With the grind toward the March 6 primary raging on, Hays County residents are going to the polls in unprecedented numbers. As of Feb. 26, 4,658 early votes have been accounted for at seven different locations spread across the county. This does not account for the nearly 2,000 votes submitted to th...

A new road connecting Marketplace Avenue at the Burleson Street Roundabout to the southbound Interstate 35 access road moved a step closer to reality Feb. 20. Kyle city leaders approved a purchase agreement for property that could house the new connector.  The purchase agreement, which was signed by...

Questions over the need for additional street maintenance dollars beyond what’s already budgeted led Buda city leaders to shut down potential fundraising ideas. One of those options, which received a negative response from several council members, centered on redirecting city sales tax dollars to go...

A zoning change for a subdivision near downtown Kyle was delayed by city leaders Feb. 20 due to mixed opinions on the development. Kyle City Council members were locked in a 3-3 stalemate after two separate votes. Council members disagreed on the density for a proposed zoning change for a subdivisio...

A handful of teams braved rainy conditions for the annual Lobo Relays, which were held for the first time at Lobo Field. The Lobo girls track team claimed second place overall, while the boys finished sixth. Top to bottom: Lehman High Bria Arrant (left) passes the baton to her sister Briannah Arrant...

Over the weekend, Lehman High’s Mariachi Los Lobos traveled to Edinburg for the UIL State Competition at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The Lehman Mariachi Los Lobos received a Superior Rating of 1 at the competition. Three individuals, Illiana Richardson, Sofia Gonzalez and Alexandra Do...

Kyle resident Lenore Brady lives by the ideology that one person’s dusty relic might be another’s treasure. That’s why Brady spent several minutes Saturday going through books with antiquated, yellow pages in the hopes of finding a potential gold mine. Brady was one of a large collection of similar-...

A 25-year prison sentence was handed down to a Kyle teen Friday who pled guilty to shooting and killing a man in an April 2016 drive-by shooting. Jamez Gabriel Sanchez, 18, of Kyle, pled guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of Natanell Bardales, according to a city of Kyle press relea...

Two hours of public comment and deliberation Tuesday wasn’t enough to push Dripping Springs city leaders to make a decision on a controversial Driftwood wedding venue. Instead, the Dripping Springs City Council voted unanimously to postpone a vote on the Mark Black Wedding Venue until March 13. The ...

Disagreement on who is responsible for rising property tax bills dominated the majority of Monday’s debate between Lon Shell and Colin McFerrin, who are aiming for the unexpired Hays County Pct. 3 Commissioner seat. McFerrin, a military veteran, placed the onus of rising tax bills on Hays County Com...