(photo by Moses Leos III) Armed with a sandwich board sporting various slogans, Kyle resident James Broadway marches near the intersection of Center and Burleson streets in the downtown area Tuesday. Broadway, who set up at the intersection around 7 a.m. Tuesday, said he was demonstrating against Pr...

uda, like many other municipalities, encourages resident involvement in civic government. On Tuesday, the city bid farewell to long time Buda resident Joyce “Tommy” Poer, who, in her own special way, exemplified said behavior. Poer announced in January she was moving from Buda to an assisted living ...

. Plant fruit trees. Peaches, pears, persimmons, plums, pomegranates… and apples and apricots too. These all do well in this area. For those with limited space, or with an appetite for novelty, try a ‘four-in-one’ grafted apple or pear. These have four different varieties grafted onto the same tree....

Fly your Texas flag to honor Texas statehood On Sunday, February 19, fly your Texas flag   at your home or business to remember this day in 1846, when the Republic was formally transferred to the United States as the 28th state. Elisa Albert reading and book signing Author Elisa Albert will hold boo...

atch the Loving Mountain City FaceBook and the Mountain City edition of NextDoor.com for new episodes in the tale of Kitty Hulk, The Rogue Attacking Cat that’s causing terror along Maple and Ash. On social media, numerous cat owners with vet bills (and a dead pet) have united to share horror stories...

im Krebs scored a Southwest Conference record 50 points on Feb. 8, 1956 to power the SMU Mustangs past the Texas Longhorns 109-96. Elmore “Doc” Hayes was hired in 1947 to breathe new life into the listless basketball program at Southern Methodist University.   The pitiful Ponies had won a grand tota...

Scholarship opportunity The Dripping Springs Women’s Club will award two $500 college scholarships for female students in May. Applications are due by April 10 and can be found at www.dswomensclub.com or by contacting womenofds@gmail.com.     Tiger Field grand opening A grand opening celebration for...

hat began as a social media call out to support a Walnut Springs Elementary transgender student has grown into a movement aiming to kill Senate Bill (SB) 6, or the so-called “bathroom bill,” within the Texas Legislature. While support continues to pour in for “Many Stripes, One Tiger,” (MSOT) Andy H...

ird wisdom comes slowly sometimes, and sometimes it is delayed by wild tales and total fabrications. Take the matter of migration, wherein birds leave in one season and return the next. Aristotle, the renowned philosopher, wrote that swallows often hid in holes in the ground to escape cold weather. ...

Dripping Springs High School students participating in the Dating Violence Mock Trial  won the “Young Hearts Matter Day Of Action” Award, presented by Texas Council on Family Violence. The award was presented Feb. 1 at the State Capitol in recognition of the efforts over the past several years parti...