Dripping Springs News

Interim Superintendent Ricardo Vela took his place next to the Southside Independent School District board president Tuesday night in his first appearance as the district's new leader after trustees voted June 6 to oust embattled Superintendent Juan Jasso .

The 51st annual Texas Water Safari has come and gone, and we are glad to say it was a safe, successful year.

Two years ago, Army SPC Justin Perez-Gorda was thrown from his vehicle in Afghanistan after a bomb went off leaving him disabled and in a wheelchair.

Texas bourbon is on the rise as more Lone Star breweries and distilleries branch into a spirit commonly associated with Kentucky.

She was born Oct. 16, 1934 in Rusk to the late R.T. and Izetta Sipper Stuart. She married her beloved husband Jack Clark on May 30, 1959 in Mission.

Edwin Joseph Wouters, 70, of Driftwood passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Seton Hays Medical Center in Kyle.

When members of New Life Lutheran Mission , an ELCA congregation under development in Dripping Springs, Texas, began worshiping together in 2004, it didn't bother them not to have a building.

The day began at 8:30 a.m. and ended past midnight. But to State Representative Jason Isaac that doesn't matter.

That song, "She Won't Be Lonely Long," instead went to country performer Clay Walker, and became the title track to Walker's 2010 album release.

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Waiting on Gov. Rick Perry's desk is a bill geared to tighten some restrictions on state tax incentive programs that help draw marquee events to Texas, such as Super Bowl XLV, that was held in Arlington two years ago.

Austin is now the capital of solar powered radio with the recent debut of KDRP, the nation's only 100% solar powered radio network.

This almost goes without saying, but very few things complement an afternoon of barbecuing or grilling like a slice of ice-cold watermelon and a pleasant buzz.

In the span of a few minutes on Monday, the Texas House gave the green light to pension increases for state elected officials and then watched the effort to ban "double dipping" by politicians crash and burn without a vote.