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Paxton acquitted on all impeachment counts

Paxton acquitted on all impeachment counts

Ken Paxton has been reinstated as Texas Attorney General after the Texas Senate on Saturday acquitted him of charges of bribery and misuse of office. Only two Republican senators joined the 12 Democrats in voting to convict him of some of the 16 charges heard by the Senate, with four other charges dismissed by the Senate, The Dallas Morning News reported. 09/21/2023 12:00 AM

County Updates

Court reviews jail inmate data, outsource costs 09/21/2023 12:00 AM

DSHS seniors named National Merit Semifinalists

DSHS seniors named National Merit Semifinalists

Dripping Springs High School seniors Luke Bohan and William Johns have been named National Merit Semifinalists based on their performances on the 2022 Preliminary SAT and National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. 09/21/2023 12:00 AM

September 2023 Shelf Talk

September 2023 Shelf Talk

with the Dripping Springs Community Library 09/21/2023 12:00 AM

Community Calendar

Community Calendar

Submissions to The Century News calendar should be sent to [email protected]. 09/21/2023 12:00 AM

Court establishes new Veterans Commission

Court establishes new Veterans Commission

Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to create a Veterans Commission to support and promote veterans needs at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday. The court heard a presentation on the veterans commis-Friday sion from Hays County Veterans Services Officer Jude Prather in which he discussed the need to facilitate better communication among various veteran groups and formalize the process by which roads are named after fallen soldiers. 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

Goat Couture comes to Dripping Springs

Goat Couture comes to Dripping Springs

Goats strutting their stuff on the runway in “haute couture” came to Dripping Springs this weekend at the Dripping Springs Ranch Park and Event Center. The Goat Couture runway show showcased fashions worn by goats, some of them reluctantly, in seven categories. 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

DSISD starts 5-year strategic planning

DSISD starts 5-year strategic planning

Dripping Springs ISD is excited to kick off strategic planning to chart the course for the district for the next five years. The initiative will be a community-based process that will build on the district’s vision and mission; align district goals; address community needs; and promote student outcomes and college and workforce readiness. 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

Skate park to be named for Dorian Kweller

Skate park to be named for Dorian Kweller

The city of Dripping Springs will be naming their new park the Dorian Kweller Skate Park. The name memorializes 16-year-old Dripping Springs High School student Dorian Kweller, who died in a car accident in February of this year. He and his family moved to Dripping Springs in 2018 where he attended the Skybridge Academy, now known as The Appamada School, and then later Dripping Springs High School. He was an avid skateboarder and heavily involved in the Dripping Springs Skate Club, as well as an integral member of the Dripping Springs High School music program. He was an emerging musician who performed under the stage name “ZEV,” and was scheduled to make his live debut at South by Southwest music festival in Austin in March, a month after he suffered his fatal accident. Six hours before his death, Volatile Skateboards had offered him a sponsorship deal. 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

County Updates

Help the people, pets of Hays County 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

Governor activates Austin Airtanker Base for wildfire response

Governor activates Austin Airtanker Base for wildfire response

State’s wildfire declaration now includes 216 counties total 09/07/2023 12:00 AM

Protecting water resources in Central Texas

Protecting water resources in Central Texas

Editor's Note: The Texas Hill Country Conservation Network has created The Hill Country Land', Water; Sky and Natural Infrastructure Plan to protect natural resources in this area. This conservation series seeks to illuminate aspects of the plan, as well as other resource protection plans, looking at best management practices. This is the third part in the series. 09/07/2023 12:00 AM

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