Buda News

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.

History came to life this past weekend as crews filmed the first-ever documentary about the county's namesake, Jack C. Hays.

Another Hays County resident has been charged with forgery in connection with an incident in which police say a woman used a counterfeit $100 bill at a fireworks stand in Buda, according to a statement from the Hays County Sheriff's Office.

Forgery charges were filed against a woman in Hays County after sheriff's investigators say she tried to buy fireworks with fake money.

A 25-year-old Kyle woman was arrested Friday night on charges that she used a counterfeit $100 bill at a fireworks stand in Buda, according to a spokesman with the Hays County Sheriffs Office.

Central Texas drivers can now exit Interstate 35 in Buda and travel all the way to I-35 in Georgetown.

Compared to the state as a whole, the city of San Marcos is faring well when it comes to sales taxes rebated by the State Comptroller's Office.

Central Texas officials approved an additional $29 million in transportation projects Monday under the federal stimulus plan, including adding a center turn lane on a dangerous segment of Texas 71 west of Austin, building an overpass on Interstate 35 in Buda, and a variety of other minor road maintenance and improvement work.

Groundwater users in Travis and Hays Counties could see some rules change about pumping water from the aquifer.

By this fall, small businesses in Texas could tap into a source of state funding that has gone mainly to big businesses in the past six years.

It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a family to create a custom-made hat.

The Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District will hold two town hall meetings to receive input from district permittees, individual groundwater users, and the public on prospective changes to the Districta s Rules dealing with management zones and drought management, especially during extreme drought conditions.

Local Congressman Lloyd Doggett announced that J.T. McComb of Buda has won the Congressional Art Competition.

Administrative lines at the Hays County Sheriff's Office and the Hays CISD were swamped Wednesday afternoon with angry callers responding to a situation that didn't even occur, officials said a day later.

On his Wednesday afternoon broadcast, now streaming online, Alex Jones claimed a Hays County Sheriff's deputy, alongside Child Protective Services, strip-searched a second grader at Buda Elementary School during a child abuse investigation.

Police have released the names of two suspects arrested on Monday in connection with a carjacking that began at Prime Outlet and ended east of Kyle.

Some Central Texans have a new option for getting to and from work -- a brand new toll road opened Thursday.

Updated Information on the aggravated robbery/carjacking in San Marcos: San Marcos Police have arrested a 20 year old Buda man and a 24 year old San Marcos woman and charged them in a carjacking incident that occurred around 3:15 p.m. Monday at Prime Outlet Mall in San Marcos.

City of Austin now has its first interstate bypass. A little more than an hour ago, TxDOT opened the SH 45 south tollway.

TxDOT has opened a new chapter in travel around Austin traffic congestion with the opening of the SH 45 Southeast toll road.