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Texas was hardest hit by the polio outbreaks of the 1940s and early ’50s. As scientists raced to find a vaccine, local officials, celebrities and ordinary people came together to raise funding for the desperately-needed research.

Central Texas veterans are one step closer to their own permanent retreat and resource base at Patriots’ Hall of Dripping Springs.

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Over 110,000 Hays County property owners will be receiving appraisal notices within the coming weeks. Most will notice a significant jump in property values.

The Tigers were all hugs and smiles after winning at the UIL 5A State Soccer Semifinals. But after another hard-fought game, the team fell short of the state title less than two days later.

Dripping Springs’ Founders Day Festival will take over the streets of downtown this weekend, celebrating the city’s heritage and pioneer spirit.

Early voting will begin this coming week for the Dripping Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees, with four candidates vying for two open seats.

Recently I stumbled across a plant recipe called ‘This is the Life’, not only was it a collection of some of my favorite plants but was like a wake-up call to an old favorite the Persian Shield. Known botanically as Strobilanthes dyerianus, it is native to Burma and has 8-inchlong leaves that are iridescent in shades of purple, lilac and pink with purplemaroon on the undersides. If those colors aren't awesome enough, the foliage looks as though it has a light coat of silver electroplated to the leaf.

It has been a great year for the two Dripping Springs soccer teams and the end looked bright. However, in the end, the soccer teams ended up reversing last year's positions. Last year the Tigers were stopped 1-0 by Brownsville Porter and the Lady Tigers went on to win the state title. This year the Tigers (25- 3) were able to defeat Sharyland 2-0 and then got their revenge with a 2-0 blanking of Porter to send them to state for the first time since 2010. The big game for the Tigers was the Rouse quarterfinal game in which pen alty kicks advanced the Tigers after the 1-1 score.

The Tigers baseball team is having a hard time getting a win streak together in a district that has many evenly matched teams. This race should go down to the wire. The Tigers edged Kerrville Tivy 1-0 but have not been able to figure out the Hays Johnson pitcher as he took his second victory over the Tigers 6-2.

Saturday night the Dripping Springs Boys Lacrosse team took on Washington Skyline. Pregame festivities included introduction of the seniors and their parents. 3 seniors will continue their lacrosse at the next level and many listed this year’s victory over Lake Travis as a favorite lacrosse memory. This senior group would lead the way for Drip on the night.

Dripping Springs softball is at the top of the heap and trying to remain there as they finish the final four games in district play. Their last two games were a 3-2 win over Boerne Champion and an easy 11-0 whitewash of Alamo Heights.