A recent leukemia diagnosis has forced Hays County’s top elected official to temporarily step off of the dais in order to begin treatment. Hays County Judge Bert Cobb announced at the end of Tuesday’s Commissioner’s Court meeting he had been “diagnosed with a lethal disease,” later identified as Leu...

A Corpus Christi man who is alleged to have sexually assaulted relatives for close to a decade now faces multiple child sexual assault charges in Hays and Nueces Counties. Salvador Jimenez, 40, was booked into the Hays County Jail July 25 on one count of sexual abuse of a child and two counts of ind...

Residents of Hays County met with K Friese employees during an open meeting at last week at Dripping Springs High School to voice their opinions and concerns as the FM 150 Character Plan nears completion. Residents spoke with various employees of K Friese on potential development in their area. K Fr...

It’s official. Hays County’s temporary burn ban has been extended to 90 days. The ban went into effect last week, but has some residents wondering why the county itself is engaging in prescribed burns. If private citizens are caught burning during the burn ban, the consequences are serious. Accordin...

Whether it’s flooding or fires or tornadoes – any kind of natural disasters – Hays County cities are coming together to put forth their updates on the 2017 Hazard Mitigation plan. The 2017 Hazard Mitigation Plan, or HMP, has been approved for public comments through July 26. Eleven incorporated citi...

Calls for a paper ballot election system continue from some Hays County residents, even as the county’s Election Equipment Advisory Committee recommended purchasing electronic equipment.  Disgruntled residents voiced their concerns June 27 regarding the committee’s recommendation to purchase the Har...

Nearly 80,000 people made up the Hispanic population in Hays County in 2016, which constituted a 41 percent rise since the 2010 Census. That figure, part of newly released Census Bureau estimates, followed the trend of a rapidly growing Hispanic population in Texas and the United States. Pauline Ant...

ith the Fourth of July holiday upcoming, Hays County Fire Marshal Clint Browning is asking residents to not only adhere to laws governing fireworks, but to remember about safety. Many cities in Hays County have laws prohibiting the use of fireworks. Dripping Springs prohibits the use of fireworks in...

By Samantha Smith While Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session Tuesday, a handful of bills authored by Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) passed through the Texas Legislature prior to the end of the regular session late last month. One of the primary pieces of legislation that affects the entire re...

D espite the fact that one in five Americans will be impacted by mental illness in their lifetime, Hays County residents are underserved when it comes to mental health resources. According to the Seton Medical Center’s 2016 Hays Community Health Needs Assessment, Hays County only has 86 providers pe...