ow in its fifth year, the Hill Country Sporting Clay Competition has been raising funds for charity and bringing locals together for competitive shooting. A marksman takes aim at a previous Hill Country Sporting Clay Competition. The annual event benefits a variety of charitable activities in the ar...

ird watchers going to Charro Ranch Park can thank a Dripping Springs 15-year-old for its new feature. Boy Scout Connor Stevens with Troop 585 took on the task of building a chimney swift tower for his Eagle Scout project. As the name implies, the tower serves as a home for chimney swift birds.  Bird...

local Kyle Girl Scout has been awarded the Gold Award by the Girl Scouts of America organization for the creation of a butterfly habitat at Lake Kyle Park. Valeri Redd, 19, said she joined the Girl Scouts when she was in first grade and has been an active member of the organization for 12 years unti...

Before McCormick Middle School opened its doors in 2016, parents were asked their views on a school uniform policy through a survey conducted by the school district. Fifty-two percent of the respondents voted for the school uniforms, but the policy still met with opposition from parents who did not ...

(photo courtesy of Hays County Sheriffs Office) Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler “deputized” 24 Junior Deputy Academy cadets on July 20 at Wallace Middle School, finishing up the three day program for kids ages 8-10 years. The cadets received a variety of presentations from staff members of the Sheri...

The Hays County Local Health Department and Live Oak Health Partners Community Clinic are holding a week-long vaccination fair Aug. 7-11 for all children 18 years and younger who need vaccinations. The vaccines will be free for children who qualify. On Monday, Aug. 7, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. there wil...

Kelsey Vearman (Beauty) and Stephen Howard (Beast, Beauty’s Father), actors with the Hampstead Stage Company, put on an adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Vearman and Howard play all the various character roles for the audience of approximately 60 and the audience is included in the show. Click pho...

Central Texas magician Rodney Rash entertains a room full of kids and their parents with his comical illusions Saturday at the Buda Public Library. Rash, with his assistant Georgia, makes items move through space without detection.  (photo by David White)

y name is Pauline Hinton Tom. Jampacked hints fill this column. The “fruit fly trap” that went onto my counter a year ago passed the test of time. It looks disgusting, so it hides a bit and wears a name tag. Periodically, I refresh the unfiltered organic apple cider vinegar and add some overripe fru...

orried the war might cut off their supply of cheap labor, the Texas Dirt Farmers Congress appealed to the federal government on Jul. 22, 1941 to reopen the border with Mexico. Texas did not always have such a significant Mexican presence as today. In fact, at the end of the nineteenth century, less ...