Hays News

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

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.

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.

An idea by County Commissioner Jeff Barton to build a regional shooting range on Dahlstrom Ranch, an area above the environmentally sensitive Edwards Aquifer, has excited those pushing for a county-supported range, but a formal proposal has yet to make its way to the county's partners in a conservation easement deal or to the Dahlstrom family.

State offices: Most open Friday, but some agencies might be closed Friday or Saturday.

Hays County will soon have another hospital. Seton Medical Center Hays, a 112-bed medical facility, is scheduled to open in October in Kyle.

Twelve Hays County teens will receive the promise of higher education on Sunday.

A political newcomer won a City Council runoff election in Uhland, a town located east of Kyle on the Hays and Caldwell county lines.

Caldwell County is under a burn ban as is Comal, and Guadalupe County residents have been allowed to burn only on weekends.

After an April inspection found the Hays County Jail in violation of state standards, Sheriff Tommy Ratliff told county commissioners something they had already heard from his predecessor: The county needs a new jail.

A Hays County jury found Richard Perez Jr., 22, guilty of capital murder Monday after deliberating for about three hours.

Currently, thousands of drivers cut through Brodie Lane to travel between Hays and Travis Counties, but a proposed road project would create an alternative route.

Brodie Lane, increasingly the preferred choice for Hays County commuters among the meager selection of entrees to Austin, is a nightmare during the evening and morning rush, residents along the road say.

The South Hays Fire Department will be rolling out a new fire engine on Friday. "It's a pretty big deal," Patty Backson, administrative assistant for Hays County Emergency Services District 3, said Tuesday.

Some Hays County Commissioners are taking a field trip today. Commissioners Karen Ford, Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe and Will Conley have traveled north to Belton to tour the Bell County Jail.

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.

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.

Hays County sheriff's department officials repudiated a radio report Wednesday that claimed an elementary school student was strip-searched by sheriff's deputies.

The Texas House discussed a proposed constitutional amendment Monday that would authorize municipal utility districts in Hays County to take on debt for parks and recreation facilities.

A 6-year-old Buda boy is back in school today after being left on a bus unattended for about 15 minutes, the child's mother said today.