By Anna Herod A new jail might be in Hays County’s future. After Hays County spent an estimated $500,000 to $1 million on outsourcing inmates last year, commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to pursue a November bond election to fund a new jail, law enforcement center and communications facility. ...

  Staff report The Hays County Sheriff's Office is looking for an inmate trustee who escaped from the Hays County Jail in San Marcos Wednesday afternoon.  According to a Hays County press release, authorities are searching for Omar Maya-Rangel, 29, of Kyle, who escaped at around 1:10 p.m. According ...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Hays County Chief Deputy Sheriff Jamie Page was playing Yatzee with his wife in their RV while vacationing in Comal County last Saturday evening when he started getting alerts on his phone. Flood warning. The later flood watch. And then what he called this ominous one: flood emerge...

By Ashley Sava Hays County Commissioners approved an interlocal agreement between Hays County and Bastrop County for the housing of Hays County inmates at the Bastrop County Jail.  Currently, when inmates at the Hays County Jail exceed capacity, administrators transfer them to Guadalupe County Jail,...

By Andy Sevilla Pressed for time and with many unresolved issues, Hays County commissioners postponed calling a $188 million bond election this November that would have funded a new jail, co-located 911 center, law enforcement center and a training hub. In a special meeting Aug. 18, commissioners de...

By Andy Sevilla County officials say a new jail is needed – now, and want to put the question to voters. The jail, plus a communications facility and law enforcement center, could cost up to $188.5 million, and Hays County commissioners seemed interested in putting a bond up for a vote this November...