Longtime area resident and current Pct. 4 Commissioner Ray Whisenant couldn’t help but smile Friday when he and many Dripping Springs High alumni were honored for their on-the-field success. After all, it was 50 years ago this season that Whisenant and 22 of his teammates helped the Dripping Springs...

Veterans Day Parade Starting at 9 a.m. Nov. 10, the Buda VFW Post 12161, in conjunction with the Buda Area Chamber of Commerce, is hosting the city’s inaugural Veterans Day parade, which will go down Main Street in the downtown area. Citizens, businesses and community organizations are invited to pa...

Below are links to all of the Nov. 6 General Election races the  Hays Free Press  and News-Dispatch  is covering. Follow along as result come in throughout the night. Hays County Judge  Hays County Commissioner  Hays County Justice of the Peace  Kyle City Council, Place 5 

A live bat found at Sycamore Springs Elementary in Dripping Springs late last month tested positive for rabies, according to a Hays County Sheriff's Office press release. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. Oct. 26 when authorities were dispatched to the campus for a live bat call. The animal was di...

For close to 80 years, generations of Liza Nevarez’ family has called Dripping Springs home. But living in a deteriorating residence deemed unsafe by officials led Nevarez to worry about what her next move could be. Through the help of a nonprofit organization, Nevarez and her family will be receivi...

D.S. native pleads guilty to improper relationship with student A Dripping Springs native arrested in 2017 for improper relationship with an underage student has pled guilty in Caldwell County. Sarah Madden Fowlkes, 28, pled guilty on one charge of improper relationship between an educator and a stu...

(Map courtesy Kinder Morgan) A proposed $2 billion, 430-mile pipeline that would funnel natural gas from the Texas Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast is expected to cut through Hays County. In September, Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline (KMTP), LLC, a multi-million dollar Houston-based energy infrastructur...

More than a dozen members of the Dripping Springs Lady Tigers varsity basketball team took to the gulf coast last week to help their fellow Texans rebuild after Hurricane Harvey. The group, comprising of more than 12 girls and three coaches, went to Rockport to help rebuild homes destroyed by the st...

Seton health fair Health screenings, medical demonstrations, wellness education and more will be offered at the Seton Hays Community Health Fair, which goes from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Seton Medical Center Hays. EMS, fire and police vehicles will be onsite for exploration. Kyle Founders Day P...

Don’t want to watch the University of Texas vs OU game tomorrow? Then celebrate water! The 20th anniversary celebration of the Water Quality Protection Lands is being held just west of Buda on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guided hikes will begin around 10 a.m. Food, CaveSim exploration and live m...