On March 5, 2024, former Buda Chamber of Commerce Board president Mina Colin Strother pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in the United States District Court Southern District of Texas. According to the plea agreement signed by Strother, he agreed to cooperate with the United Sta...

The Texas Education Agency announced in December 2023 that the constructed response questions in the 2024 STAAR tests will be graded by a hybrid model of human scorers and an automated scoring engine (ASE). "The Texas hybrid scoring model uses an automated scoring engine to augment the work of human...

BUDA — The city of Buda has been working to make the community more age-friendly for its older population. In 2015, the Buda City Council appointed the Task Force on Aging (TFOA) in recognition of the growing population of older adults in the community. During that time, the task force was charged w...

BUDA — Geoff Seibel and incumbent Courtney Runkle won the seats for Hays CISD Board of Trustees At-Large and District 3 positions, respectively, during the May 4 election, according to unofficial polling results. Vying for the at-large position was Katy Armstrong, with 41.90% of the votes (908), Geo...

BUDA — A substitute teacher has been suspended from working in Hays CISD following an alleged puppet show, which required students to commit murder. According to a release, the district and Johnson High School placed the substitute on suspension and removed the teacher from campus on April 19, follo...

Fans cheer as wiener dogs, or dachshunds, race with speed across the field. Dogs who placed first and second moved on to other races to find out who was the fastest. The final winner of the day was the 2023 reigning champion, Lorelei. Second place went to Bean and third place went to Jimmy Dean.

BUDA — At the April 16 meeting, Buda City Council tabled a proposed development agreement for a 98.96-acre residential development, known as The Reserve. This comes after the council postponed the project at an earlier meeting on April 2. Located between Cole Springs Road and Old Black Colony Road, ...

Buda in Bloom was held on Saturday, April 20 in the Basil Anthony Moreau Welcome Center parking lot in downtown Buda. Buda in Bloom is a semiannual plant-themed marketplace for local and small businesses to sell their goods. "Selling [at local markets] is great," said Darsha Wilds, an artisan sellin...

BUDA — The Hays CISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved a seat belt plan at its April 15 meeting, which will equip the district with a fleet of buses fitted with seat belts at the earliest possible date. On March 22, a Tom Green Elementary School bus was returning from a field trip to the Capita...

BUDA — A pedestrian, who has been identified as Thomas D. Shears of Kyle, was struck by a motor vehicle while attempting to cross the roadway in front of Buck’s Backyard at approximately 12:20 a.m. on Sunday, April 14 in Buda. The pedestrian sustained several injuries and was immediately transported...