By Megan Wehring Pie eating contests, fireworks and hot air balloons. Labor Day Weekend in Kyle traditionally calls for the Pie in the Sky festival. While COVID-19 continues to make its appearance, festivities to celebrate the holiday will look a little different this year. Sunrise, around 7 p.m., o...

Dozens of volunteers were undeterred by rising heat on Sunday as they assembled 1,200 plates from San Marcos BBQ that were given out free at the Kyle Optimist Fields by county law enforcement officers and elected officials. Above, left, Pct. 2 Commissioner Mark Jones chats with the occupants of a SU...

Staff Report The new Hays County Sheriff’s Academy facility now under construction will be named in honor of the late Sheriff Allen Bridges. His widow accompanied current Sheriff Gary Cutler when he made the request to the commissioners court on July 28. The vote to approve was unanimous. Bridges pa...

In July the new Loving Mountain City FaceBook got rolling. The old Loving MountainCity (note the combined words) will no longer be active. You’ll find the new one even more valuable. For instance, the route of the drive-through Loving Mountain City Fourth of July Parade was published along with inst...

Three white peacemakers nervously waited for the Comanche council to decide whether they lived or died on Aug. 10, 1843. Making amends with the western tribes was one of Sam Houston’s highest priorities at the start of his second presidency. But in the bitter aftermath of his predecessor’s ethnic-cl...

By Sahar Chmais There are those mornings when some university students wake up with the sunrise. They tick off their to-do list with an early workout, then a quiet walk to a sparsely filled building to get a head start on their work, after that they grab a coffee or tea and just revel in the morning...

At a special meeting on Aug. 3, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved Superintendent Todd Washburn’s recommendation of Cedric Menchion as the district’s new Chief Financial Officer. Menchion has been the controller at Killeen ISD since 2014 and has more than 20 years of exp...

The iconic ping of a metronome cut through the air at Hays High July 28 as the school’s marching band began its 2020 summer practice sessions. While the group has operated as normally as possible during the first week of band camp, they also stringently followed strict safety procedures and protocol...

The Central Texas Food Bank, in partnership with the city of Kyle, is hosting a mass food distribution event on Thursday, Aug. 13 from 8-11 a.m. at the Smile Direct Facility, 300 Vista Ridge Dr. — across from the Home Depot. Central Texas residents facing food insecurity can drive to the event to re...

By Megan Wehring College students are expected to have at least one internship under their belt before they graduate. What happens when life gets in the way and that just seems impossible? I was a full-time journalism student, involved at my university’s radio station while also working a part-time ...