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Hays County Sheriff’s Office investigates threat against Chapa, Simon Middle School
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Hays County Sheriff’s Office investigates threat against Chapa, Simon Middle School
By Staff Report 
September 19, 2024
KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office is investigating a new threat made in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District against Chapa and Simon Middle School. The following email was sent to all district parents during the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 19. Dear Hays CISD Family, We, like mos...
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Buda holds State of the Community
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Buda holds State of the Community
By Brittany Kelley 
September 18, 2024
BUDA — The Greater Buda Chamber of Commerce hosted the city of Buda State of the Community on Sept. 11 to convey the future of the city, as well as its achievements, to local business owners and officials. Mayor Lee Urbanovsky took to the stage to begin a presentation on several city aspects. First,...
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Hays CISD hosts invitational cross country meet
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Hays CISD hosts invitational cross country meet
By Staff Report 
September 18, 2024
On Sept. 13, students from Lehman, Hays and Johnson high schools participated in the annual Hays CISD Invitational Meet held at Five Mile Dam Park. More than 900 runners competed at the event. The JHS women’s varsity team finished 11th out of 21 and the junior varsity finished in ninth. The HHS men’...
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Hays CISD 6th grader faces charges in connection to social media threat scare
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Hays CISD 6th grader faces charges in connection to social media threat scare
By Staff Report 
September 12, 2024
KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office has detained a sixth grade Hays CISD student for locally contributing to the spread of social media school shooting threats. In the juvenile justice system, the student faces the equivalent to a state jail felony for making a false alarm or report, according ...
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Hays CISD gives update on circulating social media threats
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Hays CISD gives update on circulating social media threats
By Staff Report 
September 12, 2024
HAYS COUNTY -- Following threats that have been circulating across social media regarding school shootings, Hays CISD sent the following email to parents, students and staff on Thursday, Sept. 12. Dear Hays CISD Family, I have some additional information I can share about the social media school sho...
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Hays County schools feed community one peanut butter jar at a time
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Hays County schools feed community one peanut butter jar at a time
‘When you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you're always going to think back to the Peanut Butter Bowl and it will kind of put a warm feeling in your heart thinking that you're trying to help the people in our community.’
By Megan Navarro 
September 4, 2024
HAYS COUNTY — Hays County schools are some of 100 across the state of Texas that dedicated their first football game of the season as the Peanut Butter Bowl to support fellow members of the community. The Peanut Butter Bowl was started in 2016 in San Antonio with one game between two high schools in...
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Kyle & Buda students head back to school
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Kyle & Buda students head back to school
By Staff Report 
August 14, 2024
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Hays CISD coaches host water polo clinic
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Hays CISD coaches host water polo clinic
By Staff Report 
July 17, 2024
Hays CISD hosted the inaugural Hays Swim & Water Polo Camp on July 8-12. In attendance were students from third to eighth grade, high school and former Hays CISD students. This was the first year the camp was open to primary-school-aged children. The camp was co-hosted and organized by coaches from ...
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Kyle to see Juvenile Behavioral Health Program
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Kyle to see Juvenile Behavioral Health Program
By Brittany Kelley 
July 17, 2024
KYLE — Hill Country Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Center is partnering with Hays CISD, Hays County and city of Kyle to establish a Juvenile Behavioral Health Program. The partnership comes after Kyle City Council awarded the solicitation to increase access to mental health services to...
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Hays CISD Clothes Closet seeks community donations
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Hays CISD Clothes Closet seeks community donations
By Brittany Kelley 
July 3, 2024
KYLE — Hays CISD trustee Esperanza Orosco began the original Clothes Closet in her classroom in the late 2000s. Little did she know that more than a decade later, she would be aiding more than 1,000 children each year with donations. Now, the organization is asking for community help to provide chil...
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Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
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Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
By Brittany Kelley 
April 30, 2025
BUDA — After discovering that her son’s former teacher was arrested for public intoxication, Christina Nichols was left wishing Hays CISD did more to ...
Uhland Police Department investigates fatal shooting
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Uhland Police Department investigates fatal shooting
By Staff Report 
May 25, 2025
UHLAND – At approximately 1 a.m. May 25, the Uhland Police Department responded to a report of a shooting that occurred outside a residence on Rocky R...
Attorney shares experience with Hays County Family Law Court Judge Karl Hays
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Attorney shares experience with Hays County Family Law Court Judge Karl Hays
By Brittany Kelley 
May 28, 2025
Several families have reached out to the Hays Free Press/ News-Dispatch in regards to what they believe are concerning experiences in Judge Karl Hays’...
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Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
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Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
By Staff Report 
April 30, 2025
SAN MARCOS — Hays County District Judge Sherri K. Tibbe sentenced Kevin McLean, 33, to a total of 60 years in prison April 29; McLean entered a plea o...
Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
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Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
By Staff Report 
April 2, 2025
AUSTIN — A joint investigation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Antonio Poli...
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