n schedule, “our” Eastern Bluebird eggs hatched on Sunday, March 12. Bluebirds hatch about as ugly as it gets. Almost naked and blind, in just over two weeks they’ll be fully-feathered, jumping up and down, ready to fly out into the world near the end of March. Just last week I read of a chick hatch...

s someone who has worked around horses for many years, Julie Froidcoeur has seen how therapeutic the animals can be for people. Through RED Arena, a Dripping Springs-based 501-C 3 nonprofit organization, a type of horse-based therapy, or hippotherapy, can now help those who aim to boost their readin...

addy Thompson did not let the fact that he had been a private citizen for two weeks keep him from asking one more life-saving favor of Santa Anna on March 23, 1844. Texans naively presumed their neighbors in New Mexico would jump at the chance to join the Lone Star Republic.   So, in the summer of 1...

oses can be a beautiful, easily-grown addition to any yard that has lots of sun and room for them to grow. (To thrive they need a minimum of 6-8 hours sunshine.) But within the rose family there are different groups and classes, and if you understand these, you’ll have a better understanding of whic...

Hooked On Fishing Spring Fishing Tournament On Saturday, March 25, the city of Kyle will hold its annual spring fishing tournament   at Lake Kyle for all adults with a valid Texas Freshwater Fishing License. This unique tournament will test your strategic ability to catch qualifying species of fish ...

The Fancy Feathers Chicken Show was held on Saturday March 11, 2017 at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park event center in Dripping Springs.  The event started at 8am and went until 3pm. Participants and spectators could bid in the silent auction as well as buy and sell hens and roosters. The events dir...

t took a nationally ranked Hays High water ski student for the Hays CISD board to make changes to its excused absence policy. The Hays CISD school board passed a resolution last month stating that students participating in non-UIL events will no longer receive an unexcused absence on their record an...

look of shock showed on the faces of Hays High seniors Damian Fiscal, Kayler Erwin and Breanna Rodriguez as they were each doused with varying amounts of syrupy fake blood Thursday. The concoction, part of the Hollywood-style effect of the Shattered Dreams program, stained clothes and wasn’t exactly...

uda’s own Reverend Jennifer Brooke-Davidson, 56, of St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church in Buda, was elected the first female Bishop Suffragan by the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas on Feb. 25. She was chosen out of seven total nominees. Brooke-Davidson’s journey to the rank of bishop-elect started whe...

uthor Wes Ferguson and sponsoring editor Andrew Sansom will celebrate the launch of a new book, “The Blanco River,” on Saturday, April 8, in Kyle. The public is invited to the free event, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Katherine Anne Porter Literary Center at 508 Center Street. Author and former e...