AUSTIN — The Public Utility Commission issued a Preliminary Order for a formal complaint filed against Aqua Texas by the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Association (TESPA), which refers the matter to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH) for a full evidentiary hearing. In the spring...

MANCHACA —   An independent filmmaker in Austin is going back to her Hays County roots for the production of her own short film. Tyra Williams attended Negley Elementary School and Wallace Middle School before making her way to Akins High School and then, later, earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in f...

HAYS COUNTY  –   Since it opened in 1984, the Hays County Food Bank (HCFB) has served the Hays County area with distribution days weekly in San Marcos, Kyle and Buda, monthly in Wimberley and every fifth Sunday in Uhland. With the cost of food and housing going up, HCFB strives to make sure that les...

SAN MARCOS — Republican candidate Anthony Hipolito is Hays County’s newest sheriff after receiving more than 52% of the votes during the Nov. 5 election. Previously, he received 15,435 votes in the March primary, where he qualified for November’s ballot, along with Democrat candidate Alex Villalobos...

SAN MARCOS — Republican candidate Anthony Hipolito is Hays County’s newest sheriff after receiving more than 52% of the votes during the Nov. 5 election. Previously, he received 15,435 votes in the March primary, where he qualified for November’s ballot, along with Democrat candidate Alex Villalobos...

SAN MARCOS - Mark Anthony Briones, 34, of Kyle was convicted of capital murder for the June 2022 murder of infant Annalyne Fridley Benavides. Judge Bruce Boyer then sentenced the defendant to life without parole. According to a Hays County news release, on June 20, 2022, Briones was babysitting Frid...

These are the unofficial Nov. 5 election results as of 11:13 p.m, with all 58 polling locations reporting. Results will remain unofficial until canvassed and certified. District Judge, 22nd Judicial District (Multi-county jurisdiction, numbers only show Hays County votes) * Bruce Boyer (R): 79,001 (...

SAN MARCOS — Four Hays County property owners have filed a lawsuit against the Hays County Commissioners Court regarding the almost $440 million road bond placed on the Nov. 5, 2024, election ballot. The proposed $439,634,000 bond, titled Proposition A on the ballot, aims to bring 35 projects over t...

AUSTIN — The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) is collecting input from the community through an online open house for its Regional Safety Action Plan (RSAP), which is geared to enhance roadway safety in Bastrop, Burnet, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties. The plan ...

AUSTIN — Organized by the Hill Country Conservancy (HCC), a coalition of 27 regional partners has secured $23.2 million in federal funding and set a goal of preserving 7,500 acres in primarily rural areas. This is the largest single federal award for conservation easement funding in the Texas Hill C...