HAYS COUNTY — As the area has experienced significant population growth over the past decade, the Board of Commissioners of Hays County Emergency Services District No. 9 has called for a proposition to be placed on the ballot for the May 4 election. An Emergency Services District (ESD) is a local go...

NIEDERWALD — A wreck between two vehicles at approximately 4:24 p.m. Saturday in Niederwald has left one person dead and two others in critical condition. According to a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson, both DPS and Hays County EMS responded to a wreck that occurred on SH 21 and Count...

Community ideas, input collected Hays County — Everyone has their own vision of what a healthy community looks like, but the Hays County Local Health Department (HCLHD) is working to make these visions a reality for its residents. The HCLHD held a community health visioning session on March 1 at the...

By Anita Miller Whether it was “too early” or not, the reopening of the Texas economy in May has lead to healthy sales tax rebates for a number of Hays County communities — though that trend didn’t prevail throughout the state. Here’s the city by city breakdown (all annual percent increases are YTD ...

With the exception of Mountain City, all of Hays County’s taxing municipalities are ending the year on a positive note when it comes to the percentage of sales taxes allocated from the office of the State Comptroller. The year’s final allocations were delivered this week, revealing how much ground w...

No one was hurt after fire swept through a Niederwald-area ammunition manufacturing company early Sunday, setting off rounds for the better part of two hours. Clint Browning, Hays County Fire Marhsal, said a cause of the blaze has not yet been determined and remains under investigation. Browning sai...

Pollo Tropical closes all Texas locations Less than a year after opening in Kyle and San Marcos, the parent company that owns the Pollo Tropical brand shuttered the two locations in April 2017 before closing all locations statewide in September. The move came after the Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. ...

More than 20 dogs were seized from a Niederwald man’s home Nov. 2 after authorities suspected maltreatment of the animals. However, authorities are not currently pursuing animal cruelty charges against Sam Woods, of Niederwald, after he claimed several of the injured dogs were strays and not his. Au...

Damage to a culvert along Highway 21 that was caused by recent flooding from Hurricane Harvey is forcing Hays County and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials to close the road next week. According to a press release, all lanes of Highway 21 will be closed between High Road near Uhlan...

As a result of the population boom in Kyle, Buda and San Marcos, traditionally small farming towns in east Hays County could start to feel growing pains, too. Towns such as Uhland, whose recent growth began in 2013 with the Cotton Gin Estates housing development, can expect their population to doubl...