Staff report  Hays County citizens who sustained losses during the Memorial Day weekend flood of the Blanco River are now eligible to apply for federal disaster assistance after a Presidential disaster declaration was signed Friday. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repa...

  By Moses Leos III UPDATE: Hays County officials have identified the body of an adult male recovered near the Blanco River at Fox Road in San Marcos Thursday as Ralph Hugh Carey, 73.  According to authorities, six bodies have been recovered by search crews in Hays County. Five of the bodies have be...

Staff report A live bat found at the Kohl's department store at 20185 Marketplace Avenue on May 24 in Kyle has tested positive for rabies.  According to City of Kyle officials, the bat was found on the sidewalk in front of the building at approximately 11:30 a.m. If you think that you or someone els...

  By Moses Leos III Roughly seven months after being voted into office, Hays County Court at Law #2 Judge David Scott Glickler was arrested Monday on the suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Glickler, 46, was booked into the Hays County Jail Tuesday and was released the same day on a $3,000...

Gathered from the Hays County Sheriff's Office:  "We have set up an email account for use by the public to volunteer equipment and volunteer service organizations: hayscoflood@co.hays.tx.us If you have equipment that you would like to offer for use during the clean up the flood areas, send an email ...

  Staff report According to a press release Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has added 24 counties, including Hays County, to a disaster declaration first issued on May 11. The move will authorize further mobilization of state resources to assist impacted areas.  It comes as severe weather continues ac...

  Staff report Due to the risk of additional flash flooding along with the dangers posed by existing conditions following this weekend's flood event, officials from Hays County, San Marcos and Wimberley will institute a public safety curfew starting at 9 p.m. Sunday until 7 a.m. Monday, May 25.  Acc...

Heavy rains sweeping across the area Saturday evening have forced the closure of several roads across Hays County. Here's a list of roads that are currently closed. Hays County is currently under a Flash Flood Warning until 11:15 p.m. and a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10 p.m.  For an updated l...

By Kim Hilsenbeck A proposed interlocal agreement between the city of Kyle, Hays County and Mountain City would broker a deal between the three entities, but it has some area residents up in arms. Mountain City residents who attended their tiny town’s city council meeting Monday evening told the cou...

By Ashley Sava   Expansion of the boundaries of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to cover a section of unprotected groundwater in Hays County is one step closer to becoming law, according to a statement from Texas State Representative Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs, District...