hy not start your first garden right now? The weather is still mild, there are chances of spring rains and it’s your best opportunity to get the warm weather crops planted, such as beans, cantaloupe, cucumber, eggplant, tomatoes, squash, okra and peppers. While the idea of growing food and flowers f...

(photo by Moses Leos III) From chess to chocolate and the traditional cherry, pies were the glue that held together the 27th annual Wimberley Pie Social held at the Winters-Wimberley House Saturday. The event, hosted by the WImberley Institute of Cultures, featured over 40 participants from Wimberle...

was in downtown Kyle recently, walking around in a small city park with a circular fountain spraying water high into the fresh spring air. Strutting around the base of the fountain was a male great-tailed grackle, resplendent in his black, iridescent plumage, and trying to impress a smaller, less sp...

Members of the Rotary Club of Wimberley held a one-hour discussion April 4 of how to organize for another disaster like the floods that devastated the area. Leading the discussion was Rotary District 5840 Relief Coordinator Jim Overman (back row, 3rd from left) accompanied by District Governor Elect...

Five Dripping Springs High students competed at the Health Occupation Students of America state competition last weekend. The team of Elaina Erickson and Avery Herron placed amontg the top five teams in the state, placing fourth in Health Education. Lisa Deyes was sixth in Clinical Nursing and the t...

ripping Springs High senior Grace Baxter has been selected as the 2017 AXA Achievement Award winner for the state of Texas. In addition to $10,000 in scholarship money that Baxter will receive, Dripping Springs High School will receive a $1,000 grant to use toward staff professional development acti...

A grand opening celebration and dedication for the new Tiger Stadium at Dripping Springs High School will be held Wednesday, April 19, from 6-7:30 p.m. A short program will be held at 6 p.m., followed by tours, refreshments and activities. The stadium is located on the DSHS campus, at the site of th...

A large gash in the pavement was the result of an issue suffered by a trailer hauling a large home to Trautwein Road in Dripping Springs April 7. An Austin area company suffered some bad luck late last week when its trailer suffered a tire issue while hauling a large home in the early morning hours ...

Less than a month after a student was killed in a car accident, the Hays High community is mourning the loss of a senior who passed away over the weekend. Xavier Jacaman, 17, died of a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Dennis Gutierrez, Hays County Sheriff’s Office public information offic...

Hays CISD high school concert bands from   Lehman and Hays High brought home the hardware during the 2016 UIL Concert and Sightreading Evaluation, which was held at the Hays Performing Arts Center last week. All four Hays High bands received sweepstakes honors, which meant they earned a “1” in conce...