Anita Miller   “Reprehensible and shameful.” Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell didn’t mince words when it came to what he thinks about the actions of landlords who put eviction notices on doorways in the middle of a statewide shelter in place order. Mitchell spoke from his home during the council’s online ...

By Chase Rogers Businesses in Hays County are saying that they could only sustain operations for a “few weeks” under current conditions. That’s according to a survey by Hays County which reached out to local businesses, of which 75 percent reported employing 10 or fewer employees, thus being classif...

Hays County’s number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 spiked overnight by 16 — including the first child. The total of confirmed cases now totals 77. COVID -19 CDC photo A female aged nine or below was included in the April 8 updated posted at haysinformed.com.   Other new cases were spread over age g...

Students will not be returning to the classroom until May 4, or until further discussion, according to Gov. Gregg Abbott’s latest order. As school districts prepare for the long haul, the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch spoke to Hays County school districts to gauge what students will need to get ...

Bad things have always gone on behind closed doors, and now is no exception. April is traditionally the month society turns its attention to preventing sexual assault and child abuse. And though the COVID-19 virus has upended the way we live our daily lives, neither issue has gone away. Both, perhap...

A Houston-based water supplier that was public enemy #1 in Hays County five years ago may have just engineered a significant delay in the construction of the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP), which has taken its place at the top of the list. If upheld, a judge’s recent decision could kee...

Anita Miller Hays County authorities are seeking a man who entered a Dripping Springs convenience store twice within the span of hours, robbing it on his second visit.   Photos submitted by HCSO Both times, the suspect’s image was captured on store security camera, as was a dark-colored sedan he had...

Residents in Kyle who have symptoms of COVID-19 may be eligible for a test to confirm or dispel their suspicious, and in most cases, that comes at no cost. Austin Regional Clinic’s Kyle location at the corner of Kohlers Crossing and Evertt Street is one of five drive-through test site locations ARC ...

Discolored water from wells near the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline is causing distress. Test results on the water, taken where the pipeline is about to cross the Blanco River, are expected soon from a Lower Colorado River Authority laboratory. Once the results are received, David Baker of t...

Sahar Chmais   The Still Budaful Stimulus Program will bring monetary relief of $485,000 to businesses in Buda that have suffered due to COVID-19.   On Tuesday night, city council members approved these expenditures and praised the relief this stimulus package will bring to businesses and employees....