M aybe Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is bringing me down – or not. Overcast winter weather triggers SAD. Lack of exposure to sunlight can cause higher levels of melatonin and lower levels of serotonin in the brain, which can cause depression-like symptoms. But then again, maybe it’s the news – a...

Hays County has gone a long ways toward populating its Complete Count Committee but still needs representatives from some segments of the community. The county announced and began staffing the committee last fall and has also dedicated $50,000 towards the 2020 Census. Areas of the county have been d...

Staff Report Some are homeowners while others rent. Some are making their parents proud by attending college, while others do all they can to avoid notice because they lack proper documentation to even be here. Still others don’t have a permanent address, sleeping in their vehicles, camping in the w...

Hays CISD Trustee Teresa Tobias announced Jan. 29 that she will not seek re-election for a third term as the representative on the Hays CISD Board of Trustees for single-member-district 1. “After considering it thoroughly, I have decided to step back from the board to allow me more time to focus on ...

Spring is but weeks away and along with bluebonnets and warmer weather, the change brings the about birthing season for Texas’ estimated 1.5 million feral hogs. To help keep ahead of the infestation, the Hays County Commissioners Court on Jan. 28 renewed its interlocal agreement with Texas State Uni...

Proposed changes to the city of Kyle’s Residential Style Guide are intended to create a “higher standard” in neighborhood design, according to Development Director Howard Koontz. The City Council on Jan. 21 heard a presentation by Koontz on amendments to the style guide. No action was taken, but cou...

Anthony Michael Hall, one of the stars of the Breakfast Club, hosted a presentation of the iconic 80s movie in Kyle last week at EVO Entertainment Center. Left, Hall meets with fans and signs autographs with his fiancée Lucia Oskeroba. Top Right, Savannah and Michaela Wommack of Kyle meet film star ...

A lawsuit alleging Kinder Morgan has violated the Endangered Species Act with its approach to building a natural gas pipeline through the heart of the Texas Hill Country has added new plaintiffs. The Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Jan 28. to join the suit, which was filed by the B...

On Monday, January 27, 2020, Eureta Kathryn Schmidt, loving wife and mother of three children passed away at the age of 88.   Kathryn was born on November 3, 1931 in Carbon, TX to Thomas Edgar and Cleo Davis.   On June 17, 1950, she married the love of her life, Richard William Schmidt.   They raise...

Everett B. Conner, Jr, (Bubba) passed away at age 70 on Thursday, January 30, 2020 at Ascension Seton Hays Hospital in Kyle, Tx. He is survived by his wife Theresa, children Denise Brewer and husband Breck, Michele Little, Brandy Martinez and husband Roy, Scott Conner and wife Heidi, Christina Hogan...