Numerous residents from the area participated in the Buda Ninja Warrior, which had contestants compete on obstacles modeled after the hit television show. Jared Greer, a former contestant on the show, used his equipment for the three-stage event. (photos by Moses Leos III)

emember hearing about the wretched KittyHulk bringing terror to cats and cat owners along Maple and Ash? To the Garza girls, he’s gentle “Mister Muffin”. Quite some time ago, maybe two years, when the now infamous tomcat showed up in the backyard of Live Oak at Ash, they fed him a muffin. Mister Muf...

1. Cut back roses and shape your shrub roses. Those tall bushes can be trimmed to 1 ½ to 2 feet in height with open centers. Use a sharp pair of pruners and a good pair of leather gloves. Climbing roses should be left un-pruned until after their spring bloom. March is also a good time to add roses t...

hile the Alamo heroes fought to the last man on March 6, 1836, a cowardly former comrade found shelter in an empty cabin on the Guadalupe River. Until his own dying day, Louis Rose would stay on the run from a guilty conscience. During a lull in the Mexican bombardment on March 3, Col. Buck Travis b...

Texas Night Sky Festival Celebrate the Hill Country’s night skies at this annual festival March 18 at Dripping Springs Ranch Park. Bring your whole family and your friends to a free celebration of the Texas Night Sky. Two-thirds of the U.S. population can’t see the Milky Way at night, and the fault ...

Prior to Thursday’s Day Without Immigrants protest, Simon Middle School principal Jose Puga tried his best to maintain a “business as usual” mentality with his staff. He understood recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Travis County caused anxiety among parents who may not b...

A longtime Hays CISD board trustee will go unopposed this May, while another battles a pair of challengers for the right to stay on the dais. Willie Tenorio, Jr., who has been a board trustee since 2009, did not draw an opponent when filing for the upcoming May 6 election ended Friday. The result ma...

hen Hays County Pct. 2 Constable Michael Torres took office over a month ago, he implemented a uniform for deputies for the first time in 40 years. “I wanted to be visible in the community,” Torres said. “Just for professionalism, so that people are aware we’re Texas peace officers.” But Torres quic...

ending a broken heart on Valentine’s Day can often mean salvaging a bad date or a messy breakup. But for Kyle resident Tom Shelton, such a phrase takes a literal meaning after surgeons repaired his heart after he suffered his fourth heart attack in 14 years on Valentine’s Day 2016. Shelton, 55, eyes...

cting like the Paul Revere of the Texas Panhandle, Pat Garrett rode from camp to camp on Feb. 22, 1877 warning fellow buffalo hunters, “The Comanches are coming!   The Comanches are coming!” That, of course, was not altogether true.   The Indians had been in the vicinity for weeks but posed no real ...