Dripping Springs News

The Hays County Master Naturalists will hold their monthly meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 30 at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 301 Hays County Acres Road in Dripping Springs.

Dripping Springs has cancelled their 4th of July fireworks display. The Dripping Springs Lions Club sponsored the event and says it costs too much money.

Dr. Darlene Callender, who has overseen Cleburne ISD's department of curriculum and instruction since August, has been given a new title of assistant superintendent of special programs.

It's been almost two years since a fire destroyed the First Baptist Church in Dripping Springs .

A group marched to the Capitol Saturday for the Freedom March, an effort to bring awareness to the number of wrongful convictions in the United States.

Tech. Sgt. Raven Worley reads to kindergarten and first graders at Machananao Elementary School in Agana, Guam.

The third day of the Major League Baseball Draft is underway and some teams have ventured into Central Texas to find talent.

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.

A bill awaiting Gov. Rick Perry's signature would fundamentally change the way college students pay for health care at large Texas universities, requiring schools for the first time to bill insurance companies for care at campus clinics.

The American bottled beverage market has been subtly shifting, over the last 20 years, away from chemically flavored carbonated sodas to healthier options such as water, fruit juice blends, and bottled teas.

Three students Earn rank of eagle scout The following students have been promoted to Eagle Scout, the highest level of recognition in the Boy Scouts: Issac X. Auld Jr., 13, son of Issac Sr.

DRIPPING SPRINGS, TX, June 6, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Leslie J. Dunlap, Natural Health Consultant for Med Alert Alternatives, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, determination, and leadership in all aspects of complimentary and alternative medicines.

Rep. Patrick Rose , D-Dripping Springs, shown with Rep. Abel Herrero last month, helped spearhead changes in disability services with Sens.

An aggressive effort was waged this legislative session to close state schools like the one at which my daughter lives in Mexia.

State House Democrats spent Memorial Day weekend killing legislation that called for more voter identification at the polls with a strategy that required five days of mundane questioning about hundreds of bills.

Sophia Worth, 20, grew up in Pflugerville without a mother. Leila Benitez, 21, was raised in Katy by poor immigrant parents.

A proposal to authorize county commissioners to exercise more control over land use appears dead - once again the victim of a lethal combination of ambivalence, inertia and bad timing.

Hill Country county judges had spent the better part of a year marshaling their forces to craft a proposal that would give them more authority to regulate the development that has put stress on the roads, water and land in their fast-growing areas.

Last week, Dripping Springs forward Daniel Alexander became the first commit in the class of 2010 to Texas A&M, and in doing so he became one of the highest-ranked prospects to ever commit to the Aggies.

Courtesy In conjunction with the 11 sculptures being installed on the Kemp grounds and in the visitor's entrance for "Art on the Green," artwork by Joe Barrington, above, is being shown in the NorthLight Gallery.