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...

(courtesy photo) The Hays County Livestock Show court and service members participated in the Patriot and Heroes event in Wimberley Jan. 21. Those in attendance include: (L-R) Duchess Destinee Caberera, Tim Pennington, Duchess Avery Herron, Archie Gerald, Duchess Konleigh Eben, Queen Hannah Fults, S...

Burn ban on On Jan. 24, the Hays County Commissioners Court placed the unincorporated areas (including extra territorial jurisdictions) of the county under an immediate burn ban following a report from Fire Marshal Clint Browning. Charcoal, wood and gas grills with lids are exempt from the ban, but ...

(photo by Wayland D. Clark, wfotos.com) At top, phoneticist Henry Higgins (L-R), played by Connor Bailey; Eliza Doolittle, played by Trinity Adams; and Colonel Pickering, played by Rob Thomas celebrate after Eliza speaks her vowel sounds impeccably as she becomes a lady in the musical “My Fair Lady”...

Out of 22 Dripping Springs High School students who competed at the regional DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) competition, 13 earned the right to advance to the state event. The regional competition was held Jan. 21 at Copperas Cove High School. DECA’s industry-validated competitive ev...

During the school year, Dripping Springs ISD employees who go “Above and Beyond” are recognized at monthly board meetings. The Above and Beyond Award honors those who have put forth a special effort or completed an exceptional act that clearly exceeds that individual’s job responsibilities, either a...