The Hays Free Press asked its audience its opinions about the Coronavirus. Out of 110 participants, this is what they had to say: This is a media driven scare tactic. It’s so out of hand. The reporting is only driven to encourage fear so people will keep watching the news. As someone that has been i...

The Steel Magnolias, ladies fully choreographed gospel music singers will be presenting a concert, Sunday afternoon, March 15, , at 4:30 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church in Kyle. The Steel Magnolias The group has been singing together for 14 years and do not charge or ask for a love offering at any c...

Heroes Memorial Park is the working title for a Kyle area project expected to be unveiled on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 – but it’s an apt one for what would be the area’s first veterans memorial. Several years ago, U.S. military veteran and then Kyle City Council member David Wilson came up with a...

(Above) Left to right, front row first, are: Sheriff Gary Cutler, Captain Julie Villalpando, William Kelly, Allyson Watts, Anna Liska, Ashlee Watts, Chief Deputy Mike Davenport, Instructor Edward Martell. Back row: David Velasco, Danny Castro, Cody Halvorson, Larry Fults, John Wray, Santiago Alfaro,...

Some current road projects in Kyle are facing issues, but most are going according to plan. Leon Barba, city engineer, presented a quick and thorough update about where the projects stand and how some of their issues will be handled. Lehman Road and Bridge at Plum Creek Lehman Road overall is a litt...

By Chase Rogers Super Tuesday is now in the past, but a number of races are still to be decided. Here’s a rundown: Texas State Representative, District 45 The Republican primary for State Representative District 45 will go to a runoff between Carrie Isaac, who gained 46.89 percent of the vote, and K...

Stacy Anderson takes a chainsaw to saplings in the way of a 3.8 mile portion of trail through Lake Kyle Natural Area that she and Benito Pereda have been tasked with clearing. Spring is dawning at Lake Kyle Park, and the sound of the Kawasaki Gators driven by park staff scare up an occasional blue h...

Buda Police are seeking a man who donned blackface before robbing the Broadway Bank Monday afternoon. According to the BPD, the man walked into the Broadway Bank located on FM 1626 at 3 p.m. and handed the teller a note demanding money. He fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash. No weapon ...

“Wash your hands like you’ve been chopping jalapeños and need to change your contact lenses” goes a meme circulating on Facebook concerning tips to avoid catching the newest round of Coronavirus. It’s good advice. Though there are still no confirmed cases of COVID 19 in Hays County, a Wimberley coup...

By Anita Miller From the outset, the capital murder trial of former Kyle resident Krystal Villanueva was anything but ordinary — but so was her crime. Krystle Villanueva Villanueva, 27, not only stabbed her five-year-old daughter to death, she cut off the child’s head, fingers and toes after the gir...