By Sahar Chmais Hays County Court at Law 3 Judge Daniel O’Brien has COVID-19, delaying his docket for the week. Though it is unclear where O’Brien may have contracted the virus, on Thursday, Sept. 2, a prosecutor attended O’Brien’s court and later that evening tested positive for COVID-19, according...

By Sahar Chmais After a year of suspended jury trials due to COVID-19, Hays County District Courts will resume jury trials on June 7 and County Courts at Law will resume July 6. With people returning to the court stands, new health precautions will be put in place. “It is important that we ensure th...

By Sahar Chmais HAYS COUNTY – County Court at Law (CCL) #3 Judge Millie Thompson filed a lawsuit against the other CCL judges, Chris Johnson and Robert Updegrove. The petition for declaratory judgement was filed late Thursday morning, April 8 at the Hays County District Court. Thompson, the plaintif...

By Sahar Chmais HAYS COUNTY – “You’re fired, you’re fired,” Chris Perez recalled Judge Millie Thompson yelling at him in her County Court at Law #3 (CCL) office. Almost everybody in the surrounding offices heard the yelling, but most people chose not to go on record because they are already under st...

By Sahar Chmais HAYS COUNTY – Five weeks into her term as Hays County Court at Law, No. 3 judge, Millie Thompson began raising eyebrows – refusing to work with certain lawyers, attempting to change her office locks, having two employees quit under her management and another employee retiring before ...

by Anita Miller Expanded reliance on specialty courts and an increasing use of technology were touted by both candidates hoping to be elected judge of Hays County Court-at-Law #3 during their webinar forum Sept. 24 sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Incumbent Judge Tacie Zelhart, a Republican ...