpf, Michael Hellmer and Jordan Clements will serve as their school’s representatives to 2017 Boys State June 11-16 at University of Texas at Austin. The Hays Boys State sponsorships are provided by Onion Creek American Legion Post 326 in Manchaca. Boys State trains student...

Hays High School’s Erin Swearingen had a big weekend at the Texas State University “Poetry Out Loud” competition. Sponsor Gina Risher reports Erin made it to the contest’s “final five.” She recited three poems from memory, one of which was “Boy and Egg” by Naomi Shihab Nye, who just happened to be t...