Voters still have time to cast a ballot before early voting in the May 22 primary runoff officially comes to a close Friday. In the Dripping Springs area, voters will decide who will take the Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4 Republican Primary. Robert Avera, a former firefighter, will go up against mili...

Guest Column - Rick Jensen Years ago, a propaganda film entitled “Reefer Madness” depicted first-time cannabis smokers turning into instant maniacs, hallucinating, killing and raping after just a couple of puffs. It has become known as a grand parody, though that was not the intent. Please welcome t...

An area woman suffered critical injuries Saturday after she lost control of her motorcycle and crashed near the FM 967 and FM 1626 intersection near Buda. Kimberley Bennett, of Kyle, was listed as the casualtyin the incident, according to a Buda Police Department accident report. Authorities were di...

C olor me happy in vivid chartreuse, indigo and reds. We saw painted buntings return to our big boulders birdbath on April 23. eBird.org (with an app) stores my bird sightings. A quick eBird check shows my first reported painted bunting in 2016 and 2017 was April 25. It’s fun. It’s free. It’s amazin...

I notice the black-capped vireo was recently removed from the endangered species list by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. I am hopeful this is a sign the bird is on its way to better days. Black-capped Vireo There were only 350 adult birds in the wild back in 1987, when this vireo was declared to...

by Brandon Pendleton, HCWC Prevention Education Coordinator “Don’t take ‘no’ for an answer!” “If you want something, go out and get it. Don’t let anything get in your way.” Communication around sex isn’t always easy, but it is necessary. We have to be willing to talk about the things that we are com...

The Central Texas Lobos were minutes away from taking the first win of the season, but a late goal from the University of Houston Cougars tied the game 1-1 at Gregg-Clarke Park. This was a friendly preseason game for the Lobos, as they head into the regular season in the Gulf Coast Premiere League M...

A 15-plus hour weather delay was worth the wait for the Hays Rebel softball team to shake its extra inning demons Saturday. “Considering the extra inning games before, where we lost, this one was really big for all of us,” said Rebel senior Illyana Cisneros. “It (the game) was fun, but we needed tha...

by Cari Borremans The #MeToo movement has become a common talking point in our culture, media, and perhaps even our households. Talking to your children about it, however, may seem a daunting task. Think back to when (or if) your parents talked to you about sex. Each day 185 children in Texas will b...

The Dripping Springs Lady Tigers blasted the Seguin Matadors 5-0 at Tiger Stadium March 29. It was an early start for the Tigers when they took a 2-0 lead at the end of the first inning. The Tigers got on the board first when a base hit scored Dripping Springs’ Camille Corona. After a pitching error...