Despite a protracted season of summer-like heat, cooler temperatures have finally arrived and with them, flu season. Officially, flu season in Hays County began Oct. 1, and already, more than a dozen people have tested positive, according to the county’s epidemiologist Eric Schneider. “We’ve had 14 ...

Plans for acquiring property meant to boost economic development on Main Street in Buda ended April 30 when city leaders voted 7-0 to officially end the venture. The formal decision to do so, however, was preceded by weeks of uncertainty, a factor in the backbiting between the city and the Buda Econ...

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...

After a few reported cases of the flu in Hays County in recent weeks, local health care providers are urging citizens to practice healthy habits as winter approaches. The move for residents to protect themselves from the flu comes as nearly 10,000 Texans died as a result of the virus in 2017, accord...

By David White Since the Blue Bell recall has become indefinite, ice cream connoisseurs have had to find a second favorite brand or hang up their spoons altogether. A recent Hays Free Press Facebook poll shed light on the fact that there are plenty of true-moo Blue Bell fans who will accept no other...