BUDA — A trip into the connecting Whispering Hollow and Summer Pointe parks yields children playing, dogs running and retired couples walking — a truly idyllic scene. This type of welcoming environment lends itself to more residents buying homes in the area— a sentiment residents feel may change. Bu...

Heroes Memorial Park is the working title for a Kyle area project expected to be unveiled on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 – but it’s an apt one for what would be the area’s first veterans memorial. Several years ago, U.S. military veteran and then Kyle City Council member David Wilson came up with a...

Kyle elected leaders are in the initial stages of planning for a veterans memorial to be built in Plum Creek. On July 2, a group of Kyle’s military veterans relayed their thoughts on the memorial’s design and timeline. The memorial is currently designed on the lake in Plum Creek near the Hays CISD P...

Kyle city leaders approved a mechanism to finance improvements for development along Opal Lane during a special called early morning meeting Saturday. By a 4-0 vote, the Kyle City Council approved a public improvement district (PID) for improvements of 175 acres along Opal and Roland lanes in Kyle, ...

Hunting feral hogs in Texas is now a high-flying affair. Earlier this year, legislators passed House Bill (HB 3535), which allows for the hunt of feral hogs from hot-air balloons. The bill, which was signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, officially went into effect Sept. 1. HB 3535 introduces a new meas...

Perhaps the worst kept secret in Kyle was revealed in front of a standing room only crowd Tuesday as District 1 council member Travis Mitchell threw his hat into the ring for the upcoming November mayoral race. Mitchell, who won the District 1 seat in June 2016, aims to take the seat held by Mayor T...

Kyle Council member David Wilson, Dist. 4 representative, has made the decision not to run for re-election. His letter announcing his decision: “I have made a decision not to seek reelection for the Kyle City Council, District 4 seat set for election in November 2017. I want to encourage Kyle citize...

The inability to secure a way to maintain sidewalks in Kyle led city leaders to consider different options. But with the possibility of having to raise taxes to foot the bill for sidewalk repairs, city leaders are now trying to find the most cost effective way to accomplish that goal. According a 19...

Varying opinions on how Kyle should approach funding sidewalk improvements Tuesday prevented city leaders from reaching a concrete solution to the problem.  The Kyle City Council discussed sidewalk maintenance, with Councilmember David Wilson presenting three options. The first requires the city to ...

Plans are in motion for the possible construction of a veterans memorial to be located along FM 1626 in Kyle, said David Wilson, Kyle city council member, at a meeting earlier this month. The memorial will feature an obelisk engraved with the names of Kyle citizens who died in service, a large Ameri...