Submitted report    The Hays County Commissioners Court appointed a new Fire Marshal during its May 24 meeting, which also saw the county restructure its emergency management office.  The Commissioners Court named Clint Browning, who has served as Assistant Fire Marshal in Hays County for four years...

By Kim Hilsenbeck In the Chaparral Park neighborhood, which dates back to the late 1970s, fire hydrants are only on every other street running north and south. Many private water systems, such as the one in Chaparral Park owned by Aqua Texas, call them flush valves. But they look just like fire hydr...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Lightning strikes are to blame for house fires early Saturday morning that left two Hays County families out in the cold as firefighters battled blazes in two different neighborhoods. Buda Fire Department / Emergency Services District 8 responded to a call at 140 Dugout in the Whis...