County Commissioner Jeff Barton said today he will nominate a long-time community volunteer and 27-year veteran of the Austin Police Department, Scott Cary, to be justice of the peace for the greater Buda area. If confirmed by the full Commissioners Court, Cary will retire from the Austin Police Department in order to assume JP duties [...]
Internationally renowned jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern will visit Texas State University-San Marcos Feb. 5 and 6 to lecture and take part in a special tribute concert. Morgenstern, the former editor of Downbeat magazine, will speak at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, in the Alkek Library Teaching Theater on “Jazz and the National Endowment for the [...]
The Hays County Cattle Baron’s Ball is set to take place on May 23, 2009. In keeping with tradition, it will be held at Texas Old Town, Kyle and will host gaming, dancing, entertainment, silent auction, dining and shopping. Our theme this year is Wild for a Cause, Game for a Cure. The community-driven event [...]
Yes, I know, it has been a while. I started a new job working in San Marcos due to the recession, I was let go. They ran out of money and let everyone go except three employees. The bad news, I am out of a job. The good news, I have time to write this [...]
The Lehman tennis team kicked off the spring season in impressive fashion this past weekend at a highly-competitive tournament that included defending Class 5A state champion New Braunfels, and Class 4A state runner-up Boerne. Lehman freshman Desiree Kittle finished 4th out of more than 40 girls, winning four matches on Friday before falling to the [...]
The Hays girls basketball team is a group that is full of confidence. Sometimes, that’s a bad thing, as the Lady Rebels found out Friday night against Lehman. Hays found itself trailing a Lady Lobo team it led 14-1 after one quarter of play the last time the two squared off, before the Lady Rebs [...]
Dominique Jaquez rushed onto the Lobo soccer field about 30 minutes late to join her Lehman teammates who were already engaged in a physical battle with former district foe Del Valle. The talented junior had taken part in an earlier school function that ran longer than expected, causing her to miss the start of the [...]
It took two state-ranked teams to slow down the Lehman Lobos in their last non-district action before the 51-4A play begins. The San Antonio East Central Hornets scored two goals late in the second half to erase an early two-goal deficit and beat Lehman 4-3 in the opening round of the Seguin Invitational, ending the [...]
If you meet Ashley Magallanez off the basketball court, don’t let her quiet demeanor fool you – she can be a terror for Lady Rebel basketball opponents. Just ask Pflugerville’s Nneka Enemkpali, who was going up against Magallanez during the finals of the Rebel Classic in December. Enemkpali, an all-state caliber post, and Pflugerville, a [...]
People are asking, “Are you smarter than a fifth grader?” Ryan Clark, a fifth grade student at Buda Elementary School, was able to answer a question about mineral baths in Budapest, Hungary, to win the school-level competition of the National Geography Bee recently. He now has a chance to win a $25,000 college scholarship. The [...]
