By Sahar Chmais  HAYS COUNTY - First, she sued the two Hays County Court at Law (CCL) judges, then she amended her lawsuit to include the Hays County commissioners.   Judge Millie Thompson, CCL #3 Judge, continues her pursuit in appointing a court coordinator of her choice by amending her lawsuit to...

Staff Report  HAYS COUNTY -- Early voting started on Monday, April 19 and will continue through Tuesday, April 27. Below is a Hays County flyer of what you need to know to vote in the May 1 election. Saturday is Election Day. Here are the local elections happening throughout Hays County. Dripping Sp...

by Sahar Chmais The number of students failing at least one course in Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD doubled between the fall 2019 semester and the fall 2020 semester   – the biggest culprit has been COVID-19. Comparing the Fall 2019 and 2020 semesters, HCISD went from an 11.3% failing rate to 2...

By Sahar Chmais Phase I of Cotton Gin Road construction is complete and Phase II is slated to begin on or about May 10. This phase has been rescheduled from its original start date of April 19. Hays County Transportation Department will begin the second phase by paving the north side of the roadway ...

By Sahar Chmais Hays County Health Department dodged a bullet on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, as federal agencies are calling a temporary halt on the vaccine. Federal health agencies recommend a pause on the use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women developed rare blood clots. The Hays Coun...

By Sahar Chmais The Kyle substation of the Hays County Tax Office will be closed April 12 through 16 due to a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19. Only the tax office will be closed temporarily. All other offices within the county substation will remain open. In the time being, the county ...

By Sahar Chmais DRIPPING SPRINGS – Due to the rapid growth in Dripping Springs, the city is launching Preserve Dripping Springs, a process to review and update the Zoning Code. Preserve Dripping Springs was established to improve and streamline the development process in the city and bring an opport...

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 It is the first day of STAAR testing and issues have already risen; STAAR exams for online students have been suspended due to technical issues from the exam vendor. “Clearly, the company in charge of setting up the online tests didn’t study or prepare for today as hard as the studen...