KYLE — Kyle City Council members spent nearly three hours discussing and advocating for what each individual believed the community amenity project should be prior to voting to approve a new project proposal. Over the past several fiscal years, council has identified community needs for a Sportsplex...

More than 50 seniors participated in the 24th Annual Greater Austin Area All Star Softball Game on June 5. In the end, the South All Star team won 2-0. The South selection committee chose Tigers Isabella Martinez (No. 30) and Haiden Anderson (No. 28) to represent Dripping Springs High School at the ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs ISD hosted leaders, administrators and safety personnel from Hays CISD and Wimberley ISD on June 3-4 for reunification training, conducted by The “I Love U Guys” Foundation in the Center for Learning & Leadership. The two-day training covered the Standard Response...

KYLE — Kyle City Council discussed the potential rezoning of land off of FM 150 and IH-35 at length during the June 4 meeting and, ultimately, approved the item on the first out of two readings. According to Jason Lutz, planning manager, this is a planned unit development zoning change to allow the ...

BUDA — U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran Howard Southwell has witnessed a lot of history in his lifetime, but now, he is creating his own by turning 100. Born in Austin in 1924, Howard described his childhood just like everyone else’s. The oldest child in his family, he explained that they woke up, ate br...

SAN MARCOS — It’s said creativity is thinking up new things, but innovation is doing new things. Students at Texas State University have been engaging in a dual pursuit, fostering their ideas and visions with the aim of sparking innovation. Over the past six years, a handful of these students have t...

The instant Robert Ervin Howard learned his comatose mother was not long for this world, the fantasy writer decided Jun. 11, 1936 would be his last day on earth. Bob Howard was born in 1906 at Peaster but left the wide-spot-in-the-road while still in diapers. His father, a footloose country doctor, ...

On this Friday morning, as I listen to the pouring of rain and thunder rumbling in the distance, I am celebrating my birthday by writing a new column about an old subject. Me! Yep, I officially chalked up another trip around the sun, and this coming year is bound to be another wild ride. Oh, I’m not...

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HAYS COUNTY — A local aquifer that provides drinking water to millions of people across Central Texas could be at risk, according to a recent report by the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance (GEAA). The GEAA released a new report, “A Review of the Impacts of Senate Bill 2038 on Land Use and Water Supp...