A "suspicious device" found at a work site along the route of Kinder Mortan's Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) Tuesday has been "neutralized," and residents evacuated from the nearby area have been allowed to return home. According to Sgt. Deon Cockrell of the Department of Public Safety, local, state...

HAYS COUNTY – Hays County Master Gardeners will hold its annual Plant and Tree Sale online this year due to COVID-19. Featured will be native and adapted perennials, herbs, succulents and Texas Superstar plants that will actually thrive in hot Texas weather, unlike many of the plants at the big-box ...

HAYS COUNTY – More than 150 historical markers dot Hays County, including Major Edward Burleson Homestead on Lime Kiln Road, San Marcos, dedicated in 1962, the first year of the program. The latest, the William B. Travis League, awarded in July 2020, will be placed on FM 150 south of Driftwood. The ...

Staff Report A series of six candidate forums has been slated by the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Hays County, encompassing all county elections plus the race for Texas House District 45. All are virtual, and space in the webinars is limited so registration is required. Those unable to participat...

By Anita Miller HAYS COUNTY – The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of 47 Hays County residents as of Aug. 31, and 18 of those deaths occurred during the month of August. Hays County’s total number of infections rose by 503 last month, from 4,893 on Aug. 3 to 5,396, and the number of recoverie...

By Anita Miller By the time Hays County deputies reached the residence on Thursday, Aug. 27, the daughter of Orlando Zapata had already taken action to stop him. Orlando Zapata booking photo Witnesses told them the 32-year-old, who had been jailed in Hays County in May for threats against his family...

The COVID-19 pandemic transformed Texas’ financial outlook from having a multi-billion dollar “cushion” to being in a “multi-billion dollar shortfall,” Comptroller Glen Hegar told those attending the virtual Texas Association of Counties’ 2020 Legislative Conference. The virtual assemblage opened on...

Chase Rogers The Hays County Commissioners Court on Aug. 25 voted 3-2 against adding a second polling location on Texas State’s campus for Election Day, Nov. 3. A single location at the university’s Performance Arts Center will be available for early voting and Election Day.   The proposed location ...

Staff Report Hays County authorities are investigating the death of an adult male and two children found outside a home where a woman told them her daughters had been taken by her boyfriend. It happened in the 900 block of Boulder Bluff in San Marcos. A news release said deputies responded at 9:35 a...

by Sahar Chmais Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has agreed to partake in a panel discussion addressing the impact of COVID-19 on Latino and minority communities. The Texas Association of Mexican American Chamber of Commerce has invited Fa...