When the pandemic was first beginning to be felt in Central Texas and most court proceedings were put on hold, Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith feared a tsunami of evictions would hit her office once landlords were allowed to file the required notices. Though the doors to her offic...

Staff report The office of Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith intends to stay open and says people cited with Class C Misdemeanors will have to proceed with their cases. However, all civil and non-essential court hearings and trials will be postponed until at least May 8. The action was taken in...

The Hays County Commissioners Court took what is being called a “huge” step in the journey towards lowering the jail population last week when it created a Magistrate Division that would serve both district courts and county courts-at-law. Funds for the division were set aside during the FY 2020 bud...

Submitted Report It connects some of the fasting growing communities in all of Texas, and now SH 21 – on the eastern border of Hays County – is being studied to make it easier, and safer, to travel. The state highway, also known as Camino Real, because it follows roughly along the old Spanish “King’...