Staff Reports An unexpired Kyle City Council seat for District 6, that was held by council member Daphne Tenorio, is expected to be filled by a special election Saturday. The seat remains open after Tenorio resigned in order to run for the office of Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector. Two candidates...

A tract in Buda is among two recent land purchases the Texas Children’s Hospital closed on late last year. Close to the area known as Estancia, the property is located on the north west corner of Puryear Road and Interstate 35. Also purchased was a plot in North Austin known as Presidio. “In June 20...

The patient, Kyle resident Brianna Bonnet, says the new treatment for her lymphoma turned her blood cells into “ninjas.” Her doctor is a bit more scientific in his explanation. Bonnet, 34 and a kindergarten teacher in Austin, began receiving CAR-T, a new form of immunotherapy, in 2018, and she was t...

Submitted Report The Texas Secretary of State’s Office has deemed Hays County’s Countywide Polling Program “successful,” giving the county permission to continue using the program. The Hays County Elections Office had requested “successful” status based on the results of its first election (Nov. 5, ...

After an extended period of testy discussion, the Hays County Commissioners Court on Tuesday voted 4-1 to adopt a new contract with Securus Inc. for inmate phone calls and video visitation. County Judge Ruben Becerra was the sole dissenting vote. The proposal, which was sponsored by Pct. 4 Commissio...

At first, just the corner was visible in a field of old flood debris along an intermittent creek near The Plant at Kyle, on west FM 150. Martha Kinscherff and her husband Jamie, stewards and neighbors of the popular wedding venue, walked the area often, but it hadn’t caught their eye until one day j...

By the age of 104, most people would have had their fill of birthday presents. But Betty X. Davis isn’t most people. As her birthday approached in November, Davis sent out a call for presents – but not for herself. Rather, she sought donations of children’s books that she in turn donated to the libr...

Hays County now has a Countywide Fire Code. The new standards and rules were adopted by the Commissioners Court last month. The code became effective Jan. 1 and is designed to provide the basis for fire protection for the occupants of new construction as well as authorize the Fire Marshal to make “f...

Hays County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted dates and locations for early voting in the March 3 Democratic and Republican primary elections with a couple of changes from the locations voters used in November 2019. Early voting will begin on Tuesday, Feb. 18 and run through Friday, Feb. 21, 8 a.m. t...

Growth, technology and maintenance are among the driving forces for the proposed May 3 Hays ISD bond election. District officials laid out a slightly stripped-down version of proposed projects Saturday at McCormick Middle School in the first of three scheduled public forums on the bond, which is now...