By Bailey Buckingham Kyle city leaders are holding reservations regarding the abundance of citizen requests for stop signs in neighborhoods at Kyle City Council meetings, fearing unwarranted signs could lead to “unintended consequences.”  On July 5, District 5 council member Shane Arabie requested f...

Destiny and Manuel Vargas, of Kyle, joined many other people Monday with their phones strolling about City Square Park in Kyle. The couple, like many others, had caught the fever of a new phone app called Pokémon Go, which is based off of the popular Pokémon video game of the 1990s. For the couple, ...

By Moses Leos III Rachael McPherson remembers Jimmy Wright as a person whom she always knew as a fun uncle, or “funcle.”  With a “live life to the fullest” mentality, Wright would do anything for anybody, no matter what their past was or what had happened, McPherson said.  “He’d give you his shirt o...

By Samantha Smith A rising population in Central Texas has led to a rising issue of traffic accidents on Interstate 35. According to the latest available reports, May 2015, crash statistics from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), there were 17 fatalities from traffic accidents in Hays C...

By Moses Leos III A man who evaded detention after running from a traffic stop along north Burleson Street Thursday was apprehended several hours later after an intense manhunt.  But the show of force by law enforcement while trying to apprehend the suspect concerned a few people. On Thursday, Kyle ...

Staff report   One person was killed and another was injured after a fatal rollover accident that occurred during the early morning hours Sunday along Interstate 35. According to a city of Kyle press release, Kyle Police responded to I-35 northbound at the 217 exit ramp just before 1 a.m. Sunday for...

  Staff report Quick actions from a Kyle resident Sunday led to the arrest of two teenagers who were charged with burglary of a vehicle after they led police on a brief chase. According to a city of Kyle press release, Kyle Police Department officers were dispatched to the Spring Branch subdivision ...

By Moses Leos III An amendment to the city’s existing ordinance on wrecker companies will help the Kyle Police Department streamline how it works with two truck operations. Earlier this month, the Kyle City Council approved the changes in the city’s wrecker ordinance by a 4-2 vote. Council members D...

By Samantha Smith After an officer was involved in the shooting of a dog last month in Kyle, speculation rose on whether the city’s Animal Control Department was up to snuff. According to statistics provided by Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett, staffing requirements for Kyle’s Animal Control Departmen...

By Moses Leos III For the second time in a year, the city of Kyle has levied an indefinite suspension ruling against Jesse Espinoza, according to the lawyer representing the former Kyle Police sergeant.  The ruling came after an independent investigator, Chuck Edge, submitted his final investigative...