Kyle Downtown Development Meeting Business owners and Kyle residents are encouraged to attend a meeting with Kyle officials to discuss the development of the downtown area. Topics will include parking, zoning and design.The meeting is Saturday, June 22, 9 a.m. at the Kyle City Hall, 100 Center Stree...

Nestled off the beaten path in the Hill Country, surrounded by the loud buzzing of the summer cicadas, are a plethora of destination businesses which are losing money by the week.  Typically, the summer season is the busiest for the numerous wineries, breweries, distilleries and restaurants in the r...

The city of Kyle is in multiple Public Improvement District (PID) agreements in an effort to allow more home projects and upgrade city areas. Kyle City Council recently approved a preliminary assessment plan for yet another PID. The Southwest Kyle PID is located on 171 acres between Roland Lane and ...

A new resolution passed by the Wimberley city leaders reinstates the city administrator as the primary contact for matters relating to its wastewater project. The action repealed a previous resolution which labeled the city’s mayor and mayor pro tem, as well as the city administrator, as points of c...

The patience of some downtown Wimberley business owners is beginning to wear thin as the city’s battle for a wastewater system is hitting them in the pocketbook. Without a sewer system to collect and treat wastewater, the majority of downtown restaurant and business owners are footing the bill to pu...

A Hays County jury June 5 sentenced an Illinois man to 99 years in prison after it convicted him of aggravated sexual assault and indecency with a child. Punishment for Reymundo Montiel, Jr., 41, of Pickneyville, IL, came after a nearly two week trial surrounding his abuse of two girls in 2014 and 2...

A former Wimberley karate instructor was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years Friday after he was convicted of engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor in 2012 and collecting explicit photos of her. Richard Dale Griffin, 65, was convicted of continuous trafficking of a person, a first deg...

Free breakfast and lunch for children of all ages is available this summer, thanks in part to a Hays CISD program aimed at providing meals to those in need. Hays CISD Nutrition Specialist Melanie McCall said Hays CISD’s Summer Feeding Program aims to serve more than 23,000 children again this year. ...

Defensive Gardening at the Buda Library Hays County Master Gardeners, in cooperation with the Buda Library, will host a free seminar on June 15, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Buda Public Library. The seminar is free and will feature guest speaker Joseph Blanford who will talk about attracting pollinato...

A concrete company’s plan to pump close to 9 million gallons of water from the Trinity Aquifer for its Henly-area batch plant is bubbling up concern from nearby neighbors. Lauren Concrete Inc., owners of a batch plant near Henly that generated controversy when it was proposed in 2018, submitted an a...