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Sex offender nabbed four days after parole

Just four days after being released on parole, a Hays County woman is back in jail after allegedly contacting the victim of the crime she was sentenced to ten years in prison for.

Election 2012 Video: Hays County Pct. 1 Constable (David Peterson vs. Stephen Velasquez)

In a rematch of their Democratic Party primary race four years ago, Hays County Pct. 1 Constable David Peterson is running against former chief deputy constable Stephen Velasquez, who tried unsuccessfully to succeed his old boss, Lupe Cruz, in 2008.

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Letter: I believe in public schools and Jason Isaac

– EDITOR: After reading several letters to the Editor I felt compelled to write this one. I have lived in Hays County and the Dripping Springs ISD for seven years. I have four children attending school there from high school to grade school ages. My wife is currently a substitute teacher but has over 20 [...]

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Letter: A wife’s endorsement for John Adams

In a letter to the editor, SHARON ADAMS says she supporters her husband John Adam’s bid for state representative because of his passion for public education.

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Election 2012: San Marcos League of Women Voters Guide

Candidates for federal and state office will share a stage tonight for the first of two debates this month sponsored by the San Marcos Area League of Women Voters.

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Election started as a sprint but ends as a slog

The elections that were supposed to come and go in March (the primary) and May (the runoff) — elections delayed by redistricting litigation and stretched out by new federal laws that add days to the stretch between the first and second rounds — are coming to an end on Tuesday.

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Audio: Early voting underway in primary runoffs

Voters will decide runoffs in the U.S. Senate race — and three important local races in Hays County.

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Buda cans economic development director Ketteman

The Buda Economic Development Corp. board voted last night to fire Warren Ketteman, who has led the agency as executive director for nearly a decade.

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Fugitive accused of brutal rape brought back to Hays County

A Florida man who authorities say kidnapped an Austin woman, then raped and stabbed her before leaving her for dead has been extradited back to Hays County, court records show.

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Sales tax receipts up double digits in San Marcos, Kyle

Retail sales in February fueled a monthly increase in sales tax receipts over the previous year’s collections by 17.65 percent, generating $1,514,592 for the city of San Marcos’s coffers.

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