Wastewater projects and expansions are top priority for Kyle city officials, as developments coming in requiring utility services force them to plan ahead. Kyle city leaders May 6 prioritized wastewater projects for the fiscal year 2018 budget. “The economy lives and dies by its ability to grow and ...

UPDATE – 10:29 a.m.  The North Hays County Fire Rescue asks those in the affected area of the gas leak to shelter in place and to not evacuate their home or business, according to Dripping Springs Emergency Management. If it is necessary to evacuate someone, a deputy or firefighter will go to the lo...

Pedernales Electric Cooperative officials are warning its members of a reported phone scam targeting the area. According to PEC, members have reported phone calls threatening to disconnect service and instructing members to call a phone number with an 866 area code. Members who call the number may h...

Authorities have arrested a man they suspect was the driver of a vehicle used in a fatal April 2016 drive-by shooting in the Post Oak subdivision. Rickson Correa-Cherem, 18, of San Marcos, was arrested by Kyle Police and was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Natanaell Bardale...

Buda city officials are alerting the public to a pair of seperate rabies cases that were discovered last week. On May 13, a dead bat was found in the 1400 block of Heep Run in the Garlic Creek subdivision. A seperate case occurred Wednesday when a dead skunk was found inside the Aguirre Paint and Bo...

Twenty years in prison and a $10,000 fine were handed down this week in the sentencing phase of a DWI murder trial involving prominent Buda realtor Jason Tarr. The jury’s sentence came after Tarr last week was convicted of felony murder and intoxication assault stemming from a 2014 head-on collision...

PASSED THE HOUSE HB 1510  – Relating to the transfer of certain functions related to emergency services districts from the Department of Agriculture to the Texas Division of Emergency Management – Sent to the Senate HB 1512  – Relating to the maximum loan amount made to persons under the owner-build...

Circumstances surrounding Hays CISD Superintendent Michael McKie’s departure remain unclear, even after district leaders accepted his resignation and named an acting superintendent during a special called meeting Friday. At Friday’s meeting, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees voted 7-0 to approve McKie...

t’s not often politics and athletics harbor similar ideals and philosophies. For those who choose to run for political office, however, the feeling is often compared to running a marathon or triathlon. Dripping Springs resident Taline Manassian is lucky enough to now have experienced both. Last week...

A new revenue stream that could take pressure off of homeowners within the Emergency Service District No. 6 (ESD 6) was given the go-ahead by voters May 6. With more than 70 percent approval during the election, ESD 6, which is the North Hays County Fire Rescue, will implement sales and use tax in a...