Staff Report SAN MARCOS -- A 20-year-old fentanyl distributor was arrested in San Marcos. On Friday, September 2, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the San Marcos Police Department executed a search warrant at a residence for a man suspected of supplying fentanyl pills to members of the community. After w...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Kyle Police Department, and Hays County Sheriff’s Office held a joint press conference on Thursday, Sept. 8, at 3 p.m. at Kyle City Hall to announce the latest efforts to address the recent uptick in overdoses in Hays County. View the Hays Free Press' v...

Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright the following  email to parents on the evening of Wednesday, Sept. 7, to address an autopsy that came back from a student death earlier in July showing fentanyl as the cause of death and additional fentanyl-related incidents. Dear Hays CISD Family, I have som...

HAYS COUNTY -- A Hays County contractor will implement a single-lane closure on Yarrington Rd. east of I-35 to perform open-cut drainage work beginning Thursday, Sept. 8, and ending Friday, Sept. 9, weather permitting. This work will be performed with flaggers to ensure traffic in both directions is...

By Brittany Anderson HAYS COUNTY — Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in Central Texas — and Hays County is diverting funds to provide free or low-cost breast cancer screenings to help combat this.   During its Aug. 2 regular meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court unanimously approve...

By Megan Wehring   HAYS COUNTY – Amid staffing issues, Hays County entered an agreement to house overflow inmates.   With a 4-1 vote on Aug. 16, the Hays County commissioners court approved an Intergovernmental Inmate Housing Agreement between Hays County, Haskell County, and LaSalle Corrections Wes...

By Amira Van Leeuwen KYLE —Kyle City Hall was buzzing with excitement on Thursday, Aug. 25, in anticipation of city council unanimously approving the city’s new $212.6 million budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. Colorful balloons were spread across the upstairs floor of City Hall. City employees fille...

By Brittany Anderson KYLE —   Fentanyl is not just a “big city” problem — and with the drug causing the death of three local students in the span of a month, it is evident that there is a crisis right here in our community.   Various Hays CISD officials, along with local law enforcement and first re...

What is News Flash? Every week, the Barton Publications team highlights some of the stories featured in the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch while also including information about the events that the residents of Hays County can attend that upcoming weekend. Check out the Aug. 24 episode here: Make...

Staff edit: Texas State University is not holding classes virtually for two weeks, as a prior photo caption stated. This was in reference to COVID-19 earlier this year, not Monkeypox.  Staff Report SAN MARCOS -- An individual in the Texas State University community has tested positive for Monkeypox....