HAYS COUNTY — As summer comes to an end and school begins, students are preparing to enter the sports season in the ever-climbing temperatures of Central Texas. According to Dr. Leigh Romero, a primary care sports medicine physician at Ascension Seton in Austin, there are 9,000 heat related illnesse...

Readers submitted photos of their children on the first day of school. Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD's first day was Tuesday, Aug. 15. Wimberley ISD will begin classes on Wednesday, Aug. 16.

The Hays Communities YMCA Back to School Fun Day was held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5 in Buda. There were a variety of activities for all ages available. Pictured, staff creates arts and crafts with children in attendance. The Back to School Fun Day was a free event where YMCA members...

HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Commissioners Court honored first responders who serve in the community on Aug. 1 by recognizing the 175th anniversary of the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. After HCSO was organized, the first sheriff took office on Aug. 7, 1848, according to a proclamation signed by the...

Older adults and people with disabilities who are on Medicaid (and their authorized representatives) should be on the lookout for important notices from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) about their Medicaid renewal. Renewal packets are being sent out in phases. Renewal notices a...

HAYS COUNTY — At approximately 3:13 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 5, Hays County and state agencies received a request for assistance on a fire burning north of San Marcos. The cause of the fire was determined to be accidental, caused by equipment use. Dozens of agencies would soon respond to a fire that, ...

KYLE — Following a 400-acre wildfire that sparked on Saturday, Aug. 5 in San Marcos, agencies were called to assist in a wildfire (known as the Oak Hills Fire) in Kyle on Tuesday afternoon. The Hays County Wildland Task Force was activated for a wildfire in the 290 block of Roland Lane, in between t...

HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Academy is now accepting applications for the 2023-B basic class. According to Sheriff Gary Cutler, the course will tentatively begin on Sept. 7. The Citizens Academy is a 36-hour program designed to give the citizens of Hays County a working k...

KYLE — In the throes of a historic heat wave and drought, wildfires have consumed acres across Hays County following fires in San Marcos, Buda and Wimberley in late July. Hays County has had a burn ban in effect since July 11 after Hays County Fire Marshal Mark Wobus provided a recommendation to the...