UPDATE – 1:00 a.m.  A pair of incumbent Democrats secured their spots on the bench in the Pct. 2 and 5 Justice of the Peace races Tuesday.   Beth Smith, who has served as the Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace for over 20 years, defeated Republican James Kohler by a wide 28 percent margin, according to uno...

“What made you go off the road?” In the mind of Kyle resident Molly Pardo, that’s the question a sheriff’s deputy should have asked regarding a truck in the ditch along a dark country road. Pardo believes the perceived failure of Hays County Sheriff’s Office deputies to ask a driver that question wh...

An argument over finances is what allegedly led a Kyle man to fatally stab his stepfather and injure his mother during a Sept. 22 altercation at a home in the Plum Creek subdivision. (Photo of Giovanni Salinas courtesy Hays County Jail records) Giovanni Alexander Salinas, 21, of Kyle, was arrested a...

A Lakeway man was arrested Aug. 7 after authorities accused him of going online to solicit sexual favors from minors in the Dripping Springs area. Luann Fabric Campos Leao Hida, 24, of Lakeway, was booked into the Hays County Jail on two charges of online solicitation of a minor, both third-degree f...

Few details are known about the death of a Buda man that was ruled a homicide earlier this week. An investigation is ongoing into the death of Brandon Lamont Fotnette, 36, of Buda, who was found in a residence in the 200 block of Brandon’s Way near Buda. According to a press release, law enforcement...

Kyle Police is investigating what officials believe is the "suspicious" death of a two-year-old boy.   Jeff Barnett, Kyle Police Chief, said authorities were dispatched to a home in the 300 block of Marquitos Drive in Kyle July 4 for a medical emergency of a child, who was reportedly not breathing. ...

Cadena-Stockman A Kyle woman was charged with multiple felonies after authorities allege she attempted to disarm a police officer who was subduing her during an April 19 incident. Cynthia Cadena-Stockman, 54, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail May 4 on one charge of attempt to take weapon...

A proposed new Kyle Fire Department substation has some Mountain City residents hot under the collar. Next year, the Kyle Fire Department plans to renovate an existing home in the 200 block of Mountain City Drive in Mountain City to accommodate the new substation. Kyle Fire Chief Kyle Taylor said th...

More than $1.5 million in outstanding fines have accumulated in violations and warrants and are missing from city coffers. Beth Smith, Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace and the person who oversees Buda’s municipal court, said July 18 everything “seemed to be running smoothly in the court.” Smi...

A Buda man indicted in an aggravated robbery at a Niederwald gas station in June 2016 has now been charged with attempted capital murder. Charles Brian Lane, 19, of Buda, was booked into the Hays County Jail May 30 and is being held on $450,000 bond. Lane is accused of shooting an employee at a Vale...