Sports, Wimberley Texans
By Wayland D. Clark 
August 16, 2023
Last year’s sophomore quarterback Cody Stoever helped lead the Wimberley Texans to AT&T Stadium for the State Championship, but it was a short and somber celebration after a 42-0 loss to Carthage (16-0) as Wimberley (15-1) held up the UIL State Football Championship Runner-up trophy in Class 4A Divi...
Dripping Springs Tigers, Sports, Wimberley Texans
By Wayland D. Clark 
July 12, 2023
The University Interscholastic League announced the six winners of the 2022-23 UIL Lone Star Cup presented by Texas Farm Bureau Insurance on Friday. In Class 6A, Conroe The Woodlands took home the conference title. The top 25 schools are recognized and in its first year in Class 6A, Dripping Springs...
Dripping Springs Tigers, Sports, Wimberley Texans
By Wayland D. Clark 
June 14, 2023
DRIPPING SPRINGS — The 23rd North versus South Austin Area All-Star Game was tied 8-8 when the South team scored 5 runs in the top of the eighth inning. Dripping Springs’ Jordan Cox came in to pitch in the bottom of the frame and held the home run hitting North team scoreless, so the game remained t...
Hays County, Hays Hawks, Johnson Jaguars, ...
By Wayland D. Clark 
June 14, 2023
Sports, Wimberley Texans
By Staff Report 
May 31, 2023
Wimberley’s golf team finished in fourth place with 309 points, just missing a third place medal (308 points) at the UIL Boys State Golf Tournament at Legends Golf Course.
Dripping Springs Tigers, Sports
By Wayland D. Clark 
May 31, 2023
DRIPPING SPRINGS — The most talented softball high school seniors in the Central Texas area will compete in the 23rd Annual Austin Area All-Star Game, which will be played at the Dripping Springs ISD softball field at 7 p.m. on June 7. The game will feature a North versus South team line-up with the...
Buda, Community, Johnson Jaguars, ...
By Natalie Frels 
May 31, 2023
BUDA — City of Buda residents were invited to take part in meetings held on the Old Black Colony Water Tank project — a proposal to construct a new elevated water storage tank on property associated with Whispering Hollow Park. Two meetings were held — one virtual and one in-person — on Thursday, Ma...
Dripping Springs Tigers
By Wayland D. Clark 
May 24, 2023
DRIPPING SPRING S — Dripping Springs’ head softball coach Wade Womack and Johnson’s head coach Katy Snell shared Coach of the Year honors. Seniors Taylor Anderson, shortstop, earned Most Valuable Player and Jordan Cox was named Pitcher of the Year. Anderson, the MVP, led the team in scoring 59 runs ...
Sports, Wimberley Texans
By Staff Report 
May 17, 2023
AUSTIN — On Thursday, May 11, Wimberley High School seniors Emily Thames and Gabriel Wray closed out their record-setting track and field careers by winning gold medals at the UIL State meet in Austin. Wray later added a bronze medal in triple jump, which is his third state horizontal jumps medal in...
Breaking News, Hays County, Kyle, ...
By Staff Report 
September 24, 2024
SAN MARCOS - Manuel Balderas, 49, of Kyle was sentenced to 40 years in prison by a jury on Sept. 24, for multiple counts of sexual assault, continuous...
Buda, Community, Dripping Springs, ...
The 2024 General Election is Nov. 5. Barton Publications reached out to local candidates to answer questions about their races. Not all returned the questionnaire.
By Staff Report 
October 16, 2024
CANDIDATES FOR HAYS COUNTY SHERIFF Anthony Hipolito (R) What is the number one crime-related issue that needs an immediate plan of action from the nex...
Breaking News, Hays County, Kyle, ...
By Staff Report 
September 13, 2024
KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office has detained and charged two additional sixth grade students from Hays CISD for creating or contributing to s...
Breaking News, Buda, Hays County, ...
By Staff Report 
September 12, 2024
KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office has detained a sixth grade Hays CISD student for locally contributing to the spread of social media school sh...
Breaking News, Education, Hays County, ...
By Staff Report 
September 18, 2024
Hays CISD Chief of Communication Officer Tim Savoy stated that two arrests have been made for two separate threats made by Johnson High School student...