Below is the letter sent out from Negley Elementary School Principal Charla Salmeron earlier today regarding a positive case of what has now been confirmed as viral meningitis. May 28, 2015 Dear Parents, We have been working closely with the Health Department regarding the Meningitis case at Negley ...

by Kim Hilsenbeck Following three weeks of being on paid administrative leave, Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett is back on duty. Kyle City Manager Scott Sellers reinstated Barnett effective May 28, according to a statement released by the city. Sellers placed Barnett on administrative leave beginning ...

Red Cross, Central Texas VOAD and Hays County team up to help families impacted by floods The American Red Cross, Central Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD) and Hays County are joining forces to open two Multi-Agency Resource Centers for anyone impacted by the severe storms and...

No Ferguson or Baltimore here Attend COPS HD town hall Hays County is growing fast. With more population comes more challenges including more crime. The relationship between Kyle and its police force is important to keeping the community together. The organizers of COPS HD (Citizens on Policing: Hon...

By Ashley Sava   Expansion of the boundaries of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to cover a section of unprotected groundwater in Hays County is one step closer to becoming law, according to a statement from Texas State Representative Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs, District...

Staff report Another Hays High School student was detained today by Hays County Sheriff’s for writing a terroristic threat on a bathroom wall, according to a statement by sheriff’s office officials. The name of the juvenile was not released by law enforcement. On April 20, the Hays County Sheriff’s ...

File photo The Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) Law Enforcement Center, located at 1307 Uhland Road in San Marcos, was placed on restriction earlier today after personnel received a suspicious letter containing a powdery substance, according to a statement from HCSO at about 12:30 p.m. Officials ...

Heads up, y'all — we have six tickets to this Sunday's Monster Jam 2015 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin begining at 2 p.m. And we want to give them away. This time, no contest, no questions. We will put them on top of the newspaper rack outside our front door at 113 W. Center St. in downtown Kyl...

  UPDATE A Hays High student was arrested Friday after confessing to a bomb threat made against the school a day previous.  The Hays County Sheriff's Office arrested 17-year-old Dusty Williamson with False Alarm or Report, which is a state jail felony.  According to HCSO Lt. Jeri Skrocki, Williamson...

Here is the letter from Hays CISD officials regarding what they are treating as a credible threat against the school found on a bathroom wall. Law enforcement is investiating. The Hays Free Press will provide more information when it becomes available. Note: the image was cropped from the original a...