By Amira Van Leeuwen The Hays Hawks head football coach, Les Goad, earned his 200th career victory after a road win over Boerne Champion (34-29) on Sept. 22.   Goad said the focus was on winning a district game that could put the Hawks in a position to make it to the playoffs.   PHOTO BY MOSES LEOS ...

Staff Report Jonathon Coco. Courtesy of Buda Police Department. Buda Animal Control officer Jonathon Coco, 25, and his brother Hunter Coco, 21, died June 20 in a vehicular accident while returning from assisting with a wildfire.   Both brothers were members of the Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire De...

Well before the sun broke over the horizon Monday, Johnson High athletic coordinator Steve Hoffman and his coaching staff were already hard at work building up a game plan. Much like thousands of other coaches across the state, the Jaguar staff prepared for the completion of the UIL’s biennial reali...

Authorities have identified a Lockhart teen as the victim in an accidental drowning at Five Mile Dam Wednesday. Wyatt James Kunze, 15, of Lokchart, was named as the victim in the incident. Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler said the drowning was accidental and authorities suspect no foul play. Around 2...

College Station-based Dailey Electric, Inc., will open a 9,100-square foot facility on six and half acres in Lockhart, Texas. The company has purchased a property at the intersection of SH-130 and Maple Street and expects to grow to 100 electrical construction employees in over five years. The facil...

A Dripping Springs native who is a science teacher at Lockhart High was arrested Monday after police allege she engaged in an improper relationship with a 17-year-old student.  Sarah Madden Fowlkes, 27, was booked into the Caldwell County Jail on a charge of improper relationship between educator an...

By Moses Leos III Authorities from across the country are continuing to investigate a catastrophic hot air balloon accident that killed 16 people near Lockhart Saturday, including a Kyle man who is believed to have been the pilot.  Physical evidence at the scene indicated the balloon, or some compon...

By ANDY SEVILLA A man accused in a double-shooting that left one man dead and another critically injured in San Marcos last week was found dead in a Lockhart home Friday. Cyrus Louis Amaya, 21, was the suspect in a Jan. 12 shooting at the Townwood Apartments that left Earl Edward Clark, 42, dead and...