WIMBERLEY — Raymond Banda, 52, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after the Hays County SWAT Team conducted a warrant service at the 4000 block of Ledgerock Road in Wimberley at approximately 3 a.m. on June 27. A carefully planned operation was executed to ensure t...

Weeks after the SWAT team was called to Hays County Jail to quell what a senior officer with the Sheriff’s Office called a “mini riot,” the investigation is continuing with no charges filed. Lt. Dennis Gutierrez said inmates in late June set a fire and used mattresses to block windows and security c...

More than $400,000 in state grants meant to improve emergency response county wide was given the green light by Hays County leaders last month.  On Oct. 30, county commissioners accepted four grants totaling $417,477 for the Hays County Office of Emergency Services, Hays County Command Vehicle, reso...

  2:10 p.m. UPDATE  CORRECTION: Police say Sejdalija Smajic died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A final autopsy report is pending.    by Moses Leos III  A man who barricaded himself in his Garlic Creek home Wednesday was found dead by authorities, this after officials discovered his wife had b...

  Staff report  One man was arrested early Thursday morning after he barricaded himself inside of a home in the Bunton Creek Village neighborhood in Kyle.   According to a city of Kyle press release, Kyle Police responded to a call around 3:42 a.m. Thursday in the 1600 block of Treeta Trail for a ma...

  Staff report The Hays County Crisis Negotiation and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams Sunday responded to a call regarding a suicidal subject in Kyle.  According to a Hays County press release, authorities arrested one man, Robert Hansen, 39, who will be charged with aggravated assault with...