Armed for business: Buda welcomes new gun-toting shop owner
<p>Stepping inside the Windwalker Primitive Weapons shop is like walking back into the ola wild west.</p>

Hays County 4-Hers bring home awards
<p>Fifty <a href="http://www.topix.com/county/hays-tx" class="xref">Hays County</a> 4-H members recently participated at the San Antonio Livestock Exposition with their livestock projects, with several taking home honors.</p>

Barton, Cobb to face off for Hays judgeship
<p>Barton will go on to face Republican candidate Dr. Bert Cobb in the November election.</p>

Kyle's newest lifeline
<p>Fires beware: The mammoth 21,000-square-foot <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/kyle-tx" class="xref">Kyle</a> <a href="http://www.topix.com/news/fire" class="xref">Fire</a> Station #1 on Main Street is now in service.</p>

Out of coma, Gabriel continues long road to recovery
<p>More than five months after Justin Gabriel fell 25 feet into an <a href="http://www.topix.com/metro/austin-san-marcos-tx" class="xref">Austin</a> creek bed and lay unconscious until being discovered 14 hours later, the former <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/hays-tx" class="xref">Hays</a> High School track star is out of his coma and on the long road to recovery.</p>

Jones trounces Gonzalez in Pct. 2 county commissioner primary
<p>It was only half an hour after the polls closed on election night, a time when most candidates were anxiously tallying ballot boxes, but Mark Jones was already riding high on a resounding political victory.</p>

Democrats depose Sumter, pick Barton for county judge
<p><a href="http://www.topix.com/county/hays-tx" class="xref">Hays County</a> Democrats took the rare step of deposing a countywide incumbent officeholder, replacing County Judge Elizabeth Sumter on the ticket with Pct.</p>

Buda to get own police department
<p>The City of Buda announced that it will be formulating its own police department, one that will be headed by the former commander of its <a href="http://www.topix.com/county/hays-tx" class="xref">Hays County</a> Sheriff-based Buda Patrol.</p>

Construction firms look to Texas to grow
<p>Although well known for its work on the multifamily front, locally based Galaxy Builders Ltd.</p>

Answers To Go: Ulysses Cephas a civic leader, choir director and more
<p>"Answers To Go" highlights recently received questions. Please visit the library at 625 East Hopkins, call 393-8200 for information over the phone, or e-mail us through our web-page at www.ci.<a href="http://www.topix.com/city/san-marcos-tx" class="xref">san-marcos</a>.tx.us/library.htm. Q. I'm supposed to write a report on a historic <a href="http://www.topix.com/afam" class="xref">African-American</a> in San Marcos.</p>

Meth: Hays man to serve 22 years
<p>Charles Leslie Gault, 31, pled guilty to both charges, a report released by <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/hays-tx" class="xref">Hays</a> District Attorney Sherri Tibbe said.</p>

Campaign sign caper said to be just a joke
<p>On Tuesday the <a href="http://www.topix.com/county/hays-tx" class="xref">Hays County</a> Sheriff's office was made aware of numerous stolen political signs in the <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/kyle-tx" class="xref">Kyle</a>/Buda area, Sgt.</p>

2 Republicans face off for Hays County commissioner
<p>Republican voters near <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/kyle-tx" class="xref">Kyle</a> and Buda are voting to choose their candidate for commissioner.</p>

Johnson elected Kyle mayor: Sanchez and Huebner take council seats
<p><a href="http://www.topix.com/city/kyle-tx" class="xref">Kyle</a>'s next mayor, Lucy Johnson , waves to oncoming traffic at the waning moments of the city's special election Saturday night.</p>

Rep. Patrick Rose takes on first primary opponent
<p>Patrick Rose, the Democratic representative from <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/dripping-springs-tx" class="xref">Dripping Springs</a>, has campaign signs plastered all over <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/hays-tx" class="xref">Hays</a>, Caldwell, and Blanco counties, but for the first time since he took office, Rose has a challenger and voters have a choice.</p>

People with the Strangest Pets
<p>They live on hundreds of acres of open spaces sporting an outdoor pool that even has an inner tube stuffed with aqua noodles for the enjoyment of the rodent.</p>

Woman keeps worlda s largest rodent as a pet
<p>"He's very needy but I love him to death," says his owner Melanie Typaldos. "He's very affectionate.</p>

Expect traffic! Buda Main St., IH-35 road closures next week
<p>The Texas Department of Transportation will shut down the intersection of Main Street and IH-35 in Buda overnight next week in the first phase of work replacing the interstate overpass.</p>

Le San Michele Couple brings wedding venue to Buda
<p>After five years as a <a href="http://www.topix.com/living/wedding" class="xref">wedding</a> venue, Le San Michelle will also be home other events, such as concerts, catered dinners, and classes in art, design and foreign language.</p>

Downtown Buda's - Alive After Five'
<p>Posted by Free Press Contributor on Feb 3rd, 2010 and filed under Inside , Neighbors , Sandra Grizzle .</p>