STAFF REPORTS Two male suspects have been detained in a murder believed to have occurred in Hays County, authorities say. The suspects were discovered by New Braunfels Police Department during a traffic stop. Upon questioning they were found to have information relating to an ongoing investigation in Hays County, authorities say. Police discovered a body [...]
Under the advisement of Hays County Fire Marshal Mark Chambers, the Hays County Commissioners Court enacted a countywide burn ban effective Monday, officials say.
Kyle city officials are in negotiations with Texas Disposal Systems to develop a city-wide recycling program, which would redirect tons of rubbish from the landfill and generate revenue for the city.
After nearly 25 years in operation, one of Buda’s largest manufacturing employers is shutting its doors and outsourcing 120 jobs to Monterrey, Mexico, company officials announced last Wednesday.
Work is underway on a long-awaited interstate overpass that could help divert heavy commercial traffic off of Buda access roads.
Facing about $180,000 anticipated in revenue shortfalls courtesy of a national recession, Buda councilmembers took their first look Tuesday night at a no-frills budget that could push the tax rate up by about three cents in the 2010-11 fiscal year.
In her first response to former sheriff’s office criminal investigations division head Kevin Ficke, District Attorney Sherri Tibbe denied a political feud with Sheriff Tommy Ratliff, a key contention of Ficke’s breach of contract lawsuit against Tibbe and Ratliff. Ficke resigned this summer after Tibbe said she would not be able to use him as a witness because of a 1993 no contest plea to felony tampering with evidence while he was a law enforcement officer in Uvalde County.
A 37-year-old Austin man was killed Friday night in a single vehicle rollover caused by a tire blowout on FM 2001, an official said.
San Marcos CISD Superintendent Patty Shafer at a special board meeting on Monday announced her impending resignation, effective Dec. 31.
Buda murder and arson suspect Mark David Simmons was extradited back to Hays County last week after the county district attorney filed a governor’s warrant to release him from Missouri, officials say.
