Hays News

The irony isn't lost on many that on the same day Hays CISD was presented with a "No Place for Hate" designation by the Anti-Defamation League two students were detained for racially charged vandalism after they wrote racist graffiti on a Hays High teacher's classroom door.

It was a good day to be an incumbent in Hays County and Central Texas, with many familiar faces cruising to victory in Tuesday's Republican and Democratic primaries.

Hays County Sheriff Gary Cutler beat challenger and former Sheriff Tommy Ratliff in the Republican primary with 65 percent of the vote.

School officials in San Marcos are justifiably alarmed at the rate of youthful obesity in their community and are taking steps to call public attention to the hazards both physical and fiscal that the statistics represent.

Just as historically low turnout embarrassed the recent city elections, so is low voter participation threatening the Democratic primary election now in progress.

The public is invited to pay tribute to those from Hays County who lost their lives in combat at a special park dedication 10 a.m. Saturday, May 26 at the former Hills of Hays neighborhood park, 1209 Crystal River Parkway, and a Memorial Day ceremony at the Hays County Veterans Memorial, located on the corner of Hopkins Street and Riverside Drive, ... (more)

Eloy Davila Jr., 53, of Wimberley, reportedly suffered from a life-threatening illness during much of his stay at the jail since being arrested in September 2010, a Hays County Sheriff's Office spokesperson says.

A local group lobbying to fully relax Kyle and Buda's liquor laws raised nearly $20,000 from Jan.

Special elections have been called in both cities to legalize the sale of all alcoholic beverages, clearing the way for a broader range of bars and other establishments with alcohol for sale.