St. John Harvest Festival St. John Lutheran Church on Hwy 21 will host its annual festival on Saturday, Oct. 13, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. German Sausage Dinner will be served with all the sides. Activities include pumpkin painting, scarecrow making, children’s story time, Raffle and local vendors. Seton He...

The Friends Foundation 25th annual barbecue at the Salt Lick’s Pecan Grove will be held 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct. 11. This event will be an evening of western swing music, Salt Lick BBQ buffet, a live and silent auction, and an opportunity to support the Foundation’s programs benefiting the elderly in t...

When 15-year-old   Scout Hendrix noticed an issue affecting pedestrian traffic at Wimberley High, he rose up to the task to rectify it. With the help of a handful of volunteers, Hendrix this summer constructed a new pedestrian footbridge between Wimberley High and Danforth Junior High. The bridge, p...

On Sept. 29, 1872, Sgt. William Wilson won his second Medal of Honor in six months of combat against the Comanches. One of less than two dozen fighting men to receive a pair of American’s highest military decoration, the obscure cavalryman earned both on the battlefields of Texas. In its 157-year hi...

Organizers close the gate on memorial event An electric feel coursed through the air at Dripping Springs Ranch Park Sunday as bull riders mounted their rides and tried to tame close to a ton of sinew and muscle. Over the course of two decades, bull riders and fans have come to expect such a feeling ...

T he memory of a longtime law enforcement officer who also once served as Kyle’s mayor will now live on within the masonry of Historic City Hall.  On Sept. 18, the Kyle City Council unanimously passed a resolution to rename Historic Kyle City Hall to the Krug Activity Center. In addition, city leade...

5th Annual Fajita Fiesta & Cook- Off The Buda Area Chamber of Commerce is proud to present this free event that offers something for all ages Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Buda Sports Complex near YMCA Hays. There will be food, music and a taste of cultures. The tantalizing aroma of...

A  pair of ambitious Irishmen applied for a giant land grant in sparsely settled Texas on Sept. 20, 1826. They did not want much, just the entire coastal plain between the Sabine and the Nueces! James Power was 21 years old, when he left the Emerald Isle for the New World in 1809. The shrewd merchan...

Readers, apologies for typing the wrong month when Montage called attention to the September Council Meeting. I quickly put a notice on NextDoor and the Facebook of Loving MountainCity when I caught the error. Our volunteer alderpersons went through a tough couple weeks before the September council ...

Tying tourniquets, packing bloody wounds and practicing CPR were all activities Hays County residents learned Saturday at the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center. It was part of the “Prepare for Tomorrow- Are You Ready?” event hosted by the Hays County Office of Emergency Management. The event was mean...