Outgoing Kyle City Council member Daphne Tenorio posed with a plaque honoring her service. With here are (from left) Council member Dex Ellison, Mayor Pro Tem Rick Koch, Council member Tracy Scheel, Mayor Travis Mitchell, Council member Robert Rizo and Council member Alex Villalobos.   Michael Tobia...

Prohibits installation of cast iron pipes; adds new requirements for incident/accident reporting New pipeline safety rules adopted by the Railroad Commission of Texas prohibit natural gas distribution pipeline operators from installing underground cast iron, wrought iron or bare steel pipelines. Oth...

By Chase Rogers Local candidates looking for a win during the March 3 Texas primaries showed up in force at the Hays County League of Women Voters candidate forum Feb. 13. But only one of five candidates seeking the State Rep. District 45 positions showed up at the event. Candidates vying for Hays C...

Buda transit meeting On Thursday Feb. 20, the city invites community members to participate in a meeting from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Buda City Hall lobby to discuss transportation needs. They will present input collected from the fall 2019 transportation survey and show a map of the recommendations brou...

Additional charges have been filed against two people charged with firing at a Hays County Sheriff’s Office vehicle during a high-speed chase from Dripping Springs to near Johnson City earlier this month. Nathaniel Castro, 23, of El Paso and Klarissa Soto, 19, of Manchaca were taken into custody Feb...

Jury selection is scheduled to start Monday, Feb. 24, in the capital murder trial of former Kyle resident Krystle Villanueva, 27. She is accused of killing and mutilating her five-year-old daughter Giovanna Lanae Hernandez in January 2017. Authorities said the little girl was stabbed to death. Her m...

It’s been a long time coming, but those who frequent downtown Kyle are feeling better about crossing Center Street, since signs warning motorists to stop for pedestrians were put up last week. The signs are installed at crosswalks from Main Street to Highway 81. During the installation, flaggers dir...

Kinder Morgan expressed pleasure, but opponents of the company’s planned 430-mile Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) disagreed with a judge’s opinion that the project can proceed. Travis County District Judge Robert Pitman ruled Feb. 14 against a temporary restraining order sought by the T.R.E.A.D. (Tex...

By Anita Miller The Kyle City Council is poised to consider at its meeting Tuesday declaring the population of the city to be 50,000 or more and expanding the extraterritorial jurisdiction to 3.5 miles beyond the city limits. According to the Texas Local Government Code, a city’s ETJ is determined b...

Hwy. 21 near Uhland remained closed as of late morning in the wake of a fatal collision involving a dumptruck. More details was they become available. Anita Miller photo