Sights and Sounds of Christmas Come out to San Marcos for the second weekend of the local favorite Dec. 6-9. This annual event features carnival rides, arts and crafts, pictures with Santa, local school performances and more. Festivities continue nightly from 5-11 p.m. at San Marcos Plaza Park. Buda...

ountain City residents with an email address are invited to complete the 2017 Christmas Light and Display Recognition Ballot at https://tinyurl.com/lmc2017decor this weekend. The voting will take place Friday at dark through 10 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 10. Visitors to our house commented on how nice the...

A 30-plus percent rise in the number of Hays CISD students enrolled in dual credit courses occurred between the 2015-2016 school years, officials said. However, several trustees believe adding more grade point weight to dual credit courses could not only boost students’ grade point averages (GPA), b...

The Hays High speech and debate team traded turkey and stuffing for accolades and awards over the holiday break as they competed at the John Paul Stephens High TFA tournament. Several members earned high placings at the event across a variety of competitions. Top finishers at the JP Stephens TFA tou...

Lehman Lobo Theater recently traveled to Grapevine for the International Thespian Society Conference for Texas Thespians, which is an annual statewide meet. They had several students competing in various events that were held. One group earned high enough points to qualify for the National Thespian ...

The 2017 All Service Air Rifle Championships were held in San Antonio over the Thanksgiving break. Thirty-five of the top sporter class marksmanship teams vied for the honor of being the top team in the state of Texas. Not only did the Rebel Red team and Rebel Blue team take first and second place, ...

(Inset) Willa Smith of San Marcos poses for a photo with Santa after giving him her Christmas list. Willa and her brother Wesley visited the courthouse with their grandmother, Linda Stoker, to enjoy the holiday festivities.  (photo by Timothy Stuckey) Above: Children eagerly line up inside the Hays ...

ollowing the tragic mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, church services across the country engaged in prayer for those who were injured, the lives lost, and the families and communities in mourning. The events hit especially close to home for members of Hays Hills Baptist Church in Buda, who grieve...

aising awareness about the issue of bullying is the focus of a new novel penned by a Texas-based author. Jill Snyder, whose family hails from the Kyle area, recently wrote a book “Same But Different.” The book follows two main characters, Throckmorton the elf and his sidekick skeletal cat. The book ...

lease substantially complete outside holiday décor by the end of the first weekend in December. DecorScouts will take notes on Sunday evening, Dec. 3 and Monday, Dec. 4. The online ballot for Décor Recognition is ready the second weekend in December. Then, the third Friday in December, 15, is Loving...