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Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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Chirping with disaster: Kyle Police Department plagued with crickets

By Andy Sevilla

A perceived problem all too evident throughout Kyle now has roiled high-ranking city officials and visitors to the Kyle Police Department as crickets have taken over the building.

“Each morning, we have several hundred new crickets throughout the (KPD) building and many are falling from the ceiling throughout the day,” Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett wrote in a Sept. 16 email to Parks Director Kerry Urbanowicz.

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