The following story includes details of sexual assault that may be disturbing to some readers. Please proceed with caution. SAN MARCOS — Lilly Roberts’ life slowed down on Thursday, April 25, as she and her family sat on the front bench inside the courthouse, while Hays County 22nd District Judge Br...

Note: The following story includes topics that may be uncomfortable for readers. Please read with caution. SAN MARCOS  — Bo Dresner, 44, was sentenced to 410 years in prison after a jury trial commenced on March 4 in front of 274th Judicial District Judge Gary Steel. Dresner, according to court docu...

SAN MARCOS — A former Hays CISD substitute teacher was sentenced Sept. 18 before Judge Sherri K. Tibbe to 10 years in state prison, suspended for 10 years — or 10 years of community supervision — in relation to a November 2019 incident involving a student at Lehman High School. After pleading guilty...

By Brittany Anderson HAYS COUNTY — Jeffrey Conzemius, 60, was sentenced to seven years for a 2020 hit and run accident that resulted in the death of Viola Garcez.   Judge Sherri Tibbe presided over the sentencing hearing held Oct. 18. Jeffrey Conzemius On Oct. 10, 2020, officers were dispatched to t...

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- Benjamin Wilcox, 44, was sentenced to 90 years in prison for several counts: one count of Sexual Performance by a Child, three counts of possession of child pornography with intent to promote and eleven counts of possession of child pornography. Benjamin Wilcox. Photo cou...

By Megan Wehring HAYS COUNTY — Hays County sees more women in power as Sherri Tibbe was sworn in on Monday as the first woman to be elected as the 453rd District Judge. “I felt like there needed to be some diversity on the district bench,” Tibbe said. “There had not been a woman who served in that p...

The Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch asked our two candidates for 453rd District Court Judge the following questions. Here’s what they had to say. Sherri Tibbe (D) Candidate for 453rd District Court Judge Q: What is the biggest issue facing Hays County district courts and how would you work to resolve ...

by Anita Miller Her words, though spoken softly, lifted the tide of equality for all; and her fierce determination was the rock against which discriminatory laws shattered. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 at the age of 87, was not only a pioneering figure to generatio...

By Moses Leos III Following allegations by his political opponent of conspiracy and a cover up to a 2014 case, Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler announced last week that the matter was handled properly. And the former Hays County district attorney concurs with Cutler’s statement. In a Jan. 22 emailed ...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Over her eight-year stint as the District Attorney (DA) for Hays County, Sherri Tibbe, Hays County’s first female DA, tried some memorable cases. Tibbe, who did not run for re-election in 2014, sat down with the Hays Free Press recently to talk about what it’s really like to be a D...