MPOs holding public meetings on Austin, San Antonio infrastructure plans
Regional planning organizations based in Austin and San Antonio are holding public hearings on updates to their four-year plans for transportation infrastructure spending. The schedules include...
View ArticleTexas 21 closed after bridge ‘compromised’ in flood
The Texas Department of Transportation has closed Hwy 21 South of FM 2001 in the Kyle area at the bridge due to bridge failure. TxDOT is in the process of setting up a detour.
View ArticleSoaked Hays, Caldwell counties brace for more rain
UPDATED 5:15 p.m. MAY 31: The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch through Thursday morning for Hays, Caldwell and a 31 other counties in central and south Texas.
View ArticleHays officials on alert during emergency discharge from rain-swollen reservoir
UPDATED 5:05 a.m. JUNE 2: Hays County officials are urging residents along Porter and Plum creeks east of Kyle to be prepared to evacuate their homes during an ongoing emergency discharge of water from...
View ArticleSheriff seeks men who shot clerk during Niederwald armed robbery
Hays County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking for two men who shot a convenience store clerk in the leg during the course of a robbery Saturday night.
View ArticleBuda teen arrested in armed robbery; second suspect still on the run
UPDATED 7:49 p.m. JUNE 15 | Authorities on Tuesday afternoon arrested one of two suspects in the weekend armed robbery of a Niederwald convenience store that left a clerk shot.
View ArticleWhere to see July 4 fireworks in Hays, Caldwell counties
Central Texas will celebrate July 4 with parties and parades, festivals and fireworks. The festivities include fireworks spectaculars in San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, Dripping Spring and Lockhart as well as...
View ArticleCentral Texas schools in line for $1.5M in pre-K funding
by KIAH COLLIER AUSTIN — Texas will divvy up more than $116 million among 578 school districts and charter schools to bolster high-quality pre-kindergarten programs, Education Commissioner Mike Morath...
View ArticleSan Marcos support for Lone Star Rail could be too little, too late
As the Lone Star Rail District approaches what could be the end of the line, one important city along its still-theoretical route is hoping to keep it on track.
View ArticleCAMPO approves long list of short-term projects
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization on Wednesday night approved a nearly $1 billion laundry list of transportation projects that are set to break ground over the next four years.
View ArticleOn the edge of night: Preserving the night skies of the Texas Hill Country
Much of the Texas Hill Country still has night skies dark enough to see the Milky Way, but satellite images of the United States at night show a massive swath of brightly glowing yellow and white dots...
View ArticleNo survivors in hot air ballon crash near Maxwell
UPDATED 1:20 p.m. JULY 30 | Authorities say at least 16 people likely died when a hot air balloon caught fire and crashed near Maxwell at about 7:40 a.m. Saturday.
View ArticleLive: Press conference on Caldwell County hot air balloon crash 08/01/16
The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a press conference on the fatal balloon crash near Maxwell for 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1. We will host a live stream here from KXAN News, the Austin...
View ArticleDriver faces new manslaughter charge after unborn baby dies from Texas 21...
A Texas State University student facing felony intoxication manslaughter and assault charges told San Marcos police that she had been drinking alcohol while floating the river on Tuesday prior to a...
View ArticleTxDOT to close I-35 lanes for bridge work in San Marcos
AUSTIN — Bridge and overpass maintenance will close multiple lanes of a four-mile segment of Interstate 35 in San Marcos starting Sunday and lasting through Thursday, the Texas Department of...
View ArticleLetter: Why keep Cape’s Dam?
DUANE TE GROTENHIS, a San Marcos resident and co-owner of TG Canoe & Kayaks, writes, “If Cape’s Dam is removed, the historical left channel and mill race will be paddled, fished, and enjoyed no more.”
View ArticleCAMPO vote signals the end for Lone Star Rail
The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization gave the Lone Star Rail District an all but fatal kick in the caboose on Monday night.
View ArticleFlood watch upgraded to warning in central Hays County
The National Weather Service has placed portions Hays, Travis and Williamson counties under a flash flood warning, an alert more serious than the watches and advisories issued in recent days.
View Article‘Every day is so hard,’ says victim in deadly San Marcos wreck
WITH VIDEO | Kristian Guerrero, the Brazos Valley woman who lost her husband and unborn son this month in a fatal San Marcos car wreck, hopes that talking about her ordeal will help convince people not...
View ArticleLetter: Will the city of San Marcos rise to the challenge with Cape’s Dam...
San Marcos hotelier VIC PATEL writes that the city council should appoint a committee to create a masterplan for Thompson’s Islands and Stoke Parks along the San Marcos River.
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