Intense debate raged Monday as parents packing the house at the Dripping Springs ISD trustees meeting cast opinions on transgender students’ use of bathrooms based on their gender identity. Over 30 speakers weighed in on the topic for the better part of two hours, which was ignited after a Walnut Sp...

Placing learning “on display” could be in store for Hays CISD’s proposed third high school as administrators viewed the schematic design for the first time Monday. The district’s proposed high school, which could be placed into the district’s May 2017 bond initiative, has a projected price tag of $1...

With a baritone and energetic voice that defies his age, and inspired to do the best job that he could, Ralph Pfluger has provided a lifetime of public service to the people of Hays County and to the students of the Hays CISD in particular. Pfluger Elementary School is named in his honor, but Pfluge...

As Mermaid Week in Hays County begins Sept. 9, the Mermaid Society of San Marcos looks forward to its inaugural downtown Mermaid Parade and SPLASH festival Sept. 17, which caps off a week devoted to the arts and positive river stewardship. The organization, according to its website, is a grassroots ...

A local state representative is calling for fundamental reform of the state’s standardized testing system after the “litany of errors” he claims plagued the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in 2016.  State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) called for reform in a press rel...

Concern is growing among several residents in the Buda extraterritorial jurisdiction  (ETJ) over development of an outdoor shooting pit, and construction of a possible gun range, on private property nearby. T.J. Higginbotham, who owns the pit on his 36-acre property and is contemplating building an ...

Hays CISD students, along with numerous educators spread across 23 campuses, set alarms and woke up early Monday as they hit the ground running for the start of the 2016-2017 school year. Students and staff at McCormick Middle School, which is the district’s newest campus, officially opened their do...

Hays County voters will decide this November on whether they’ll support a bond initiative that, if approved, would improve the county public safety facilities, including the jail, along with area infrastructure. During the course of a marathon 11-hour meeting, Hays County Commissioners Tuesday craft...