Hays County News

More Central Texas Coverage A raid by federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities resulted in the arrests of four people near San Marcos.

Four people are being held at the Hays County Detention Center, facing kidnapping charges after police say they were threatening the families of illegal aliens they were smuggling into the country.

Federal and local police officials said four U.S. and Mexican citizens charged with kidnapping Wednesday were holding 26 suspected illegal immigrants hostage in a mobile home near San Marcos in Hays County.

Federal and local investigators surrounded a home in San Marcos Wednesday night and took several people into custody.

San Marcos Police have arrested two men in connection with international credit card fraud, recovering more than 50 illegally manufactured credit cards and more than $27,000 in illegally purchased electronics ...

It was a rude awakening early Wednesday morning for some in Hays County. Witnesses called the Buda Fire Department early this morning for a house fire at 100 Shannons Way , which is near FM 967.

With energy costs on the rise and gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon, some employers are proposing a solution likely to delight many workers: mandating a four-day workweek.

Hays County Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe was recently named president of the South Texas County Judges' and Commissioners' Association during their 74th Annual conference held in San Antonio.

Comal and Hays counties are working steadily on habitat conservation plans to protect endangered golden-cheeked warblers and black-capped vireos - and ease concerns of developers.

The fight over allowing highly treated wastewater into a hill country stream goes to court Monday despite a settlement Thursday.

A baby girl abandoned at a San Marcos fire station last month is "doing well and gaining weight as expected" with a foster family that wants to adopt her, but even as they are settling in, legal proceedings ...

Gov. Rick Perry has declared Hays County and Central Texas a disaster area due to the extreme risk of wildfires.

Rotary Club president Bob Flammang passed the gavel to new president Diane Laumer at the annual Recognition and Installation Banquet held recently.

KXAN has learned a church arson investigation in Hays County has slowed down for a couple of weeks.

A Central Texas man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of a 7-year-old neighbor who was jumping on a trampoline has been sentenced to eight years in prison.

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn's, R-Texas, Central Texas deputy regional director, Katharine Priddy, will be in Hays County on Monday, July 7, to meet with constituents, address any federal concerns they may have, and ...

Hays County will not sign an agreement to allow the water treatment plan to move forward, even though several other cities and groups have.

As to Hays County, Texas, are there, in the County library or other locations or does anyone know of Confederate War "enlistment" records or "muster" records as to Civil War Regiments which were "raised" in ...

A bitter battle over a rescued dog from Hurricane Katrina ends with the New Orleans owner in jail.

The Hays County commissioners prayed for rain last week. They didn't just mention it during the normal prayer time.