by ANDY SEVILLA Buda’s, Kyle’s and San Marcos’ city governments took in nearly $1 million in federal grants, thus far, from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. More than $78 million was invested in Hays County, according to state and federal records. The federal Recovery Act website shows San Marcos received the bulk of [...]
Buda Library announces writing contest winners The Friends of the Buda Library announced the winners of its annual adult writing contest: First Place – Roy’s Run by Gary A. White Second Place – Picnic in the Park by Richard R. Salassi Third Place – Wonder by Judy L. Deats Honorable Mention – The Great Adventure [...]
by Jon Vanderlaan From the Odessa American From the hardwood floor to the hill country, it appears the man formerly known as Jerry Joseph has found a home. Guerdwich Montimere, 25, registered May 16 for the first time as a sex offender in Hays County. He is living in Kyle, a fast-growing town in Central [...]
by Kim Hilsenbeck With an average response time of about four minutes, the Buda Fire Department has made great strides since its days of being an all-volunteer organization. But when narrow roads crowded with parked cars cause delays of up to two or more minutes, some residents of the Whispering Hollow neighborhood think it’s time [...]
Death penalty sought in murder trial Staff report For the first time in nearly 20 years, the Hays County District Attorney’s Office is seeking the death penalty; the case is nearly 40 years old. In 1975, someone murdered Sheryl Ann Norris, a 20-year-old secretary at the Crime Prevention Institute of Texas in San Marcos. For [...]
Thanks to 242 voters, comprising 55.5 percent of the total, Chad Benninghoff won the Kyle City Council District 3 runoff election, according to city officials. His challenger, Joe Bacon, garnered 194 votes, despite outspending his opponent by more than $1,700 based on campaign finance reports for both candidates. The two faced off after the May [...]
Charles Drake Mallory, age 12, became an angel in heaven on Thursday, May 23, 2013. He was born in Austin on November 10, 2000 and resided in Buda for most of his life. Drake was the brightest, most creative, dedicated and motivated kid we’ve ever known. Teachers always told me he was the unique [...]
Staff Report Election results for several local races and propositions are in, even if unofficially. The Kyle City Council District 3 seat remains in the air; no candidate reached the 50-plus percent victory threshold. A necessary runoff election will include Joe Bacon and Chad Benninghoff, according to Hays County Elections Administrator Joyce Cowan. Kyle voters [...]
The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that Joseph Alan Carnahan has been indicted for the murder of Misty Lynn Bedell, who was discovered inside a burned residence in Dripping Springs in December. A statement from the sheriff’s office issued today said on the morning of December 16, the North Hays County Fire Department and [...]
News Briefs Jury selection begins for capital murder that happened 30-plus years ago Jury selection began this week in the 274th District Court at the Hays County Government Center in the capital murder trial of Willie Roy Jenkins. He was indicted by the Hays County Grand Jury in 2010 for the murder of 20-year-old Sheryl [...]
