HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – People packed a Hays County courtroom Tuesday afternoon to follow a hearing about whether Hays County District Clerk Avrey Anderson – who was elected nearly two years ago at the age of 19 – should be suspended from his role without pay until a potential jury trial in October about […]
A judge is considering the “extraordinary” removal of Hays County District Clerk Avrey Anderson, who was accused in court Tuesday of professional incompetence, negligence of official duties and fostering a hostile work environment. Considering whether to temporarily suspend Anderson as proceedings for his permanent removal from office continue, Hays County District Judge Amy Clark Meachum did […]
HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – The Hays Consolidated Independent School District’s Board of Trustees approved a list of hazardous traffic zones so it can receive additional funding from the state for students to access bus services. There are around 2,500 students in the district living in hazardous traffic areas, according to the board. The Texas […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Almost $900,000 in grants has been awarded to various park projects in Hays and Travis counties by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. The TPWC approved the grants, along with 12 others across the state, Thursday. Statewide, more than $4.5 million is being awarded. The National Recreational Trails Fund is used for […]
A teacher’s aide who was on the Hays school bus that rolled over after being struck by a concrete truck filed a lawsuit against the truck driver, the company he worked for and its owner on Tuesday — marking the third lawsuit stemming from the fatal March 22 crash. In addition to Ana Laura Zapien […]
A Hays County grand jury declined to indict three sheriff’s deputies for the fatal shooting of Kenny Lee Estrada, 35, outside of a Buda residence in January. Hays County sheriff’s deputies responded to the 100 block of Hunter Creek Cove on the morning of Jan. 5, after a 911 caller reported that a man with […]
BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – Hays Consolidated Independent School District released the video of the crash between a concrete truck and a school bus that left two dead and several injured on Friday, March 22. The crash occurred between a Hays CISD bus and a concrete truck. It resulted in two deaths — five-year-old Ulises Rodriguez […]
Video obtained by the American-Statesman on Wednesday of the deadly Hays school district bus crash in Bastrop County last week shows a commercial concrete truck heading east on Texas 21 veer into the westbound lane of the highway, striking the school bus and causing it to completely roll over before landing on its side. The […]
BUDA, Texas (KXAN) – Hector Campos said Friday he received a phone call that every parent dreads. “[It was] the worst feeling in the world,” Campos said. “You never think you would get one, and for me, my heart sunk right away.” MORE: 2 dead, more than 50 people involved in school bus rollover crash, […]
The Hays school district announced classes at Tom Green Elementary School will be canceled on Monday to allow students and staff to grieve after two people, including a child, died Friday in a school bus rollover crash in western Bastrop County. Principal Jennifer Hanna said the campus will remain open for those who are seeking […]
At least two people, including a child, died Friday afternoon after a Hays school district bus with 44 pre-K students and 11 adults rolled over in western Bastrop County off Texas 21. The Tom Green Elementary School students were returning from a field trip to a Bastrop County zoo, according to a statement from the […]
BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) —When Alejandro Anaya heard a loud bang outside his house he knew something was wrong. “I ran out to see if it was an actual wreck and sure enough it was a school bus,” said Anaya who lives on SH 21 near the Bastrop County Caldwell County line. Anaya said he […]