By Amira Van Leeuwen KYLE — The city of Kyle hosted its first open house meeting on Saturday at city hall to give citizens information as they prepare to vote on the road bond package, Proposition A, in the city’s bond election this November.   Proposition A features eight road projects across the c...

By Brittany Anderson BUDA — A Buda-based nonprofit organization aimed at empowering adults with developmental disabilities through education, inclusion and social experiences mixed community and fun this past weekend with a car show.   Photo by Brittany Anderson Charlotte Sears with her 1934 Ford 3-...

By Brittany Anderson and Amira Van Leeuwen HAYS COUNTY — What feels like something that would only happen in a far-off community, or is just a “big city problem,” has quickly become reality for Hays County residents: fentanyl is here, and it’s killing children as young as 15.   Fentanyl is an approv...

By Brittany Anderson KYLE —   Fentanyl is not just a “big city” problem — and with the drug causing the death of three local students in the span of a month, it is evident that there is a crisis right here in our community.   Various Hays CISD officials, along with local law enforcement and first re...

By Megan Wehring   KYLE –The Kyle Police Department has responded to at least 16 overdoses relating to fentanyl this year, with seven of those resulting in death – the largest presence of fentanyl and other street drugs seen in the city. Kyle PD warns the public that many of the overdoses, including...

Staff Report KYLE - In the wake of yesterday's tragic events at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the Kyle Police Department (KPD) has directed patrol staff and officers from other assignments and divisions to make every effort to increase their presence at all of the school campuses in the city’s j...

By Megan Wehring   KYLE — With the heart of a servant, Captain Pedro Hernandez knew that it was his calling to help others when he became an officer at the Kyle Police Department (KPD).  Kyle Police Captain Pedro Hernandez (city of Kyle photo). “I like helping people,” Hernandez said, “as cliche and...

By Megan Wehring  KYLE -- Convicted registered sex offenders are now restricted where they can live in the city of Kyle.  Kyle City Council voted to set the distance requirement at 1,000 feet between where sex offenders can reside and established child safety zones. These places within city limits a...

By Megan Wehring  KYLE -- City council and officials are reviewing a potential ordinance that could restrict where convicted registered sex offenders may live in the city of Kyle.  Kyle Chief of Police Jeff Barnett and Officer Dago Pates introduced the regulation on Feb. 2 before city council. The p...

Staff Report KYLE — Kyle Police arrested 47-year-old Larry Simon of Louisiana on two capital murder charges on Tuesday, Feb. 2, for a 2015 double homicide. No bond was set. The city asked for a bond of $500,000, given the brutality of the murders and Simon’s previous failure to appear in court. In 2...