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Lady Tigers bump two more district foes

Lady Tigers bump two more district foes

The Dripping Springs High School volleyball team raised their record to 36-2, 6-0 with two tough wins over Westlake and Austin High Schools. 09/21/2023 12:00 AM

Tigers maroon Austin High, 56-0

Tigers maroon Austin High, 56-0

Dripping Springs High School showed an improvement of strength in all phases of the game as they notched their first shutout of the season — 56-0 — over Austin High School. 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

Capital Highlights

Capital Highlights

Paxton trial completes first week 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

1973 team to be honored

1973 team to be honored

Fifty years ago, there was another Tiger football team that had in mind a district championship. A large contingency of returning starters were vowing to get the job done after suffering through one of the most snakebit seasons a team could endure. They had the great misfortune of losing four games in the final 20 seconds. This certainly gave them the resolve to take the 29A crown and they did. 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

Runners do well at St. Andrews

Runners do well at St. Andrews

After making a trip to Denton to run in a meet, the Dripping Springs crosscountry teams stayed a little closer to home. They entered the St. Andrews Invitational in Austin with all four teams having good success in their divisions. The Lady Tigers took first in both their divisions while the Tigers placed fourth in varsity and seventh in JV. 09/14/2023 12:00 AM

Lady Tigers roll on

Lady Tigers roll on

The Lady Tigers Volleyball team have stretched their season record to 24-2 with wins over Austin Akins and New Braunfels. Akins was a district game while New Braunfels was non-district. Dripping Springs will be facing their first round of battles with the other top teams in the district, Westlake and Lake Travis. They will have to face the same pair again later in the schedule. 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

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