Initial results from an ongoing study have found Onion Creek is “hydrologically connected” to the Middle Trinity Aquifer, according to a memo to the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD). Doug Wierman, an independent geoscientist working with the Meadows Center in San Marcos,...

A group of Buda Walmart employees walk across the parking lot toward the store after authorities gave the “all-clear” following a bomb threat. Nothing was found by authorities after an individual called in a threat to the Buda Walmart around 6 p.m. Jan. 15. The store was evacuated for a period of th...

New developments, along with the start of several key Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs), are on the docket for Buda officials as they prepare for a busy 2018. Buda Assistant City Manager Micah Grau said Buda experienced commercial growth in 2017 that should come to fruition in 2018. Additionally, ...

A five-year process to rezone six acres of land off of Windy Hill Road came to a close Jan. 2 after Kyle city leaders chose to deny the motion on second reading. The decision, made via a 6-0 vote by the Kyle City Council, ended a saga that featured complicated legal language discrepancies between Ha...

A Kyle man was arrested Jan. 10 for indecency with a child by sexual contact based on an alleged 2017 incident with a family member. Andrew Fidel Ortiz, 20, was booked into the Hays County Jail on the charge, which is a second-degree felony. According to the affidavit, Ortiz was 19 at the time of th...

Accommodating a faster flow of traffic led Kyle city leaders to approve increasing the speed limit on a section of Kohler’s Crossing. The change increases the speed limit from 40 to 45 miles per hour on Kohler’s Crossing from the Union Pacific Railroad to the Interstate 35 frontage road. Alteration ...

Less than a year into his tenure at Lehman High, Josh Kirkland is taking his talents to the collegiate level. Kirkland, who for the past nine months has served as Lehman's athletic coordinator and head football coach, confirmed he has accepted the roles of assistant head football coach and running b...

Residents suffering from flu-like symptoms can take solace they’re not alone after Hays County officials estimated more than 300 confirmed cases of the virus at the end of December. Hays County Local Health Department Epidemiologist Eric Schneider said flu season is technically September through Apr...

Law enforcement officials examine the wreckage of a white van involved in a fatal single-car collision that occurred Jan. 4 on the southbound frontage road of Interstate 35 near the intersection of Kyle Parkway. On Jan. 5, officials identified Daniel Adrian Gonzalez, 52, of Austin, as the victim in ...

A focus on capital improvements – that’s what Kyle officials plan to center their attention on in 2018 as they attempt to meet the demand of a rapidly growing city. As Kyle's population estimate now surpasses the 43,000 mark, Scott Sellers, Kyle city manager, believes the city is starting to get cau...