Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- Benjamin Wilcox, 44, was sentenced to 90 years in prison for several counts: one count of Sexual Performance by a Child, three counts of possession of child pornography with intent to promote and eleven counts of possession of child pornography. Benjamin Wilcox. Photo cou...

(Editor's Note: This post was updated at 9:12 p.m. on July 18 to reflect that the burglary suspects were identified) Staff Report DRIPPING SPRINGS -- The suspects from the burglary that occurred at approximately 3:30 a.m. on July 18 near Creek Road and Highway 290 in Dripping Springs have been ident...

Staff Report SAN MARCOS -- An-Drew Stephen Jones, 26, was convicted and sentenced to 65 years in prison on July 15, 2022, for the 2019 murder of Nicholas White. On April 5, 2019, White, 22, was shot and killed in the Uptown Square Apartments parking lot in San Marcos,  where he lived at the time. Wi...

Staff Report  KYLE – Noe Raymundo Ibarra, 30, was arrested and charged with capital murder for the death of two men in Kyle. On July 12, at approximately 10:43 pm, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office dispatch received a call from a male subject who advised that he had shot two people. The call originat...

(Editor's Note: This post has been updated as of 11:40 a.m. on Saturday, July 9. As this is a developing story, we will continue to update the public as more information becomes available to us). By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – Fire crews and first responders from around the region helped battle...

Staff Report The Kyle Police Department has arrested Mark Anthony Briones, 32, of Kyle in connection to the death of a 7-month-old infant.   On Monday, June 20, the Kyle Police Department was called to Dell Children's Medical Center in Austin for a report of an infant being treated for life-threaten...

Staff Report BUDA - The Buda Police Department is investigating an attempted burglary that occurred early morning on June 1. On Wednesday at approximately 12:38 a.m., five male subjects were seen on video attempting to force entry into a residence in the Whispering Hollow subdivision of Buda.  At le...

Staff Report KYLE - The Kyle Police Department recently arrested 35-year-old Russell Kershaw in connection with the tire slashings that took place in the Woodlands and Cool Springs neighborhoods. Dispatch received the first call from Evening Star at 3:48 a.m. on Monday, May 16. Officers were dispatc...

(Editor's Note: This post was edited at 1:30 p.m. on May 13 to reflect that the homicide did not occur in Buda, rather it was outside of the Buda city limits). Staff Report HAYS COUNTY -- William Rojas, 25, was arrested and charged with murder related to the death of a 19-year-old male in Hays Count...

Staff Report KYLE -- Dazrine Chagoya-Williams, 24, convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole for the death of her infant son. Chagoya-Williams’ trial began on April 25, 2022. She was convicted of capital murder of a child under 10 years of age after the jury’s guilty verdict F...