Two A's and one C are the grades three Hays County school districts received as part of the Texas Education Agency's (TEA) A-F academic accountability rating system, which was unveiled Wednesday. While Dripping Springs and Wimberley both earned top marks, struggles in several areas led Hays CISD to ...

Preparations for the 2018 football season officially got underway for the Dripping Springs Tigers Monday as they kick started the preseason practice schedule. Dripping Springs is among several Austin area schools that took part in spring practices earlier this year, requiring the team to start a wee...

A Lakeway man was arrested Aug. 7 after authorities accuse him of going online to solicit sexual favors from minors in the Dripping Springs area. Luann Fabric Campos Leao Hida, 24, of Lakeway, was booked into the Hays County Jail on two charges of online solicitation of a minor, both third-degree fe...

Raise your voice with the Wimberley Chorus Calling all singers! The Wimbrley Chorus is recruiting vocalists for the upcoming fall and Christmas season and you could be the person they’re looking for. The Wimberley Chorus invites singers to join in fall rehearsals on Sept. 10 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at...

Hays County school districts, like many across the state, are struggling to provide improvements and services without the sale of bonds. However, a lack of state funding, along with a heavy reliance on property tax revenue, is limiting funds and creating problems. According to an April 2018 report b...

Photo by Nicholas Morris An excited cowgirl gets a little help from a family member as she readies for a ride on the mechanical bull during this weekend’s Dripping Springs Fair and Rodeo. Thousands poured into Dripping Springs Ranch Park July 27-29 for the 7th annual Dripping Springs Rodeo, which fe...

On July 23, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved Superintendent Bruce Gearing’s recommendation of Katharine Muller as the district’s new Director of Special Services. Muller has been an educational specialist at Region 13 Educational Service Center since 2014. The DSISD Special Servic...

Six candidates have been selected to be interviewed by Dripping Springs ISD’s Board of Trustees later this month as they seek to fill a vacancy on the dais. On July 23, the DSISD board selected Kim Cousins, Joanna Day, Brent Gibbs, Marisa Grijalva, Andrew Hutton, and Kara Mayfield as possible succes...

Writers Group at Kyle Library The Kyle Library Writers Group currently meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Library. This month’s meetings are Aug. 1 and Aug. 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and writers utilizes a workshop format where members share manuscripts and exchange feedback. F...

Dripping Springs ISD’s annual enrollment verification process for all students begins July 28. Parents will receive a reminder email with log-in information a few days before the enrollment verification window opens. Family Access logins are used to begin this process; those who don’t have a login o...