San Marcos Police Department Officer Franco Stewart (center, in wheelchair) was released from Ascension Seton in Kyle April 29. Stewart and fellow officer Justin Mueller (left of Stewart) were wounded, and Officer Jason Putnam killed, while responding to a disturbance call April 18.

Stop the  project While I stay home, trying to not catch The Plague, two things are driving me a little nuts right now. No, not having to eat my own cooking every day, and no, not even our national health crisis, but a couple of things, both having to do with development overreach. And I think these...

We are, undoubtedly, experiencing a watershed moment in American history. Throughout the history of this nation, when faced with difficult circumstances, the greatest of us rise to occasion. Today, those are our health care professionals. These individuals, putting their lives on the line every day ...

When Paulina Hernandez was a young child, her father’s pop shop “La Playa” (The Beach) was rich with the smell of freshly peeled limes and the sounds of chatter between her dad and customers. Those same smells and sounds live in Paulina’s own pop shop, La Ola (The Wave) Pop, here in Kyle. Owning a p...

A survey that assessed all 50 states and Washington, D.C. on telecommuting indicators show that Texans working from home are doing so from, on average, the largest houses across the 50 states but are paying the second-highest internet costs for the privilege. Those were among the findings of a Best ...

By Chase Rogers Texas State University unveiled a new initiative aiming to provide $30 million in aid to currently enrolled students with expenses related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Named “Bobcat Cares,” the program will grant funds all students enrolled in summer courses, prorate...

Mountain City, what a beautiful place to be confined during Covid 19 (for those of us who are not essential workers)! For those of you who are working, thank you. Nature abounds! While you’re in and around observing, contribute to science and have a record kept for yourself by reporting any “organis...

An ax-swinging fiend that had terrorized the Texas capital for weeks struck again on the night of May 5, 1885 leaving a mother’s dead body for her young children to find. The rampage started with a slaying in Austin’s most affluent neighborhood on the day before New Year’s Eve 1884. The victim was M...

Parents of Pre-K students in the Dripping Springs ISD now have until Friday, May 1, to register their children with the district. Parents must email proof of residency to the registrar at the campus where the child is zoned. Families enrolling in the tuition-based Pre-K program are entered into a lo...

In March, there was one family at H-E-B with two loaded shopping carts, and the family wasn’t hoarding. The King family was just getting enough to feed their 12 members. Nothing is a small undertaking for the King family of Dripping Springs. Managing time, they say, requires the use of a spreadsheet...