CANDIDATES FOR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF Anthony Hipolito (R) What is the number one crime-related issue that needs an immediate plan of action from the next sheriff? In Hays County, the pressing crime-related issue that demands immediate attention from the next Sheriff is the rise in property crime. Rece...

SAN MARCOS - Manuel Balderas, 49, of Kyle was sentenced to 40 years in prison by a jury on Sept. 24, for multiple counts of sexual assault, continuous sexual abuse of a child and indecency with a child. The jury assessed punishment and Judge Bruce Boyer stacked three of the counts to total 40 years....

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...

SAN MARCOS – Josh Devereaux Jarratt, 45, of Kyle entered a plea of guilty to the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Aug. 12. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child by contact, one count of indecency with a child by exposur...

BUDA – The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting, which was labeled a “suspicious death,” that left a juvenile dead on the evening of Aug. 5, in a Buda neighborhood. Deputies responded to the 800 block of Shadow Creek Boulevard at approximately 5:20 p.m. on Monday for a discharged...

SAN MARCOS — The Hays County District Attorney’s Office was notified on July 1 that 483rd District Judge Tanner Neidhardt began livestreaming the trial proceedings of a case. Questions and concerns from the prosecution led Neidhardt to discontinue and remove the livestream from YouTube. Nearly a mon...

SAN MARCOS – A laboratory-confirmed positive human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) has been detected in Hays County, which is the first one reported for the 2024 season, according to the Hays County Health Department (HCHD). The patient is a resident of the 78610 ZIP code and was diagnosed with West N...

WIMBERLEY – Several mosquito trap samples collected in the 78676 zip code tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to confirmation given to the Hays County Health Department (HCHD) from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) on July 18. The positive samples were collected from tw...

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...

SAN MARCOS — Following a hung jury, the Hays County District Attorney’s Office has dropped aggravated sexual assault of a child charges amid concerns of the livestreaming of the trial proceedings by 483rd District Court Judge Tanner Neidhardt. On Monday, July 1, Assistant District Attorney Daniel Sa...