PEC District 4 Election PEC’s District 4 has a large field of 6 candidates this year. I tried to communicate with all 6 candidates to ask a few questions. Dan Stark and Lee Leffingwell did not give an email address or phone number and were not reachable, so I could not learn more about them. After c...

Accentuate the positive. Donald Trump had peaceful protesters gassed, had them flash-banged and chased by mounted park rangers, to clear his path for a two-bit photo-op. But at least he didn’t take a golf cart. He didn’t have his coterie of sycophants lay palm fronds before him. He didn’t ride the P...

Dear Hays CISD Family, Nine days ago, nearly nine heartbreaking minutes were captured on video. In those minutes, George Floyd was murdered. Today, all four of those responsible were finally criminally charged. Mr. Floyd’s murder has opened, yet again, a suffering in America that continues to wound ...

One-day detour in downtown Buda June 11 There will be a detour through downtown Buda this week so Union Pacific Railroad can inspect and replace railroad ties and rails. The crossing at Main Street and Garison Road will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 11. The railroad said the work...

The Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday authorized Pct. 4 Constable Ron Hood to continue to receive surplus military equipment under a controversial program now before Congress. The 1033 program was begun in the wake of 9/11 and was originally intended to give local law enforcement the abilit...

Couples plan for their wedding day more than a year in advance. And they pay thousands of dollars and spend countless hours organizing little details of their special day. Hundreds of these large emotional and financial investments have been skewed by the coronavirus in Dripping Springs, the self-pr...

Staff report A “double homicide” is under investigation in nearby Caldwell County. The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office got a call on Monday shortly after 6 p.m. about two men “down” in the approximate 4400 block of Tenny Creek Road near Tilmon, located in an unincorporated area of the county southe...

When voters approved Kyle’s $35 million road bond election in 2013, they were long past ready for improvements to Burleson Street. Especially for those shy of Interstate 35, Burleson affords an alternative north-south corridor. But it hasn’t been open in almost two years and the population of Kyle h...

Hays County’s health department has been doing contact tracing since it found its first coronavirus-infected patient, and this method has helped the department hold down the spread of COVID-19 in several instances. “It has helped us to identify a couple of clusters that were linked back to people wh...

By Patrick Svitek The Texas Tribune Republican leaders in five Texas counties shared racist Facebook posts, some of which also floated conspiracy theories, leading Gov. Greg Abbott to call for two of them to resign. Abbott and other top Texas Republicans called for the resignation of the GOP chairs ...