Staff Report HAYS COUNTY — Jose Nicolas-Gonzalez, 45, was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Sept. 15 for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child.   Jose Nicolas-Gonzalez Nicolas-Gonzalez’s trial began on Sept. 12. The jury learned that he assaulted a young female relative repeatedly begi...

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...

Staff Report SAN MARCOS -- An-Drew Stephen Jones, 26, was convicted and sentenced to 65 years in prison on July 15, 2022, for the 2019 murder of Nicholas White. On April 5, 2019, White, 22, was shot and killed in the Uptown Square Apartments parking lot in San Marcos,  where he lived at the time. Wi...

By Brittany Anderson KYLE — The trial for a Kyle woman who allegedly killed her nearly two-year-old son in 2018 is underway in Hays County.   Dazrine Chagoya-Williams & Stevie Dwayne Williams On July 4, 2018, Kyle PD officers and first responders dispatched to a call from Dazrine Chagoya-Williams, t...

by Anita Miller Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell blasted a local attorney’s allegation that the city council violated the Texas Open Meetings Act over the summer, characterizing the whole matter a “non story.” Attorney Chevo Pastrano urged the council and Hays County District Attorney Wes Mau last week to...

By Anita Miller KYLE — A local attorney has uncovered what he characterized as a “clearly documented violation” of the Open Meetings Act regarding the vote over the summer by the Kyle City Council to rename a portion of a city street “Fajita Drive.” Chevo Pastrano said his open records request to th...

by Anita Miller An investigation by the Texas Attorney General’s office into Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra’s dealing regarding COVID-19 tests drew the ire of the judge this weekend. Becerra took to social media over the weekend to criticize new reports about an ongoing AG investigation. The invest...

by Anita Miller “Baseless” was the word a local attorney used to described a lawsuit filed last week attempting to remove Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra from office. The suit was filed in 207th District Court Sept. 14 by Nathan Kaspar, a resident of Dripping Springs who is represented by Bud Wymore...

The Hays County Fire Marshal’s office is investigating what caused a Kyle-area barn to explode last week. It happened on Wednesday, Nov. 27 in the 3800 block of Dacy Lane. Responding agencies included the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, the Kyle Fire Department and EMS. Kyle Fire Chief Kyle Taylor sai...

A former deacon at the Hays Hills Baptist Church was sentenced for improperly touching two young girls years ago to 10 years in prison Monday in a Travis County courtroom. Charles Sweet, 85, must serve five years before he is eligible for parole, his attorney David Glickler told the Hays Free Press....