DRIPPING SPRINGS – Rob Shelton will be closed to through traffic to and from Founders Park Road, beginning soon 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 will be put in place this week ...

By Anita Miller The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has some facts and figures for those who expect to be seeking a new job in 2020. The TWC has released a list of top careers broken down by educational level and expected earnings detailed for the nine-county Rural Capital Area. The region’s five f...

With the exception of Mountain City, all of Hays County’s taxing municipalities are ending the year on a positive note when it comes to the percentage of sales taxes allocated from the office of the State Comptroller. The year’s final allocations were delivered this week, revealing how much ground w...

No matter their political party, Hays County voters will be facing several choice in the Democratic and Republican primary elections May 3. Hays County Sheriff There’s a race in both parties for sheriff, where incumbent Republican Gary Cutler will face challenger David Graham of Dripping Springs. On...

Staff Reports Kyle resident Andrew Martinez, 24, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 45 years in prison by a Hays County jury last week. Andrew Martinez Martinez fatally shot Jacob Lambert, 19 in the Waterleaf subdivision on Sept. 14, 2014, when a drug deal went wrong. District Attorney Wes Mau...

By virtue of an 11th hour appeal, Lehman High will be going down the 5A ranks. On Tuesday, Hays CISD Superintendent Eric Wright informed district leaders Lehman High athletics will drop a level of classification based on a successful appeal filed last week. As a result, Lehman sports will compete in...

People and their activities cause more than 90 percent of wildfires in Texas. This holiday season, Texas A&M Forest Service urges everyone to be careful when participating in seasonal activities that could start a wildfire or house fire. One spark can ruin a holiday. “Across the country, the most ho...

The rabid raccoon discovered in a front yard in Dripping Springs the week of Thanksgiving   was just one of 25 animals with the disease found in the county so far this year. According to a report from the State Department of Health Services, so far this year, 21 bats, one skunk and three “others” fr...

A Presbyterian youth camp along the Blanco River that was damaged in the floods of 2015 has launched a fundraising drive inspired by a pledge from an anonymous donor to match all donations up to $400,000 that come in by the end of next year. “Light the Match,” as the campaign is being called, would ...

By Anita Miller A Kyle resident is among six people arrested in San Marcos Tuesday in connection with the death of Kevin Yankovoy of Wimberley. Angelo Quihuiz, 18, of Kyle is charged with capital murder by terroristic threat/other felony. John Coronado, 18, of San Marcos faces the same charge. Three...