Ms. Hillman’s First Grade Class at Elm Grove Elementary School Dear Santa, Hi! My name is Kase. I am 7 Years old. I liv in Kyle Texas. This Year i would like a baby Yodu and a nintindo shwich and a puppy. how miny cucys do you Eat every year. how miny Elfs do You have. Love, Kase Dear Santa, Hi! My ...

Third graders from Carpenter Elementary were given the assignment of writing cover letters to Santa for a job as an elf. Here are what some of the kids had to say. Dear Santa, You should hire me because I know you are busy and I could help you! The reason why is because I’m really good at watching p...

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 Jan. 25. The seat remains open after Tenorio resigned in order to run for the office of Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector. Two candidates,...

CANCELED: Trail of Lights for Friday, Dec. 20 has been canceled due to wet conditions at Stagecoach Park

By Anita Miller The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has some facts and figures for those who expect to be seeking a new job in 2020. The TWC has released a list of top careers broken down by educational level and expected earnings detailed for the nine-county Rural Capital Area. The region’s five f...

Submitted Report AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has leased a “no fee” public access area on the Guadalupe River to help anglers target rainbow trout during the peak of the cool-weather stocking and fishing season. Camp Huaco Springs, located between San Antonio and Austin, has near...

With the exception of Mountain City, all of Hays County’s taxing municipalities are ending the year on a positive note when it comes to the percentage of sales taxes allocated from the office of the State Comptroller. The year’s final allocations were delivered this week, revealing how much ground w...

by Sahar Chmais Executive Director Vanessa Puig-Williams of the Trinity Edwards Springs Protection Alliance (TESPA) stood before the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) Dec. 12 in a final attempt to ask for a rehearing on the Needmore Water LLC case, but her request was sho...

No matter their political party, Hays County voters will be facing several choice in the Democratic and Republican primary elections May 3. Hays County Sheriff There’s a race in both parties for sheriff, where incumbent Republican Gary Cutler will face challenger David Graham of Dripping Springs. On...

On Dec. 14, choir students and staff from Lehman High, Simon Middle School and Chapa Middle School joined forces as they toured Kyle, Buda and south Austin spreading holiday cheer through caroling. Two of those stops included the New Haven Assisted Living center in Kyle and the Huntington Senior Com...