Who to fill the sheriff's shoes? 12/17/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Being sheriff to one of Central Texas' quickest growing counties has an attraction to a number of men and women with law enforcement credentials living within its boundaries.... View
	Investigative report on PEC outlines wrong-doings 12/17/2008 ENERGY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- An exhaustive report investigating ten years of management practices at Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) paints a grim picture of an iron-fisted former general manager enabled by a complacent board of directors, wasteful spending, and questionable financial transactions.... View
	Convenience store target of early-morning smash and grab 12/10/2008 CRIME The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- In a brash weekend crime, burglars crashed a vehicle into the glass front of a Buda Pac-n-Sac convenience store early Saturday morning, gaining access to the store through the shattered walls.... View
	Family, friends, colleagues honor fallen Sheriff 12/10/2008 COMMUNITY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Mourners overflowed the worship hall and spilled out into the anteroom and beyond of the First Baptist Church in San Marcos to honor the late Sheriff Allen Bridges Thursday morning.... View
	News in Brief as published in the Nov. 26 Hays Free Press 11/26/2008 COMMUNITY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Next week, Kyle will once again host Santa and Mrs. Claus as they make their rounds visiting all the good little boys and girls on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Santa will arrive by Kyle Fire Department truck at 4:30 p.m. and begin visiting with children at 5 p.m. at Old City Hall. Once inside, he will hear t... View
	City of Buda settles pollution lawsuit 12/03/2008 CRIME The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- The city of Buda has settled a lawsuit with Sam Braswell, the area rancher who claimed that the 2004 development of the Whispering Hollow subdivision resulted in pollution to Garlic Creek.... View
	Hays CISD seeks money for faulty slab 11/26/2008 COMMUNITY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- The Hays CISD is in legal negotiations with engineers, builders and architects to regain money for what the district claims is faulty foundation work at Tobias Elementary School, district officials said.... View
	Foreclosures building, but yet to reach five-year county high 11/19/2008 REAL ESTATE The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- In a year marked by a nationwide real estate crisis, Hays County is holding its own.... View
	Buda's public library won't charge fees - for now 11/19/2008 COMMUNITY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Buda funds almost 90 percent of the library budget with city funds, but only 25 percent of library patrons live within city limits and pay municipal property tax, staff members say.... View
	Living within the split 11/12/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- As members of a Commissioners Court that's already endured two rocky years of infighting, the top five elected officials in Hays County say they'll have to learn to live together for another two years.... View
	Local sales still growing despite taxing economy 11/12/2008 COMMUNITY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Despite facing a national credit crisis and a looming federal bailout, consumers of Buda and Kyle opened their pocketbooks in September and contributed to their local economies.... View
	Dustin Heath Henderson 11/05/2008 OBITUARY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Dustin Heath Henderson, of Buckholtz, formerly of Buda, passed away peacefully on October 30, 2008 at the age of 22. Dustin was born in Austin, Tx on April 30, 1986 to Dell Henderson and Dena Clark Henderson.... View
	George M. Turner 11/05/2008 OBITUARY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- George M. Turner, 72, of Austin, formerly of Driftwood, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2008.... View
	USPS breaks ground on new Buda Post Office 11/05/2008 COMMUNITY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) broke ground late last month on a new Buda post office that will replace the cramped facility on Main Street, said Buda Postmaster Frank Cadena.... View
	Kyle teen Primeau cleared of all charges 10/28/2008 CRIME The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- An attorney for Jesse Primeau announced Tuesday that the Hays County District Attorney's office has dropped all charges against the Kyle teen stemming from the alleged drugging and rape of two minor girls in November.... View
	The American dream? 10/28/2008 ECONOMY The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- For young newlyweds Phil and Kristine Hughes, the modest but charming little cottage in Plum Creek seemed like the American dream come true.... View
	Buda hits snafu with political signs 10/28/2008 LOCAL POLITICS The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Buda City officials asked political candidates on Monday to remove their political signs from municipal property around the City Hall polling place, but retracted the request the next day.... View
	Early voting shows a blue Hays County 10/28/2008 LOCAL POLITICS The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Data from the first four days of the election seems to prove that the early voting booth is the place to be in the days running up to next week's election.... View
	Vandals lash out at free speech 10/22/2008 CRIME The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Elections may be a cornerstone of American democracy, but campaign season can produce some ugly weather.... View
	Problems persist with Stagecoach Park 10/22/2008 LOCAL GOVERNMENT The Free Press / STPNS Buda, Texas (STPNS)- Contractor issues continue to plague Buda's Stagecoach Park project, city councilmembers heard Tuesday night.... View