Setter Vikki Smith and her Lehman teammates will head to the Seguin Tournament this weekend. (Photo by Judy Cooper) by MARK CAUL There’s no place like home; there’s no place like home. That could easily be the mantra of the Lehman volleyball team. At this point you almost expect to hear their heels ...

Courtesy photo Hays High School junior basketball player Brady Duncum traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii this summer where he played in the King Kahmehameha Classic Basketball Tournament. Duncum was invited to participate by Elite Sports Inc., and was coached in the tournament by Texas Wesleyan University...

by JASON GORDON After two days of Fraulein frustration, the Hays volleyball team finally came up big on Saturday. The Lady Rebels, who won only one game on Thursday and Friday combined, reeled off two straight victories in New Braunfels at the Fraulein Volleyfest on Saturday and were named one of th...

Brazilian exchange student Mariana Filipi has adjusted quickly to life at Lehman High and is one of the team’s top volleyball players this season. (Photo by Judy Cooper) by MARK CAUL For Lehman High senior outside hitter Mariana Filipi, shifting to a different style of volleyball is something she ha...

Young-at-Large by JOHN YOUNG When I read about bicyclists going out for a night ride in nothing but their underthings, it did not occur initially to me that the United Nations was behind it. That was before Dan Maes, the Republican nominee for governor of Colorado, convinced me it was so. Forces of ...

EDITORIAL With the start of the fall school semester, Hays CISD staff members are trying to make sure students have the correct schedules, keep the flow going, get everyone to school on time. It’s a massive job. The student count for the first day of school at Hays CISD was 14,755. That’s an increas...

I wish I were fluent, but I’m not.  There is no way I can adequately thank all the wonderful people who have befriended us. We lived in Abilene for 13 long years.  We knew our neighbors on either side and were close to one couple from adjoining Tye. I wanted to move to a small town, make friends and...

Kyle City Limits by BRENDA STEWART It’s getting harder and harder to find something nice to say about this gubernatorial race, so I guess I’ll bow to my southern roots and not say anything about it at all. Just for today. I can’t make any promises about tomorrow. Ironically, the single nice thing I ...

by JEN BIUNDO Nearly seven years ago, one cold November night in downtown Austin’s warehouse district, a funny-looking guy in a bow tie and a bowler hat uttered one line that would change my life forever: “So, you wanna write some stories for my newspaper?” As you can probably guess, I said yes. My ...

Capital Highlights by ED STERLING Gov. Rick Perry on Aug. 19 called for lawmakers to enact tougher penalties for the crime of human trafficking in Texas. Lawmakers will meet next when the 82nd Texas Legislature convenes at noon on Jan. 11, but more pressing is Election Day, Nov. 2, only two months a...