After coaching sports for years, Barton Middle School principal Teri Eubank chose to foster a positive learning environment for the children in her community. Eubank is principal to more than 700 middle schoolers who look up to her as a leader and as someone they can trust. Parents and teachers know...

On Feb. 4, Barton Middle School students in Teresa Newhall’s Spanish class donated crocheted hats to the American Heart Association’s Big Hearts, Little Hats campaign. The project was part of a challenge made earlier this year by Barton Principal Teri Eubank for staff to teach advisory students some...

After months of culling nominations and receiving input from you, our readers, we at the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch are proud to announce our winners for our Citizens of the Year campaign. The premise of our campaign was to find those who make an impact across various categories in our commun...

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...

onoring the legacy left by the late Susie Kana will go far beyond the Barton Middle School nurses office. Last week, the Hays CISD board of trustees approved the renaming of the campus’ track and field as Kana Field, in honor of the school’s longtime nurse who lost her courageous battle with skin ca...

Staff report    Grant funds awarded to the Buda Public Library have allowed for the creation of a “Do it yourself” space where people invent, explore and create.  According to a press release, the Buda library received roughly $14,000 in grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Serv...

By Moses Leos III The Hays CISD community is mourning the loss of longtime Barton Middle School nurse Susie Kana, who passed away Wednesday morning, according to Hays CISD officials. Kana, 60, had worked within Hays CISD for more than 20 years before her retirement in 2015. She continued to work wit...