SAN MARCOS  — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is among the leading causes of death in the United States, with more than 49,000 occurring in 2022, though, these numbers do not begin to reach the depth of this occurrence. For every suicide, there were 11 emer...

SAN ANTONIO — The Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) has declared Stage 4 Critical Period Management for Edwards groundwater permit holders in the San Antonio Pool of the EAA’s jurisdiction, including Atascosa, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe, Hays and Medina counties, based on declining aquifer cond...

SAN MARCOS  — Hays County residents will soon be seeing a tax rate increase after the commissioners court voted 5-0 at its Sept. 17 meeting to adopt the fiscal year 2025 budget, which includes an increase in property taxes. The budget totals $365 million, which is approximately an $18 million or 4.8...

KYLE — Several parents of Hays CISD students have voiced concerns regarding the district’s Special Education Department, stating that changes occurring in classrooms are hindering their student’s education. Maria Bowen, a paraprofessional within the district, as well as a mother of three children wi...

SAN MARCOS - Manuel Balderas, 49, of Kyle was sentenced to 40 years in prison by a jury on Sept. 24, for multiple counts of sexual assault, continuous sexual abuse of a child and indecency with a child. The jury assessed punishment and Judge Bruce Boyer stacked three of the counts to total 40 years....

KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office is investigating a new threat made in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District against Chapa and Simon Middle School. The following email was sent to all district parents during the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 19. Dear Hays CISD Family, We, like mos...

Wimberley High School students Ruby Gluesenkamp, Natalie Gutierrez and Ashley Samuelson pause their walk for a photo at the Suicide Awareness Walk on Sept. 14. The students are part of Health Occupations Students of America, or HOSA, and were participating in the event hosted by The Greater Mercy Fo...

Hays CISD Chief of Communication Officer Tim Savoy stated that two arrests have been made for two separate threats made by Johnson High School students. According to a press release, a 15-year-old JHS sophomore was arrested on Sept. 18 for a threat made on late Tuesday, Sept. 17. The student has bee...

KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office has detained and charged two additional sixth grade students from Hays CISD for creating or contributing to social media threat scares in the district that have been occurring this week. The latest juvenile detentions bring the total number of Hays CISD stude...

KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office has detained a sixth grade Hays CISD student for locally contributing to the spread of social media school shooting threats. In the juvenile justice system, the student faces the equivalent to a state jail felony for making a false alarm or report, according ...