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The Forensic Anthropology Research Farm at the Freeman Ranch is somewhat of a local mystery The farm is commonly known as the “body farm,” and community members are dying to know what goes on there — pun fully intended. The research done on decomposing bodies and bones has assisted in solving crimes in many ways, but that is not all that goes on there; law enforcement and firefighter training is also conducted at the FARF.

San Marcos Police Department officials are praising the teamwork among its own officers and staff and those of neighboring law enforcement agencies, following an investigation that resulted in the arrests of three people.

Every three minutes in the United States, someone is diagnosed with a blood disease like aplastic anemia; immunodeficiencies like Severe Combined Immunodeficiency; and cancers like leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

In a surprise turn of events Wednesday, it was announced that Hays County District Clerk Avrey J. Anderson has filed a petition calling for the removal from office of Hays County District Attorney Kelly Higgins.

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.

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.

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.

Paxton trial completes first week

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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.

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.

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.