The Dripping Springs ISD will hold elections for two at-large positions on its board of trustees May 2. Early voting will take place April 20-28. Up for election are the seats currently held by Barbara Stroud and Ron Jones. For more information, and to obtain candidate filings, visit dsisd.tx. Wimbe...

Staff Report At the past two Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees meetings (November and December), presentations were made regarding the schematic designs for two projects from the 2018 bond program: the Walnut Springs Elementary relocation to the Dripping Springs Middle School site and construct...

Staff Report Want to make a real difference in the lives of local elderly? The Friends Foundation is in dire need of volunteer drivers to deliver meals for Our Daily Bread, a program providing meals to the elderly in the Greater Dripping Springs Area. This program is currently providing meals to abo...

Staff Report Rob Shelton Blvd. will be closed to through traffic to and from Founders Park Road, which began after Christmas. The temporary closure is due to construction of a new driveway to Founders Park Pool and the Pound House. Traffic control and detours signs were put in place with closures an...

A suspect has been arrested in the Christmas Day robbery of the Corner Store in Dripping Springs. John Robert Garrison, 39, of Wimberley was arrested without incident Jan. 7 at a hotel in North Austin by the Austin Police Department Robbery Unit and agents from the Lonestar Fugitive Task Force. Garr...

The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Jamie Saucedo a Hispanic male 50 years of age approximately 5’8” tall and 200 pounds. Jamie Saucedo has active warrants out for his arrest for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon-Family Violence and Violation of a Protective Order. The warran...

Traffic signals at FM 1626 and FM 967 will be set to flash red tonight, beginning at 9 a.m. and expecting to last until 5 a.m., as a “traffic signal cabinet” will be moved into position. Law enforcement will be working the intersection to ensure the safety of all. The message was sent from the offic...

The  Kyle Police Department is investigating the death of an adult male 1100 block of N. Old Highway 81. No additional information is available at this time. We will send out updates when they become available. --City of Kyle press release

Submitted Report For the second consecutive year, Sycamore Springs Elementary, part of the Dripping Springs ISD, has been recognized as a CREST – Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas – by the Texas School Counselor Association (TSCA). The organization honors school counseling prog...

A Dripping Springs family’s discoveries through a DNA kit that was told in the News-Dispatch last year resulted in a planned meeting between musician Jim Luketich and the now 90-year-old biological father he had never met – who is also a musician. But three days before Luketich was scheduled to fly ...