A Buda man is going to prison for 25 years after using an air gun to steal a woman’s car in the Prime Outlet Mall parking lot last year.
Buda officials are going ahead with plans to replace their dedicated patrol from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office with their own police force. The city already has tabbed Bo Kidd to run the department after Hays County Sheriff Tommy Ratliff demoted him from leadership of the county’s Buda patrol last summer.
San Marcos surgeon Bert Cobb took the lion’s share of the Republican primary vote against Kyle business owner Peggy Jones Tuesday to claim his nomination for Hays County judge. Surviving that Olympics, Cobb said he is preparing for another in November.
Hays County Sheriff Tommy Ratliff kept his losses low in Buda and was marginally favored across the county, winning the Democratic nomination to fill the rest of the term left unexpired when the late Sheriff Allen Bridges died in December 2008.
Hays County deputies traced more than a dozen stolen political signs this week to two teenagers in Driftwood. The matter has been turned over to the Hays County District Attorney’s Office.
Hays County Judge Liz Sumter and Hays County Precinct 2 Commissioner Jeff Barton showed their differences last week in their appearance at the League of Women Voters debate. Sumter and Barton are contesting the Democratic nomination for Hays County judge in a March 2 vote.
Recent Kyle Mayor Mike Gonzalez and Hays CISD Trustee Mark Jones, the Republican candidates for Hays County Precinct 2 Commissioner in the March 2 primary, answered some questions about the role of a county commissioner. The winner in March will face Democrat Ray Bryant in the November election.
Challenger Bill Huddleston came out firing against Hays County Sheriff Tommy Ratliff in the San Marcos Area League of Women Voters debate last week. Huddleston and Ratliff are competing in the March 2 primary election for the Democratic nomination.
Long-time Hays County resident Gwen Smith received the Spirit of San Marcos Award from San Marcos Mayor Susan Narvaiz after the screening of her interview on “Voices of Hays County” recently at the Price Seniors Center.
San Marcos enjoyed a 3.73 percent sales tax increase this month compared with a year earlier, breaking a seven-month skid of sales tax declines. Across Hays County, sales taxes are up, but they are down across Texas.
