BY Moses leos III Buda citizens will decide this November whether bars, restaurants and dancehalls can sell alcohol until 2 a.m.  The Buda City Council Tuesday voted 5-1 on a resolution calling for a Nov. 4 referendum to extend alcohol sale hours within city limits. Councilmember Eileen Altmiller wa...

By Kim Hilsenbeck If a mass shooting incident happened while you were at a movie theater, in school, at church, at a mall or anywhere else, what would you do?  That’s the question Buda Police Chief Bo Kidd wants people to think about before something happens.  In his active shooter response class la...

Staff report The Buda Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a man they believe is a possible suspect in a string of neighborhood car burglaries. According to the Buda Police Department's Facebook page, the suspect is described as a white male in his late teens or early twe...

by Cyndy Slovak-Barton T o some, the Buda Chamber’s Fajita Fiesta might just be a day of food and fun. The aroma of flank steaks wafting through the air and beans cooking to perfection makes for a wonderful fiesta. Pan de campo being cooked in a Dutch oven over an open fire adds a bit of authenticit...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Buda leaders are again exploring water options – nearly all of which were not available a year ago when the city started looking for additional water. But at Tuesday’s special called meeting, options flowed like a river. Buda City Council heard from regional entities and a private ...

By Moses Leos III Buda city leaders are contemplating a five percent pay bump in the fiscal year 2016 budget. The first in three years, the measure would increase salaries for all city staff with the exception of the city manager. Why now? “We looked at our pay scale, part of the pay versus retentio...

By Kiana Poorfard With a Pflugerville country dance hall looking at Buda for its next establishment, city council is grappling with the ordinance prohibiting the sale of alcohol after 1 a.m. Jeff Van Delden, owner of Mavericks Country Rock Bar, said he will likely look south to Kyle, which extended ...

By Kim Hilsenbeck As a growing city, Buda attracts new businesses every month, ranging from restaurants to retail shops to other commercial ventures. One of its most recent additions is the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott, which will be operated by Dallas-based Seva Hospitality. The family-owned ...

Staff Report During the upcoming Fajita Festival Cook-off Fiesta, volunteers are welcome for the reenactment of The Battle of Medina. The biggest and bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil, this battle was part of the Mexican War of Independence. Tejano ancestors, under the leadership of Bernard...

By Moses Leos III Possible penalties from surpassing debt issuance limits have Buda waiting until 2016 to pay for its share of Phase 1A of the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency’s (HCPUA) pipeline project.  In doing so, the city opted to decline a low-interest loan from the State Water Implementati...