AUSTIN — Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw announced in a letter to more than 11,000 officers on Friday, Aug. 23, that he plans on retiring after leading the agency for 15 years. “There is no more important responsibility in government than ensuring the safety and securi...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Nathan Nattin IV was arrested on Saturday, June 22 on several charges after SWAT was called to the 600 block of Terrace Canyon in Dripping Springs. At approximately 1:21pm, Hays County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a report of a suspicious person in the 600 block of...

DRIPPING SPRINGS -- A Hays County Sheriff's Office deputy, and at least one other person, was injured in a multiple vehicle accident that occurred in Dripping Springs Thursday morning. At approximately 8:16 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 30, Texas Department of Public Safety troopers responded to a multiple...

Van crashes through Buda backyards BUDA — A minivan crashed through the backyards of some residents who live in the Sunfield subdivision in Buda on Monday, Aug. 28. According to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office, the owner of the van had some service technicians pick up the van for service. Because t...

SAN MARCOS — In the early hours of July 20, 2018, the San Marcos Fire Department (SMFD) responded to calls of an ongoing fire at Iconic Village Apartments. Taking the lives of five young adults, injuring others and displacing over 200 more, the disastrous fire was deemed intentional, but law enforce...

AUSTIN — Kyle Police Department (KPD) Officer Matt Clark was sitting in the auditorium in Austin on March 29, waiting to see if he placed in the Texas Truck Challenge — a competition to demonstrate knowledge of commercial vehicle inspections. As they called out third, he began to feel nervous. Then ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — On Monday, Feb. 27 at approximately 9:20 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) troopers responded to a fatal crash involving a teen on McGregor Lane near Martin Road in Dripping Springs. The preliminary investigation indicates that a 2007 Toyota Highlander occupied by a 16...

Staff Report Jonathon Coco. Courtesy of Buda Police Department. Buda Animal Control officer Jonathon Coco, 25, and his brother Hunter Coco, 21, died June 20 in a vehicular accident while returning from assisting with a wildfire.   Both brothers were members of the Maxwell Community Volunteer Fire De...

COURTESY OF THE TEXAS TRIBUNE   Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he is moving another $500 million to fund Operation Lone Star, his border security initiative at the Texas-Mexico border. The move comes three weeks after state military officials said the multibillion-dollar operation was in need of an in...

Staff Report   BUDA — A woman died and two individuals were hospitalized Monday afternoon after they were involved in a two-vehicle collision on RM 967 in Buda. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) assisted the Buda Police Department in working an accident that occurred at approximately 4 p.m...