rookie from the Lone Star State pitched his way into the major-league record book on April 30, 1922 by retiring 27 batters in a row. The rarest achievement in baseball is a perfect game. To accomplish this incredible feat, a pitcher cannot allow a single batter to reach first base. Only 21 have done...

udges for the South Texas Press Association named the Hays Free Press best in the class of small newspapers in all of South Texas, based on points for winnings in various categories. The Hays Free Press won first place in General Excellence, Feature Photos, Sports Coverage, Sports Photos, Display Ad...

Wiener Dog Races and Country Fair The wiens are back! Come out to Buda City Park April 29 and 30 to see the fastest pups around at one of Central Texas’ biggest wiener dog festivals. This year’s theme is “Wienertopia.” Watch pups from all over put their best paws forward in the wiener dog races, enj...

Early voting approaches The clock is ticking for those registered to participate in the May 6 election. Early voting for elections in Hays County begins April 24. See a list of early voting locations at haysnewsdispatch.com. Old Settler’s Music Festival This annual festival at Camp Ben McCulluch in ...

ripping Springs Independent School District (DSISD) announced earlier in the week the 2017 Campus Teachers of the Year. The five Teachers of the Year are Rachel Barton, Jamie Biel, Megan Danz, Joe Davis and Molly McFee.  Campus winners were selected through a nomination and voting process of all sta...

Texas Tech interim dean Dean Paul Goebel presented Steele with a scholarship on Tuesday. (photo by Moses Leos III) Hays High senior football player Peyton Steele got quite the surprise Tuesday when Texas Tech interim dean Dean Paul Goebel personally visited during class to present him with a scholar...

Lobo choir (photo by Jim Cullen) Rebel choir (photo by Jim Cullen) (Top) Capping off a brilliant program showing, the Lehman High School Lobos Varsity Treble Choir rolled to a Sweepstakes win in the Region 18 UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Assessment. Staged at the HCISD Performing Arts Center, the e...

istrict leadership, growth and the upcoming May 2017 bond were topics addressed by four of the six candidates battling for a seat on the Hays CISD board of trustees. District 1 incumbent trustee Teresa Tobias, along with trustee At-Large candidates Debbie Munoz, Doyla Burrell and Vanessa Petrea, fie...

ith land catering to its historic farming and ranching roots, Buda is probably the last place anyone would expect to find dam-building beavers.  Buda officials, however, were shocked to discover the Garlic Creek Retention pond, located in the Garlic Creek subdivision in west Buda, is a preferred pla...

Egg-squisite easter egg hunting skills were put to the test this week as hundreds of area children, and some children-at-heart, participated in the Buda Easter Egg Hunt and the Kyle Easter Egg-Stravaganza last week. Obtaining those coveted eggs wasn’t always over-easy. Children at the Buda hunt were...