Hays County Grand Jury clears sheriff’s deputies in fatal shooting
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today that a Hays County Grand Jury concluded its review of a Jan. 5, 2024, shooting incident in which Hays County Sheriff’s deputies shot and killed 35-year-old Kenny Lee Estrada. The...
Hays County welcomes new fire marshal
SAN MARCOS, Texas — The Hays County Commissioners Court welcomed Steve Seddig as the county’s new fire marshal at its meeting on Tuesday, March 26. Seddig comes to Hays County with more than 28 years of service in the city of Wylie Fire Rescue. He has served as fire...
Hays County to host ribbon cutting for Dacy Lane project
KYLE, Texas — Hays County will host a ribbon-cutting celebration to mark the opening of the Dacy Lane Realignment and Expansion project at 10:30 a.m. on March 7 at Dacy Lane and Sunflower Circle in Kyle. Speakers at the ribbon cutting include Hays County Commissioners...
Construction begins on Dorian Zev Kweller Memorial Skatepark
DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas — The construction of a new skatepark at Founders Memorial Park in Dripping Springs in honor of a local teen who died in a car accident is underway following a groundbreaking ceremony, held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10. Speakers at the...
Fentanyl dealer pleads guilty to murder in April death of 15-year-old in Kyle
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today that 18-year-old Jaquell Desean Ray was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison on a charge of murder in connection with the April 11, 2023, fentanyl overdose death of a...
San Marcos man convicted of sexual assault
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today that a Hays County jury found Maximillian Decker-Dilieto, 26, guilty of two counts of sexual assault on Thursday, Feb. 15. Decker-Dilieto was accused of sexually assaulting a...
Kyle man sentenced to probation for strangulation – family violence
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today that 34-year-old Robert Rene Rangel Jr. of Kyle was sentenced by Judge Tracie Wright-Reneau of the 207th District Court on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Rangel was convicted by a jury...
Hays County Commissioners Court approves creation of new Behavioral Health Program
SAN MARCOS, Texas — The Hays County Commissioners Court recently approved the creation of a behavioral health coordinator position within the Hays County Health Department. The is the first position created by the county to address mental health and substance abuse...
Officers involved in September shooting in Buda cleared by Hays County Grand Jury
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced that a Hays County Grand Jury has reviewed the officer-involved shooting that occurred in Buda in September 2023, and determined that the officers were justified in their actions. On...
Barrerra sentenced to 60 years for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl
SAN MARCOS, Texas - Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins announced today, Jan. 19, that Tony Robert Barrera III, 44, was found guilty by a Hays County jury on Jan. 18 of possession of a controlled substance (fentanyl) with intent to deliver, as well as unlawful...