Letters from Linden by JACK LINDEN "Tax Day” has come and gone but we have seen a lot of crowds, some very small and some fairly large, gather in the commons to protest big government and big taxes. I found it rather amusing that they gathered at “the commons” to protest the government, as they see ...

More photos from the Wiener Dog Races along with other photos published in the Hays Free Press are available for viewing and purchase here . Look for the photo album "Wiener Dog Races."

Young-at-Large by JOHN YOUNG “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... won’t get fooled again.” – George W. Bush So many times they fooled us – so many times that the Bush library in Dallas could have a wing devoted just to deceit. Then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once told a questioner “we know...

by Sean Claes Last year’s Front Porch Days featured music, games and of course, watermelon. This year’s festival is set for May 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Photo by Jay West) Special to the Hays Free Press For the ninth year running, Kyle’s Plum Creek neighborhood is getting ready to celebrate with i...

by JEN BIUNDO Clyde and Janet Gooding dance to local Mountain City band Island Texas at last year’s Fire and Ice Festival. (Photo by Stephanie Jamail) Before there was a Buda, and before there was a Kyle, there was a Mountain City. And like any self-respecting pioneer town, Mountain City had its own...

by SEAN KIMMONS CORBLEY Kyle police arrested the parents of a local child on April 13 for allegedly injuring their two-month-old baby in June 2009, authorities say. Donald Corbley, 28, and Brenda Rodriguez, 34, were nabbed at their home in the 100 block of Spring Branch Cove in Kyle on active felony...

by SEAN KIMMONS BLAKE The city of Kyle inched closer to construction of a new police station last week after city councilmembers approved a $35,000 needs assessment to help envision and develop a projected $5 million station to be built in the future . Brinkley-Sargent Architects, Inc., of Austin, w...

STAFF REPORT Local investigators busted a plane at the San Marcos Airport loaded with 850 pounds of marijuana stuffed into 16 large duffle bags, police say. The Hays County Narcotics Task Force, staffed with officers from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and San Marcos Police Department, conducted a...

STAFF REPORTS A Hays County Sheriff’s Office deputy veered off the road and crashed his patrol car while responding to a vehicle collision early Friday morning in Driftwood, authorities say. Deputy Troy Mayes lost control along the 24000 block of Ranch Road 12 and received minor lacerations in the c...

STAFF REPORTS A 41-year-old man was arrested on identity theft and other charges after the Hays County Sheriff’s Office responded to a case of credit card fraud at Cabela’s in Buda on April 19, investigators say. A deputy stopped Troy Jay Bird driving a green Ford F-250 truck, towing a white trailer...