HAYS COUNTY — Having a healthy lifestyle can be challenging, but For the Love of Go has been working to make it a little easier for community members in Hays County. The organization officially started in 2013 and received its 501(c)(3) designation in 2014, but the foundation commenced long before t...

HAYS COUNTY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC)  — which serves 24 counties and 45 cities across Central Texas — is celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2023. “We're proudly celebrating 85 years of service this year of powering the Texas Hill Country and its communities,” said Kendra Acosta, PEC ...

KYLE — The Hays County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a Hays CISD student that occurred last week. At 6:31 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 2, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office responded to an assist EMS call in the 5000 block of Heron Drive in Buda. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovere...

KYLE — At its meeting on Oct. 2, Kyle City Council approved water usage from the city of San Marcos, as well as celebrated the Hays Free Press’ 120th anniversary. Council celebrated the newspaper’s 120th birthday with a proclamation. “The Hays Free Press will celebrate its 120th anniversary with a y...

“Imagine a wizard buying a rusty old car and telling his wife all he wanted to do with it was take it apart to see how it worked, while really he was enchanting it to make it fly.” - Molly Weasley, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” ——— BUDA — Perhaps you thought the flying Ford Anglia was tr...

Dripping Springs High School students crown seniors Jasmine Zogaib and Parker Hoffman as the 2023 Homecoming King and Queen at the varsity football game against Akins High School on Friday, Oct. 6.

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Thomas Edward Watt accepted a plea deal for a charge of tampering with physical evidence, a third-degree felony, after concealing a pornographic image of a child on his cellular device during an ongoing investigation. Watt was arrested on Jan. 22, 2020, for three counts of possess...

In an email from Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright, it was announced that earlier this week a 15-year-old student was found deceased in their home — the seventh since summer 2022. The death is formally being investigated as a fentanyl overdose by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office. The email is...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs High School has announced the 2023 Homecoming Court, which will be recognized at the Oct. 6 varsity football game. Seniors nominated for Homecoming Queen including the following: Kaleigh Howell, Avrey Keim, Ryan Perry, Katie Sahl and Jasmine Zogaib. King nominees ...

WIMBERLEY — First, it was Forister’s in the 1940s, then it became Dinner Bell. In 1981, it was purchased by the Calkins family and became the Cypress Creek Café. Now, in the Oak Park and Welcome Center on property by Wimberley Square owned by the family for nearly 30 years, members of the Calkins fa...