Hays County

Members of the Johnson High School marching band in Buda practice outside last month.

Education

First rule of marching band practice at Buda high school: Try to stay cool

Becky Fogel

This summer has been brutal in Texas. Hays CISD is taking precautions to help keep students safe, while also preparing for a warmer future.

Beverly Wright (center) holds hands with her granddaughter and civil right attorney Ben Crump as they walk past media at a news conference in January. Wright's son, Joshua, was killed by a corrections officer in December.

Criminal Justice

What happened to Joshua Wright?

Maya Fawaz

The 36-year-old pretrial detainee was killed by a Hays County corrections officer while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Kyle. The officer claimed self defense; Wright's family is demanding to see body-cam video.

Hays CISD has taken steps to train staff to respond to fentanyl overdoses amid a spike in teen overdoses in the county.

Education

Hays County has had a series of fatal teen drug overdoses. Here’s what schools are doing about it.

Sarah Asch | Texas Standard

Nearly 40% of the fentanyl overdoses recorded by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office in 2022 involve people younger than 18.

President Donald Trump, wearing a Make America Great Again red cap, arrives at an airport to a crowd of supporters in the background.

News

'These Patriots Did Nothing Wrong,' Trump Says Of Supporters Who Surrounded Biden Bus

Aliyya Swaby | Texas Tribune

The "Trump Train" — a caravan of trucks waving Trump and American flags — appeared to try to slow down the Biden campaign bus in Texas, as supporters honked their horns and shouted. The FBI is investigating.