By Sahar Chmais After a year of suspended jury trials due to COVID-19, Hays County District Courts will resume jury trials on June 7 and County Courts at Law will resume July 6. With people returning to the court stands, new health precautions will be put in place. “It is important that we ensure th...

By Sahar Chmais Valentina’s BBQ, an Austin-based food truck, will leave the city to make Buda its new home in a 6,000 square-foot brick and mortar restaurant. In light of this venture, the Buda City Council approved a $228,000 budget amendment incentive to the incoming business, which will bring tax...

By Sahar Chmais Rent assistance for Hays County residents is in the works as the eviction moratorium ends on June 30. An eviction moratorium was established after the pandemic was declared, postponing evictions. Hays County received nearly $7,000,000 from the U.S. Treasury Department for the Emergen...

Staff Report A fatal car crash led to the death of two Hays County residents on May 11 in Williamson County. Names of the deceased were released over the weekend. Larry Davis, a 27-year-old Kyle resident was driving with passenger August Holland, a 46-year-old Buda resident, when the incident occurr...

By Sahar Chmais Nascar fans could get their fix Saturday as the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) race track opened for the first time since COVID restrictions were put in place in 2020. This year, Al Niece, owner of Niece Motorsports and Niece equipment in Buda, had his team of four drivers race in Sa...

By Sahar Chmais After a year of lockdown and cancelled events, the city of Buda is bringing life back to its residents through a variety of occasions. Residents will get to reconnect, shop and enjoy the arts outdoors through planned activities in May, June and July. Here is a list of events coming t...

By Sahar Chmais A man evading arrest was seen tased by police officers in Buda, on FM 967 near the old Buda Elementary school lower campus. According to the Buda Police Department, the man was evading arrest from Travis County. He eventually went on foot and that is when the man was tased. He was ta...

The radio tower on FM 2770 (Jack C. Hays Trail) took mere seconds to be taken down after standing for more than 30 years. It took a few seconds for the tower in the 3500 block of Jack C. Hays Trail in Buda to fall from the sky. The radio tower has been in the location for more than 30 years. With th...

By Sahar Chmais  Buda residents gathered around 200 pounds of trash during the revived Buda Trash Off program.  Over 50 volunteers, adults and children, banded together to remove trash from Buda’s creeks and ponds to celebrate Earth Day. Unlike 2019,when 78 volunteers met at City Hall to get the eff...

By Sahar Chmais As the second-fastest growing county in the U.S., Hays County cannot keep up with the housing supply for its growing demand – only a lucky few are able to squeeze into the home lottery. Yes, buying a new home in Central Texas feels like winning the lottery. Even some of the most skil...