Staff Report Hays County deputies and Buda police fired on a vehicle that fled a traffic stop during the afternoon rush hour on Monday. No officers were harmed and the unnamed suspect is recovering at.a local hospital. It all started aorund 5:15 p.m. Monday when a deputy spotted a vehicle traveling ...

Sahar Chmais   In the height of election season, it is important for constituents to understand their voting environment. In the 2020 race, there is a very noticeable pattern seen across the state – nearly 17 million Texans are excited to vote , an unusually high number.   “What we are seeing is peo...

Olympic gold medalist Laurie Hernandez to headline Common Experience insight series SAN MARCOS – U.S. Olympic gymnast Laurie Hernandez will headline Texas State University's Common Experience Insight Series with a YouTube Livestream at 6 p.m. Oct. 20. The event is free and open to the public, althou...

  DRIPPING SPRINGS —Dripping Springs ISD trustee Dr. Mary Jane Hetrick has been re-elected to a three-year term on the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) Board of Directors, representing TASB Region 13, Position B. The election was held during the Association’s 2020 Delegate Assembly, which w...

  SAN MARCOS – Beto O'Rourke, former presidential and senate candidate as well as former U.S. Representative for the 16 th Congressional District of Texas, will teach a class on Texas politics at Texas State University in spring 2021, pending finalization of his hire. As an adjunct lecturer, O'Rourk...

    SAN MARCOS – New research from Texas State University shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has driven an unprecedented expansion and adaptation of telemedicine services in the United States. The study was conducted by Jose Betancourt, an associate professor in the School of Health Administration, an...

  AUSTIN- Enrollment at Texas State University System institutions reached a record high this semester, despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Fall 2020 preliminary headcount enrollment at TSUS’s seven member institutions is 87,387 - a one percent increase compared to Fall 2019.   “Facu...

Dripping Springs High School senior Lauren Sanders is one of 100 students selected to be published by the iWRITE Nonprofit Organization. Her entry was a poem called “ The Truth of the Stars.”   Lauren Sanders Each year, iWRITE offers students in Grades 3-12 the opportunity to submit short stories, p...

WIMBERLEY – Blue Hole Primary School in Wimberley has just been open since August, and the honors have already begun to roll in. The architecture firm of O’Connell Robertson and engineering firm MEP say it has won the 2020 Rain Catcher Award from the Texas Water Development Board and the school, the...

  Staff Report KYLE – The issue dominated Hays CISD-related social media and many school board discussions over the summer is on the back burner for now. It’s now official that the Rebel is out as the mascot at Hays High School but, according to a district spokesman, the process to replace it is now...