The Hays County Commissioners Court will hold its Nov. 19 meeting at the Hays County Government Center, 712 S. Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos, in District Courtroom #7 (third floor), at 9 a.m.   Attendees should enter through the main Government Center doors. Please leave extra time to go through Secu...

In a solemn ceremony on Nov. 13, 1940, the Alamo Cenotaph was formally dedicated as a symbolic final resting place for those immortal martyrs denied a decent burial 104 years earlier. As part of the Texas Centennial celebration, a hundred thousand dollars in federal funds were appropriated for the c...

Unlike most business transactions, shopping from Buda’s Brightside is an engaging and educational experience for both buyer and seller. Buda’s Brightside is a 14-year-old nonprofit dedicated to empowering adults with developmental disabilities through community inclusion, which includes local busine...

The Kyle City Council had a special visitor at its Nov. 5 meeting. Ash Crane, 11, has a congenital heart condition and has undergone more than 20 procedures in his short life that led to him being approached by the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Instead of a trip to Disneyworld or a major sporting event, A...

Kyle firefighters confer before entering the building. Photo by Anita Miller Kyle fire engines converged on the flea market Wednesday morning for reports of a fire, though no flames nor smoke was showing when the Hays Free Press arrived on site. It's believed some wooden pallets caught fire and were...

Staff Reports Authorities are on the lookout for the suspect in a reported sexual assault of a child that happened Monday afternoon in Buda. Jesus Rocha Alvarez According to Lt. Dennis Gutierrez of the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, deputies learned of the assault just past 5 p.m. Monday. Responding ...

McCormick Middle School’s Tigers drew an enthusiastic, packed house for their first Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) Community Celebration. The show was coordinated by the MMS Spanish classes and Parent Center, and the night of celebratory remembrance included a full spectrum of performances. Th...

Submitted Report Celebrate the 100 years since women gained the right to vote at the League of Women Voters of Hays County’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration. The program includes a special screening of Iron Jawed Angels, the story of suffragettes and suffragists. The celebration will occur from 2-5 ...

“How fatal that man will be to France!” a Spanish general predicted in a Nov. 9, 1862 letter to a friend in Paris. It did not take a seer to see that Alphonse Dubois would make a mess of things in Mexico like he had two decades earlier in Texas. He was, after all, the devious diplomat responsible fo...

A Buda resident is among three finalists for the Texas Farm Bureau’s 2019 Excellence in Agriculture competition. Kristin Anderson works in grower marketing programs and digital agricultural solutions for Syngenta. As an AgriEdge specialist covering South and East Texas, she works with more than 130 ...