Foster children change homes an average of four to six times every two years, and oftentimes move with nothing but a trash bag of clothes and hope for care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Buda nonprofit CEO and mother, Susan Ramirez, started Austin Angels with the h...

Former Democratic State Senator and Gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis announced she is running for congress. Davis, who gained notoriety during her 2014 run against Governor Greg Abbott, announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for District-21 on Monday morning. She will face freshman...

For the second year in a row, Texas is the best state to start a business, due in part to a thriving economy, positive startup culture and low taxes, according to a WalletHub study. The steady growth of Hays County and the Austin metropolitan area has led to an increase in the technology sector as o...

Increasing awareness of minority-owned small businesses in Hays County is the primary goal of a newly formed group that also plans to offer commercial-related resources and insight to all. And, in a larger sense, the Hays County chapter of theTexas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerc...

Diving headlong into the bushes to rescue a snake isn’t an ideal way most people prefer to spend an afternoon. Buda native Brent Ormand, however, relishes such an opportunity.  Handling rattlesnakes is a craft that takes years to perfect. Buda resident Brent Ormand said the snake was comfortable in ...

Western Hays County commuters rejoiced Friday after the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) repaired and reopened RM 150 at the Onion Creek Double Crossings near Driftwood. The fixes, done to repair damage caused by floodwaters in May, comes roughly a month ahead of an estimated timeline for ...

Finding ways to improve Hays County’s criminal justice woes could be forthcoming. Later this month, members of Hays County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee (CJCC) expect to unveil their solutions as part of a criminal justice overhaul plan. Hays County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee ...

A Hays County jury June 5 sentenced an Illinois man to 99 years in prison after it convicted him of aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child. Punishment for Reymundo Montiel, Jr., 41, of Pickneyville, IL, came after a nearly two week trial surrounding his abuse of two girls in 2014 and 2...

Late July is the timeframe state officials aim to completely repair, and possibly reopen, the RM 150 low water crossings over Onion Creek near Driftwood. In the interim, Hays County leaders are also identifying ways to prevent large load vehicles from traveling through the crossings, which they poin...

The city of Kyle has approved an ordinance that protects the city and residents from damages and disasters that could be incurred by the installation of oil and natural gas pipelines. Just more than a month after joining a lawsuit against Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline, Kyle city leaders h...