Staff Report Nonprofit organizations serving first responders, active-duty military personnel, veterans, law enforcement members and their families are encouraged to complete a request for consideration to be named a Beneficiary of the 2022 Field of Honor(FOH). In 2021, Major Beneficiaries included ...

‘Chispas’ is the Spanish word for ‘sparks.’ Here are some things that have sparked us this week!   Quilts gifted to local veterans Resident Charles Foerster assisted by Karen Faulois. Photo courtesy of Meredith Overstreet. Last month, veterans of the Buda Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care communi...

By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — Strong relationships with his community and his time wrestling for the high school made Cody Barron a perfect recruit. Barron, a 2021 graduate of Dripping Springs High School, was on the DSHS varsity wrestling team for all four years and advanced to the state meet...

HAYS COUNTY -- Veterans can now take advantage of the more inclusive 'Hope 4 Hays County Veterans' program. “When we rolled out this program late last year, the aim was to help qualifying veterans, dependents and surviving spouses with past due rent, mortgage, utilities and car payments,” said Jude ...

By Sahar Chmais  The City of Kyle honored service members this Memorial Day by breaking ground for Heroes Memorial Park at Kohler’s Crossing.  Although the morning was off to a rainy start, the clouds cleared in time for hundreds of residents, service members, city and county representatives to gath...

Submitted Report  Last week, during the power blackouts that left millions of Texans without electricity, heat or water, VFW Post 3413 helped distribute hundreds of gallons of water to hundreds of local households, and were among the earliest in San Marcos to organize and share safe, clean drinking ...

By Sahar Chmais  BUDA -- As the owners of Amici, an Italian food truck, were delivering free, warm meals to people in the middle of the Texas snow storm, they came to terms that they may need to sleep in their van for a few nights. “We don’t have a 4x4,” said Elpida Sarna, co-owner of Amici. “It was...