Buda Bits by SANDRA GRIZZLE Main Street Café will be opening soon under new management. A lot of work has been going on in the brick building that was once the post office for Buda. More to come on this new downtown business. ••• The new owner of the old post office building in downtown Buda is look...

On Center by BRENDA STEWART Today starts the beginning of my favorite season and it was great to lose the chaos of the August calendar and flip the page to my as-of-yet uncluttered month of September. So far, it looks like our last movie of the 2010 Summer Series will take place this Friday, the 3rd...

Odds & Ends by MYRTLE HEIDEMAN A few sprinkles on the wind shield indicates there is moisture in the air, but I know that the cotton farmers would just as soon have a couple of weeks of dry weather. The fields that have been defoliated look like fields of snow and the farmers are busy with the harve...

It’s About Thyme by CHRIS WINSLOW I am sure readers have been enjoying the nice chill that’s been lingering in the air during some of our recent mornings. This is a month of transition,  as we move from the doldrums of summer into what can be one of the busiest seasons for central Texas gardeners. S...

This Week in Texas History by BARTEE HAILE Howard Hughes obsessively tinkered with the “Silver Bullet” on Sept. 7, 1935 in secret preparation for the plane’s Friday the 13th maiden flight. It was love at first flight for the lanky Texan, who took his first airplane ride at 14 with his father.  Upon ...

Check it out by CONNIE BROOKS The awards program for Buda Library’s summer reading club, this year called “Catch the Reading Express,” was held Aug. 12 with an auditorium full of children and their families. Over 300 readers completed the program and received certificates for their participation. Ch...

STAFF REPORT The Rainwater Revival today announced the speaker and live music line-up for this outdoor festival created to celebrate the timeless conservation practice of rainwater collection. Professionals and enthusiasts will converge in Dripping Springs, Texas on Saturday, Oct. 9 to learn from ra...

John Edward “Santa” Tobey, 67, of Driftwood suddenly passed away on Monday August 16, 2010. Wife, Betsy, two sons, Matthew and Scott and two sisters, Joanne Tobey Donn and Sue Tobey White, along with many other relatives, survive him. Born in 1943, Johnny served in the National Guard during the Viet...

Patrick Lowell Fleming, 70, of Kyle died Sunday, August 29, 2010. He is survived by wife Rosalee. Services will be private.

A snapshot of banks operating in Hays County, ranked by total deposits and market share based on annual filings with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. BUDA Broadway National Headquarters: Texas Local Deposits: $15,010,000 Market Share: 32.7 percent JPMorgan Chase Headquarters: Ohio Local Deposits:...