recently saw a gray fox standing in the pedestal birdbath in my back yard, lapping away at the cool water.   With its long snout and bushy tail, it was quite a sight, but when I opened the door to get a better look, it casually hopped down and trotted away. We have both red and gray foxes in this ar...

It’s that time of year again! National Night Out is an annual event that brings together law enforcement and neighborhoods in the spirit of community. NNO is a great way to meet and enjoy neighbors and band together to fight crime! Homeowners associations, neighborhood watch groups and anyone else i...

Burn ban back on The heat is on and so is the burn ban. Earlier this week, Hays County officials officially reinstated the burn ban due to continuously windy conditions and low humidity in the county. Additionally, county officials said the number of grass fires and house fires have risen throughout...

n event meant to give freedom and independence to those with Down Syndrome will make its way to Dripping Springs for the first time later this month. The Down Syndrome Association of Central Texas (DSACT) will host its inaugural five-day bicycle event at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. The event, which...

t’s summertime and birds need all the help they can get. This is a great time to offer some sort of water feature to our feathered friends, whether it be a simple basin of cool water or a fancy circulating fountain with pool. A plain, sturdy birdbath is hard to beat, just make sure it is heavy enoug...

Dripping Springs ISD leaders last month unanimously approved to extend the contract of their leader. The Dripping Springs ISD board of trustees extended Dr. Bruce Gearing’s contract by one year, which will have him as the schools’ leader until 2021-2022. Trustees also approved a two percent salary i...

Western Hays County residents showed their patriotic flair last week during various Independence Day events. In Wimberley, hundreds braved the heat and lined Ranch Road 12, as well as fill up the downtown square, for the annual Fourth of July parade in the downtown area. Meanwhile, those in Dripping...

ollecting food for those in need is a role Wallace Middle School students and administrators take pride in. In fact, it wasn’t long ago the campus was celebrated for donating more than 2,000-pounds of canned goods during the 2016-2017 school year to the Hays County Food Bank. But Sarah Hodges, Walla...

The path toward a charter school opening in Kyle moved ahead Tuesday when Planning and Zoning commissioners recommended approval of two conditional use permits (CUP) for the first phase of the campus. One CUP, recommended by a 5-0 vote, allows IDEA Public Schools to open on property currently zoned ...

or the better part of three months, Wimberley resident Thomas Pletcher could feel something wasn’t quite right with his body. Every time he did something in the yard, he would get a peculiar feeling that forced him to rest. Eventually it go so bad, he asked his wife to take him to Seton Medical Cent...