Staff Report A trial date in February 2022 is anticipated for Freddie Lee Smith, one of two men Austin Police Officer VonTrey Clark, 32. hired to kill his 29-year-old pregnant girlfriend, Samantha Dean, in 2015. Dean was a victims services coordinator for the Kyle Police Department and Clark, who wa...

​HalloweenCostumes.com , the largest online-only retailer of Halloween costumes, has officially released the results of their 2020 " Halloween in America " survey. With the economic effects of COVID-19, many are left wondering how the virus will affect the way people celebrate Halloween this year. H...

Anita Miller Candidates hoping to be elected judge of the 453rd District Court stressed their court experience and commitment to clearing the backlog of cases during a Hays County League of Women Voters webinar Sept. 24. David Junkin Sherri Tibbe The incumbent is Republican David Junkin, who was app...

By Sahar Chmais   The Hispanic population in Texas is getting hit the hardest with COVID-19 deaths and infections for an array of reasons. The Texas Association of Mexican American Chamber of Commerce (TAMACC) felt a sense of urgency to educate minority populations about the coronavirus, so they cal...

Chase Rogers Following a federal judge’s ruling finding the state’s signature verification rules for mail-in ballots unconstitutional, Hays County election officials say their current process already meets the required changes. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ruled Sept. 8 the state’s process for...

by Anita Miller Her words, though spoken softly, lifted the tide of equality for all; and her fierce determination was the rock against which discriminatory laws shattered. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18 at the age of 87, was not only a pioneering figure to generatio...

by Anita Miller “Baseless” was the word a local attorney used to described a lawsuit filed last week attempting to remove Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra from office. The suit was filed in 207th District Court Sept. 14 by Nathan Kaspar, a resident of Dripping Springs who is represented by Bud Wymore...

by Anita Miller This topsy-turvy year is going to come to the Christmas season before we know it. When it does, Dripping Springs’ Mercer Street will hopefully be ablaze with traditional holiday lights. A big step toward that goal occurred Sept. 8, when the City Council approved a $5,000 matching gra...

BUDA — Due to the disproportionate spread of COVID-19 among Hispanics and all minorities, the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce (TAMACC) will host a webinar with Dr. Anthony Fauci tomorrow. Dr. Anthony Fauci Dr. Fauci serves as the director of the National Institute of Aller...

by Chase Rogers While Americans commemorated the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks Friday, Sept. 11, and amid a nation fractured by the novel coronavirus, six Hays County firefighters began a two-day drive to face another looming crisis in progress – catastrophic wildfires laying waste ...