DRIPPING SPRINGS – The Dripping Springs community will have a new way to appreciate nature and protect vital resources with the establishment of Rathgeber Natural Resource Park. The park has been in the planning stages for some time, following the Dripping Springs City Council accepting a donation d...

Staff Report BUDA — An upcoming STEM-focused (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) public charter school in Buda celebrated its “Founders Day” alongside community members and tennis champion Andre Agassi on March 4.   The school, Doral Academy of Texas, is part of the nationally acclaim...

Members of the Dripping Springs High Hi-Steppers march through downtown during Founders Day Saturday. Hundreds packed Mercer Street for the annual Founders Day festivities.

High capacity crowds during Dripping Springs’ annual Founders Day celebration is leading city leaders to look at ways to expand the festival’s reach. With improvements on Old Fitzhugh Road on the horizon, Dripping Springs city officials believe expanding the event to the revamped road could not only...

Co-grand marshal Spencer Thomas (above) smiles as he drives a classic vehicle with the U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett (right) and his family as they traveled down Center Street in Saturday’s Founders Day parade. Hundreds of revelers packed the sidewalks in downtown Kyle for the parade, which celebra...

Hundreds of Kylites took to Center Street Saturday morning for the Kyle Founders Day parade. Participants and onlookers were invited to Gregg-Clarke Park afterwards for cake. (Photos by Moses Leos III) Click here to view and buy more photos from the Founders Day parade.