Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS -- The Dripping Springs Farmers Market will be operating from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays until further notice. Last week, the market changed its hours for the July 13 event due to the afternoon temperature anticipated to be 105 with a heat index up to 110. “Our produc...

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- Several communities are being upgraded to high risk for COVID-19 -- Hays County is one of them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has COVID-19 Community Levels to help communities decide what prevention steps need to be taken based on the latest data. L...

Staff Report CenterPoint Energy is alerting customers of reported increases in door-to-door, phone call and text message scams.   Individuals impersonating CenterPoint Energy have employed various tactics, including requests to check electric meters at customers' homes and spoofing company phone num...

By Brittany Anderson   HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Jail has faced significant problems for years, resulting in hundreds of inmates being outsourced or kept in the over-capacitated jail, costing taxpayers thousands of dollars.   In an effort to help expedite some of the processes needed to get peop...

By Brittany Anderson KYLE — Students at Simon Middle School will no longer be required to wear uniforms, following a change that will take effect during the 2022-2023 school year.   Simon Middle School has had uniforms since the school first opened in 2009. Hays CISD chief communications officer Tim...

Staff Report Buda  – The Buda Lions Club donated $500 to the Hays County Community Emergency Response Team.   CERT offers a nationwide approach to volunteer training and organization that first responders rely on during disaster situations. In Hays County, the CERT volunteers are often seen providin...

Staff Report  KYLE – Noe Raymundo Ibarra, 30, was arrested and charged with capital murder for the death of two men in Kyle. On July 12, at approximately 10:43 pm, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call from a male subject who advised that he had shot two people. The call originat...

Staff Report Hot and dry conditions across the state of Texas will create high wildfire potential through the weekend, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Continued triple-digit temperatures and dry conditions will reduce the moisture in vegetation across the landscape, increasing the possibi...

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Sheriff's Office is investigating Jesus Leonel Velerio-Santos for multiple fraud cases. Velerio-Santos operates in the Austin, San Antonio and Hill Country area, according to a news release by the Sheriff's Office. He drives a red Ford F150 and claims to do...

By C.J. Vetter KYLE —  U.S. veteran Greg Miller is finally returning home after months of volunteering in Ukraine. However, as the war continues, Miller is already planning to return in the near future. As a former special forces medic, Miller initially traveled to Ukraine to help provide medical as...