Driftwood News

It started with 24 ounces of Icehouse. Texas Traveler was headed to Austin Friday morning with a couple of friends.

Damian Mandola Restaurateur's poodle was killed by other dogs. FAMILY PHOTO Jeff and Patty Maddux say they discovered their three Swiss mountain dogs dead on their neighbor's Hays County property last week.

Graduates of the Spring 2009 Citizens Sheriff's Academy include Catherine Kubica of Wimberley, Susan Price of Kyle, Paul Laird of Driftwood, Karen Crowther of Dripping Springs, Bob Sheldon of Dripping Springs, Laurie Gallegos of Kyle, William Cooper of San Marcos, Mary Jane Tatum of Wimberley, Gordon DeWitt of Dripping Springs, Elizabeth Shelton of ...

Led by Scott McMahon, playing Texas Ranger Capt. Jack Hays, historical re-enactors ride past the camera Monday at Rutherford Ranch near Driftwood during filming of a documentary about Hays.

Welcome to Focal Point, a new Statesman blog in which our reporters dig beyond the headlines to offer more details and a deeper perspective on important Texas stories.

Jamie Jaye Goodsell and Gordon McIntosh Bassett were united in marriage on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

The T exas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival's Sunday Fair is the event's rough equivalent of the Auditorium Shores concerts during South By Southwest - an offering to the masses who play host to a weekend-long gathering, folks who aren't willing to pony up $100 or more for the tonier events .

Austin The University of Texas' Center for Students in Recovery is hosting its fourth annual 5K Fun Fun Sober Run beginning at 8 a.m. The run raises money for the Center for Students in Recovery, which helps students recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction.

All other forms of entertainment considered, going out to eat is the one ticket everybody buys, whether it's fast-food cheap seats, big-steak luxury boxes or the chicken-fried arena seating in-between. Let American-Statesman and austin360.com restaurant critic Mike Sutter be your all-access guide to the Central Texas dining-out scene.

Sarah Jarosz will turn 18, graduate high school and release her first record, all in the next few months.

Mandola's Market sounds like the lovechild of Jimmy's Food Store and Eatzi's. But it really shares in the heritage of Carraba's and Chili's Bar & Grill.

SA Living BBQ Special Some of the area's best BBQ joints were visited by the SA Living crew.

Gov. Rick Perry has reappointed Linda "Diane" Steinbrueck of Driftwood to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners for a term to expire Jan.