A piece of old downtown Buda has been lost. The long brick building behind the old Garison Filling Station at 122 N. Main Street collapsed during the afternoon of Nov. 5. No one was injured; however the collapse spilled brick and other debris, forcing the closure of a portion of Main and Live Oak st...

After months of culling nominations and receiving input from you, our readers, we at the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch are proud to announce our winners for our Citizens of the Year campaign. The premise of our campaign was to find those who make an impact across various categories in our commun...

Your vote counts, but your words count even more. The Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch have received nominations of more than 60 people in the Buda, Dripping Springs and Kyle areas that have gone above and beyond to benefit the institutions they care about most. We are asking for input from our rea...

oAnn Sadler couldn’t help but smile as she and about 25 others completed a bungee cord exercise at the Onion Creek Senior Citizens activity center. Sure, the workout itself was strenuous at times. But for Sadler, the exercise she and many others came to take in was well worth it. Such is the goal of...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Residents and guests packed into the city hall in Mountain City Monday evening to hear more about the proposed interlocal agreement with the city of Kyle and Hays County involving a transfer of extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).  Emotions ran high because the deal, as written by ...

W elcome to 2015. Just 14 days into the New Year, are you keeping your New Year’s resolutions? Are we ready for a new year and all the changes that are sure to come to our area, with new homes, more businesses and, yes, more traffic? With the purchase of the Jardine property on Main Street, a new ci...

By Kim Hilsenbeck The so-called official start of the holiday shopping season is typically Black Friday. But a new trend is making its way into the vernacular of American shoppers: Small Business Saturday. Started by credit card company American Express, the movement was a way to promote local retai...

By Sandra Grizzle The Buda Masonic Lodge #800 cordially invites the public to attend the presentation of the Golden Trowel award to Brother Preston Schultz on Friday, May 23, 7 p.m. at Buda City Hall. The Golden Trowel Award is the highest honor given to a Brother Mason for his consistent, outstandi...

Thank you to the Buda Lions Club for bringing out town another great weekend of County Fair & Weiner Dog Races. The non-profit organizations that participated in the two-day event were helped financially and the folks who attended the activities had a good time. Since 1975, the Buda Lions Club have ...

By Sandra Grizzle T he month of May is Older American Act celebration month and the Area on Aging would like to celebrate with the seniors in Buda by presenting a program on Wednesday, May 21, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Onion Creek Senior Center. Karen Abrams, who performs at the Kerrville Mus...