BUDA — At its March 4 meeting, Buda City Council approved its 2025 Local Legend Award recipient. This award will be presented at the fourth annual Buda’s Birthday Celebration, which will be held April 5. “Each year we have Buda City Council go and select who will be the Buda Local Legend that is hon...

BUDA — Six years ago, the Buda Black History Celebration was started by now-Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 Sandra Bryant in an effort to bring the community together. The celebration features activities, such as arts and crafts, music and educational panels with local business owners and other comm...

No. 1 - Car accident in Buda leaves 1 dead Aug. 17, 2023 - Staff Report A woman died and two individuals were injured after they were involved in a two-vehicle collision on FM 1626 in Buda. At approximately 7:13 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 16, the Buda Police Department was dispatched to a major acciden...

HAYS COUNTY — At its Aug. 15 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court presented an item to approve the creation of a new justice court. Commissioners asked for a subcommittee to be created when deciding whether Precinct 2 needed another justice court at its Aug. 1 meeting, which ultimately consi...

By Amira Van Leeuwen Correction: Karen Marshall served under Greg Abbott (current Governor) when he was Texas Attorney General, not Ken Paxton, as previously written.  HAYS COUNTY — Several candidates on the November ballot gathered with residents at a public forum hosted by the Buda Area Chamber of...

Staff Report   BUDA —   A group of residents created a nonprofit organization to support police officers outside of the city budget — a project that they have been working on for the past two years. The Buda Police Foundation's purpose is to promote and reinforce public safety efforts by strengtheni...

Staff Report Finalized local election results following the March 1 primary are in, but some candidates are still in the running and will be on the November ballot.   Pct. 4 County Commissioner Walt Smith remains seated after running unopposed. Other candidates running unopposed included Maggie Hern...

By Megan Wehring  BUDA — Celebrating culture. That’s what the Buda Black History Month Celebration means this year.  Nonprofit Keeping Communities Connected (KCC) is partnering with the city of Buda, H-E-B and Target to bring the event to the Buda Amphitheater and City Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on...

by Cyndy Slovak-Barton With the March Democratic and Republican primaries just around the corner, some voters might be looking for familiar names – but with the new maps signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott following the 2020 Census, several will no longer be a part of Hays County. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Do...