By Moses Leos III Creation of a ninth emergency services district (ESD) will be going to Hays County voters in November as the commissioners court unanimously approved it to go on the ballot. Commissioners voted 5-0 to call an election for the creation of ESD 9, which would provide EMS service for c...

By Moses Leos III Hays County voters will decide this November on whether they’ll support a bond initiative that, if approved, would improve the county public safety facilities, including the jail, along with area infrastructure.  During the course of a marathon 11-hour meeting, Hays County Commissi...

by Moses Leos III Like many children growing up, Kelley McCormick always held on to the times he got to spend with his grandfather.  McCormick remembered learning how to operate a ham radio from his grandfather, while also watching him enjoy the outdoors in his garden.  But McCormick also recognized...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton A move toward a $108 million county jail expansion/renovation bond is expected to be made at next week’s Hays County Commissioners Court meeting. Commissioners at Tuesday’s meeting heard a presentation that included the Hays County sheriff, district attorney, San Marcos chief ...

By Samantha Smith Continued overcrowding at the Hays County Jail is forcing county officials to keep with the trend of outsourcing prisoners to another facility to stem the flow.  But the county is now accruing additional costs at taxpayers’ expense as they’re having to travel further to house the e...

By Samantha Smith For roughly two hours Tuesday, the Hays County Commissioners Court debated the need to construct a multi-port monitoring well to study groundwater within the Trinity and Edwards aquifers.  By a 4-1 vote, commissioners entered into an interlocal agreement with the Barton Springs Edw...

Staff report   Hays County Commissioners last month took their initial look at its preliminary list of road projects that could make their way into a proposed November bond.  A total of 20 projects made their way onto the list, which has an estimated cost of roughly $352 million.  According to a Hay...

By Samantha Smith As tension between police and the public dominate the current social climate, public perceptions of local police departments have been mostly positive in Hays County.   Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said that while Kyle police officers are aware of the events across the country, t...

By Bailey Buckingham An organization shepherding the reforestation effort along the Blanco River following devastating floods in 2015 was given permission by Hays County Commissioners earlier this month to continue its work.  With one commissioner absent, Hays County Commissioners voted unanimously ...

  2:10 p.m. UPDATE  CORRECTION: Police say Sejdalija Smajic died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A final autopsy report is pending.    by Moses Leos III  A man who barricaded himself in his Garlic Creek home Wednesday was found dead by authorities, this after officials discovered his wife had b...