By Chase Rogers DRIPPING SPRINGS – The Dripping Springs City Council unanimously voted, 6-0, to appoint Laura Mueller city attorney during   the Jan. 21 regular meeting. Mueller is the first full-time attorney in the city’s history. She served as a contracted attorney with the city for several years...

A select group of students at Dripping Springs ISD’s Sycamore Springs Middle School who are members of the Kids for Character group recently learned about conflict resolution, respecting classmates, and how to lead positive conversations. with an initiative titled “Stick up for Peace.” They gave pre...

AUSTIN - The Texas Governor’s Commission for Women is now accepting nominations for the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame. Nominations are open to any native or current residents of Texas, living or deceased, who have made significant contributions that have benefited the state of Texas. “The Texas Women’s...

Hays County has gone a long ways toward populating its Complete Count Committee but still needs representatives from some segments of the community. The county announced and began staffing the committee last fall and has also dedicated $50,000 towards the 2020 Census. Areas of the county have been d...

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation is reminding football fans to “Plan While You Can” for a sober ride before enjoying game day watch parties and other activities that may include alcohol. “Super Bowl weekend is an especially dangerous time for drunk driving crashes,” said TxDOT Executi...

By Anita Miller The Hays County Commissioners Court took what is being called a “huge” step in the journey towards lowering the jail population last week when they created a Magistrate Division that would serve both district courts and county courts-at-law. Funds for the division were set aside duri...

The Dripping Springs High School Fine Arts Department brought the production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes to Dripping Springs. The directing team of Rachael Koske, Cole Rickman, and Campbell Duncan lead a cast and crew of more than 80 students, including amazing student choreographers, designers, ...

Super Bowl weekend is a good time to take a look at the Souper Bowl of Caring, a national movement encouraging food and fund drives. With more than 25,000 Hays County residents considered food insecure, local participation by residents at local H-E-B stores and through their own fundraising means fo...

Staff Reports No, your Social Security number has not been suspended. As incredible as that idea even sounds, people across Texas and the nation have been told that in recent months, along with equally suspicious statements and request. It’s all part of what the Social Security Administration (SSA) ...

By Anita Miller A lawsuit alleging Kinder Morgan has violated the Endangered Species Act with its approach to building a natural gas pipeline through the heart of the Texas Hill Country just got another plaintiff. The Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously on Tuesday to join the suit, whi...