Every day for the past two years, Indiana resident Rachael McPherson and her family have anxiously waited by their phones. They do so with the hope that the person on the other end of the line could give them the answers they seek. It’s been over two years since the bodies of Jimmy Wright, McPherson...

After several attempts in past legislative sessions, Texas lawmakers in May were able to pass a bill outlawing use of electronic devices while driving statewide. House Bill 62, authored by State Rep. Tom Craddick (R-Midland) and sponsored by State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo), was signed into la...

Mixed reactions from city leaders earlier this month welcomed the Kyle Police Department’s proposed $82,000 annual expense for a new data storage system for in-car and body-worn cameras. While the Kyle City Council gave City Manager Scott Sellers the green light to start negotiations with Axon for t...

ith the Fourth of July holiday upcoming, Hays County Fire Marshal Clint Browning is asking residents to not only adhere to laws governing fireworks, but to remember about safety. Many cities in Hays County have laws prohibiting the use of fireworks. Dripping Springs prohibits the use of fireworks in...

A recent welfare check on occupants in a suspicious vehicle ended in the arrests of two Kyle residents who police believe stole more than $300,000 in checks along with about a dozen credit cards. Joshua James McGlasson, 30, and Melissa Moncada, 27, were charged with fraudulent use/possession of iden...

or the first time in its history, the Kyle Police Department will offer a support system and in-house resource for officers and civilian staff to deal with job-related stress. Those services are a part of Kyle Police Department’s new chaplain program, which is a resource used during a time of crisis...

The Kyle Police Department continues to investigate an armed robbery where a man was attacked in his front yard in broad daylight May 17 in the Post Oak subdivision. According to a city of Kyle press release, the incident occurred around 10:05 a.m. in the 100 block of Musgrav in Kyle. Kim Hilsenbeck...

Numerous law enforcement vehicles lined the normally quiet Steeplechase subdivision streets in Kyle to de-escalate an emergency situation last week.  Kyle Police, San Marcos Police, the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and the Hays County Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) unit were on scene for what w...

While racial profiling complaints in Buda and Kyle are rare, both police departments utilize certain processes to investigate the matters thoroughly. According to the Kyle Police Department’s 2016 racial profiling report, KPD received only one complaint of racial profiling last year. The information...

Furor is growing among residents of a Kyle neighborhood who expressed frustrations to the Kyle City Council last week about Lehman High students parking in residential areas.  But two proposals attempting to fix the issue were both denied by Kyle City Council members, leaving Kyle city officials to ...