Few public comments dictated the tone of Hays CISD first of two public forums for its planned rezoning of elementary school boundaries. The Oct. 24 meeting was the first to hear parent feedback on elementary school attendance rezoning and the new addition of Elementary School 14. The new school, whi...

Hays Rebel band directors (L-R) Juliana Riecss, Chris Gordon, Anthony Leflet and Brandon Winters   show off a trophy won at the UIL Marching Contest Oct. 24. Last week, both the Hays Rebel and Lehman Lobo marching bands claimed first division honors at the UIL competition, which was held at the Tone...

(photos by Randy Lawrence and Stephanie Sanders) Over the weekend, the Lehman High Lobo Theatre completed its production of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “House of Seven Gables.” The story follows a New England family and its home which has been haunted since its construction. Inset, Ethan Boone and Allie L...

(photo by Jim Cullen) Handfuls of Lehman High students took a step in the fight against cancer by participating in the 5th annual Shave-a-Thon held at the campus. The event had many students clip part, or even all, of their hair in order for it to be donated to various nonprofits, including Locks of...

By Kiara Nicholson, H CWC Prevention Educator and   Brandon Pendleton, HCWC Primary Prevention Coordinator obody has relationships “figured out,” and no relationship is perfect. It might seem like that couple a few doors down from you is flawless, or your friend’s grandparents who have been married ...

. Whitfield Davidson was elected lieutenant governor on Nov. 7, 1922, but the second highest office in the Lone Star State turned out not to be a short-cut to the top rung on the political ladder. The twenty-eighth lieutenant governor of Texas has a lot of company in the history books.   Of the 44 m...

At least one area trick-or-treater lost his head at the annual Boo-da event. (photo by Samantha Smith) Residents from Buda, Kyle and maybe even the upside-down made their way to a handful of Halloween-themed events held in each city last week. Kyle held its inaugural Center Street Trick-or-Treat at ...

allace Middle School’s Green Team is going even greener with the new addition of a greenhouse to their gardening club. The greenhouse was funded by the Healthier U.S. School Challenge Grant. Co-sponsors of the club, retired secretary Holly Cass, art teacher Britt Irick and cafeteria manager Kate Web...

ll aboard!  At 4 p.m. on Saturday, the Ladybug Express made her inaugural run at Loving Mountain City’s Fire & Ice Festival, bringing a new dimension that literally expanded the event’s boundaries.   Tickets sales at the barrel train station all went to Sudden Unexpected Death of a Child Foundation....

here is an oft repeated feeling that I experience every year here in Texas. By summer I am mentally packing my bags and moving to Colorado.   I swear that I cannot take one more year here in this heat.   But then something happens. Not just any something… but Texas in spring happens. Specifically, o...