After months of culling nominations and receiving input from you, our readers, we at the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch are proud to announce our winners for our Citizens of the Year campaign. The premise of our campaign was to find those who make an impact across various categories in our commun...

Your vote counts, but your words count even more. The Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch have received nominations of more than 60 people in the Buda, Dripping Springs and Kyle areas that have gone above and beyond to benefit the institutions they care about most. We are asking for input from our rea...

by Samantha Smith   W ith advanced job markets available to Central Texans in the 21 st Century, many people opt for an academic education at a four-year university in order to remain competitive.  But when a person’s car breaks down or their plumbing backs up, people aren’t going to call a person w...