This column was first published on Facebook by Barton Publications, Inc. stockholder Jeff Barton, regarding Juneteenth. by Jeff Barton Today’s numbers: 60%. 155. 2020. That’s three-fifths – what the original Constitution established as the value of enslaved people (all black) relative to citizens (a...

Staff report Even as the Hays YMCA opened its doors again on June 1, it also named a new chair to its board. At the end of May, the board affirmed the appointment of Brian Carter as its new board chair. As he takes this role on during uncertain times, Carter wants the community to know the role of t...

Submitted Report Victor Lopez wanted to become one thing in his life – a veterinarian.  Born to immigrant parents with little money or education, going to school while working full-time and numerous rejections from veterinary colleges, the odds were stacked against Victor. But on June 1, 2020, he ac...

By Megan Wehring Johnson High School in Buda will have the first advanced placement literature class at the junior level next year while other high schools keep it strictly for seniors. While elementary and middle schools focus primarily on literature, AP language and composition is currently requir...

Staff Report When women were first allowed to serve on U.S. attack submarines in 2013, Buda resident Gracie Hough was still in high school. But Hough, who graduated from Hays High School three years later, will be an active submariner soon enough. Hough went through the motions of graduating from th...

T he producer of “Blossoms In The Dust” flew to Fort Worth on June 19, 1941 to keep MGM’s promise to a woman with a heart as big as Texas. Ralph Wheelwright, a screenwriter and publicist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and his wife traveled the country looking for just the right adoption agency and just th...

The number of COVID-19 cases is exploding in Hays County along with the number of people willing to wait for hours in order to be tested for the virus. And only weeks after being allowed by Gov. Greg Abbott to open in increments, scores of businesses are closing down in the wake of employees testing...

by Chase Rogers A recent Facebook post by the mayor of Woodcreek saying the Black Lives Matter movement is a “threat to our lives” sparked protests and condemnation from other elected officials in Hays County. Her post was referring to demonstrations following the death of George Floyd, a black man ...

Unusual times call for unusual measures, and the COVID-19 pandemic certainly qualifies as unusual. That’s not stopping Buda-area residents, who are putting together a Juneteenth/Black Lives Matter Car Parade for Friday, June 19. The parade will start at approximately 6 p.m. Rich in black history bec...

After almost a decade of serving Buda, Mayor George Haehn has announced that he will not seek re-election in November.  “After serving eight years, and trying my best to help the people of Buda,  it is time that I end that service due to family and other commitments. Therefore, I will not be seeking...