The largest swearing-in of Court Appointed Special Advocates so far this year was celebrated Oct. 15, with 16 trainees representing Caldwell, Comal, Guadalupe and Hays counties. Each volunteer completed five weeks of training, background checks, courtroom observation and is now ready to advocate for...

The 26th Annual Friends Foundation BBQ fundraiser provided a lot of fun for its attendees and funds for the seniors citizens in the Dripping Springs area. There were live and silent auctions and music by the Hot Texas Swing Band. The annual event is the biggest fundraising effort for the area’s agin...

O n Oct. 22, 1952, a leading Lone Star daily newspaper asked the election-eve question, “Can Parr tilt the vote for Adlai?” If the infamous “Duke of Duval” could select a senator, it stood to reason that he just might be able to pick a president, too. The Anglo clique that ran Duval County at the tu...

Monday night’s council meeting could be called the “live-iest” ever. Every minute streamed on Facebook Live.  Even now, go to Mountain City’s Facebook page to play the full and uncensored meeting. The long segment of meeting spent on ESD 9 boiled down to this: the vote on Nov. 5 on whether or not Mo...

A portion of SH 21 will soon be dedicated as Private First Class Kristian Menchaca Memorial Highway. Menchaca, originally from Brownsville, entered the service from Gary Job Corps Center, where he earned a GED and completed the security officer program. He was killed following an insurgent attack so...

Hidden homelessness is hard to define, but estimates are that more than 200 students in Hays County lack a fixed, regular nighttime residence. The Rotary Club of Kyle has stepped up to help. “Although we may not meet the students or their families directly, we are working with Hays CISD representati...

Kyle Founders Parade downtown this Saturday “A Slice of Kyle” is the theme for this year’s Founders Parade, which will take to the streets at 10 a.m. Saturday. Parade participants will gather at Gregg-Clarke Park and head east on Center Street, ending up at the Mary Kyle Harton Gazebo at City Square...

Several Kyle families attended the Kyle Public Library Fall Festival Saturday. Attendees enjoyed the Tiny Tales petting zoo, fall crafts and Frito Pie by Marty's. See more photos by James Niño here.

Caldwell County’s loss appears to be Hays County’s gain. The news last week that Katerra, a California-based manufacturer of home components, has decided to relocate from the planned SMART (San Marcos Air, Rail and Truck) Terminal in Caldwell County to a site adjacent to Interstate 35 in Hays County...

R ather than go to prison, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned on Oct. 10, 1973 and gave Richard Nixon a second chance to replace him with a former governor of Texas. John Bowden Connally, Jr. rose from the humblest circumstances to become Lyndon Johnson’s right-hand man.   He managed every major ca...