By Brittany Anderson Animal shelters in and around Hays County are in dire need of help. Three shelters in Hays County are participating in Clear the Shelters, an adoption and donation campaign that strives to find forever homes for animals in shelters across the nation. KXAN in Austin is spearheadi...

Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- A 35-year-old Hays County man was arrested for continuous sexual abuse of a child — a first-degree felony offense. The Hays County Sheriff's Office responded to the report on Sunday, Aug. 22, and Andrew Alan Brown was identified as the suspect in the case. Patrol deputies...

This post was edited on Sunday, Aug. 29.  Staff Report A Pflugerville man was arrested on Wednesday, Aug. 25, on a capital murder charge related to the death of 16-year-old Donavin Sepulveda in Kyle in November 2020. Olegario “Moses” Eliseo Ochoa, 31, was taken into custody without incident and book...

By Sahar Chmais Hays County commissioners will allocate up to $5 million of American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to create a Public Defender’s Office (PDO). After a long debate on whether ARP funds are viable to use on a PDO in Hays County, the allocation passed unanimously. The creation of a PDO has be...

Preston Alford (22) gets a block and pulls away from the pursuit by New Braunfels in a scrimmage game last Friday evening against the visiting Unicorns. The Tigers open their season on the road against Kerrville Tivy on Friday, August 27, at 7:30 pm.

By Megan Wehring   Hays CISD pay raises and teacher allocations will be up for a vote next week.   Trustees will consider an amended compensation plan and the hiring of additional teachers for the 2021-2022 school year at Monday’s meeting.   The board will look at increasing the substitute rates and...

AUSTIN – Harrell Funeral Home has acquired Putnam Funeral Home & Crematory in Kingsland and Bertram, and Cremation Advocates by Putnam in Marble Falls.   “The decision to retire required that I find a successor with a love for people and a passion for service,” said Chris Putnam, former owner of Put...

Businesses in Kyle were chosen for special awards and announced this week. Small Business of the Year went to Kyle Flower Shop , Medium Business of the Year was awarded to Hands on Healing Spa & Boutique , and CommuniCare Health Centers was named Large Business of the Year. Allen Wilks Deaver was na...

By Bartee Haile Debs Garms went two for four on Aug. 25, 1940 in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ win over the Boston Bees and raised his league-leading batting average to a lofty .378. Garms was born in 1907 in the West Texas hamlet of Bangs a few miles west of Brownwood and named for his parents’ socialist...

Tiger Tennis is 2-0 after a close win over Wimberley. Tiger’s sophomore Zara Watts returns a serve during the match against the visiting Texans last Friday. Dripping Springs will host Buda Johnson on September 2 and Kyle Lehman on September 9, both matches start at 4 p.m. at DSHS tennis courts. ...