KYLE — The saying goes, "Everything is bigger in Texas," and the city of Kyle proved it with the opening of its new, 64,000-square-foot Public Safety Center located on Kohlers Crossing. On Thursday, July 20, the two-story facility was opened following residents’ approval of Proposition A in the Nove...

Kyle council votes to hold workshop on police oversight committee KYLE — More than 850 days have passed since Nov. 3, 2020. While other propositions, including the establishment of a new public safety center, have been implemented, Proposition F has been waiting in the wings. Now, Kyle City Council ...

The slow disassociation of the Hays CISD from the Confederacy has gone on for almost two decades, with the last major step taken in 2015 when “Dixie” was dropped as a fight song. In the wake of the murder of Houston native George Floyd beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, there have bee...

By Patrick SvitekThe Texas Tribune Republican leaders in five Texas counties shared racist Facebook posts, some of which also floated conspiracy theories, leading Gov. Greg Abbott to call for two of them to resign. Abbott and other top Texas Republicans called for the resignation of the GOP chairs i...

The gut-wrenching image of George Floyd as his life drained away under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer sent shock waves around the world. But for many, the reaction of his six-year-old daughter Gianna–“Daddy changed the world” – was equally impactful because it addressed the future. Hays CI...

Black Lives Matter. Why is it that so many people cannot understand those three simple words?.  Black Lives Matter. More puzzling is how such a simple, innocuous phrase stirs up so much vitriolic, internal hatred in people. Black Lives Matter. Maybe even worse is how some attempt to rationalize thei...