BUDA — The Buda chapter of an international organization, Taking Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), is on a mission to provide accountability for people who are on a weight loss journey. Founded by Esther S. Manz in 1948 after she spoke with a physician about losing the “baby weight” she had gained when sh...

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KYLE — Jeff Kunkel, the Lions Club International district governor, spoke at the Kyle Lions Club on Aug. 8 for its in-person meeting at the AMVETS building. Kunkel aims to visit each club in the Lions District 2-S3 in Central Texas. At the Kyle meeting, he presented several ideas, including member r...

KYLE — Leslie Scott, who is bringing more than 20 years of experience in library services including 10 years as a library director in municipal government, was named the Kyle Public Library’s new director. “Literature and libraries play an important role in our communities and I am beyond excited to...

SAN MARCOS — On Aug. 7, the San Marcos Academy celebrated the beginning of its 117th school year. Of the 334 students that started school on Wednesday, 90 of them were new to the campus. San Marcos Academy has a diverse population of students from around the world, across the United States and all o...

KYLE — At approximately 4:20 p.m.on  Aug. 13, the Kyle Police Department and Kyle Fire Department responded to a collision involving a Hays CISD school bus. According to KPD Chief Jeff Barnett, the school bus was traveling in the 400 block of Center Street in downtown Kyle when the driver felt a bum...

SAN MARCOS — John Hatch, Hays County Democratic Party chairman, filed a complaint with the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct against judicial candidate for Hays County Court at Law #3 Robert Elwood Updegrove, also known as “Wood” Updegrove. Wood is attempting to confuse voters into believin...

The Garlic Creek Homeowner's Association presented a check in the amount of $5,748.22 to the city of Buda at the Aug. 6 city council meeting from the 2024 Garlic Creek 5K/10K Race fundraiser. The 2023 race resulted in a donation to the city of $2,365.58 and in 2022, a total of $4,786.94 was donated....

KYLE — The annual back-to-school haircut event hosted by local barber Tony Arredondo was back in full swing, and under a new name, this past weekend on Aug. 11. Previously, the free haircut event, now titled Kidz, Cutz and Curlz, was hosted by Gentlemen’s Grooming 101, but according to Arredondo, af...

KYLE — Kyle City Council voted to not bring a bond for the indoor sportsplex at its Aug. 6 meeting, following a discussion on potential phasing and funding. Assistant city manager Jesse Elizondo announced at the beginning of his presentation that city staff wanted to give a more detailed and in-dept...