Update as of June 18, 2021: At approximately 3:40 p.m. today, the armed and dangerous suspect, Edward James Guidry, was seen in a convenience store in Martindale. Guidry was seen getting into the back seat of a white 2008 GMC Yukon with paper dealer plates. The owner of the Yukon reported that the v...

By Sahar Chmais Hays County commissioners have selected who they want to head the Citizens Advisory Commission on Redistricting and the guidelines to ensure a fair course. The redistricting commission will meet to help redraw the electoral district boundaries in Hays County, according to the latest ...

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- State Rep. Erin Zwiener, Hays County and city of Buda officials joined the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) today to kick off construction of the FM 2001 West Realignment Project. This is the first of three projects to improve FM 2001 between Interstate Highway ...

By Sahar Chmais The Hays County League of Women Voters elected its first Black and Latina officers. Teressa Carbajal Ravet is the organization’s new president and first Latina woman to serve. Alongside Carbajal Ravet, the first Black president-elect is Mary Earls. “It’s an honor to lead this respect...

By Sahar Chmais It was a fight between two aquifer districts, but in the end House Bill 3405, passed in 2015, meant that a permit allowing pumpage of more than 289 million gallons of water had to be granted. A lawsuit filed by Trinity Edwards Spring Protection Association (TESPA) in early 2020 comba...

By Sahar Chmais The Calaboose African American History Museum will open in its renovated form on Juneteenth – a perfect opportunity to celebrate, said Brent Salone, Calaboose Vice President and Facility Trustee. Juneteenth, or June 19,  was the day slaves in Texas were finally told by a union genera...

Staff Report The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking residents to conserve electricity through June 18 as grid conditions tighten. There has been a number of forced generation outages along with potential record electric use for the month of June. The peak load forecast for June ...

Juneteenth commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas and other confederate states on June 19, 1865. On that day, 250,000 enslaved African Americans were given their freedom. This came two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in the United States. Texas was the first state to...

By Sahar Chmais After a pop-up vaccine clinic ended, a Latin woman in her 60s was cleaning the venue when she began to stare at the organizers, perplexed and curious about the vaccine. “I asked if she got a vaccine and she said no,” said Michelle Cohen, founder of Hays Latinos United. “I asked why n...

By Sahar Chmais UPDATE: In a previous press release issued about the school’s groundbreaking, it stated that the school cost would be $29.5 million. An apology was issued regarding the misinformation with an updated figure that was nearly $38.5 million.  Tom Green Elementary School is going to be ov...