KYLE — Pedernales Electric Cooperative employees and their families gathered at the Kyle office on Sept. 11 to put their best baked goods forward in celebration of the co-op’s 85th anniversary. Entries ranged from cakes and cookies to pies and a variety of delicious confections. Julie Albertson of T...

By Megan Wehring KYLE — With the 87th Legislative Session slated to convene next month, Texas House Representative for District 45 Erin Zwiener filed House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 12 on Monday to designate the city of Kyle as the official Pie Capital of Texas. “Everybody celebrates Texas Pie Com...

by Anita Miller KYLE – Life sometimes comes at you in slices. Just like pie. On the same day last March that Texas Pie Company owner Julie Albertson learned she had been chosen as the Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year by the Small Business Administration, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered most of the st...

Local artist Jim Lapaso, left, posed with one of his newest kinetic sculptures, “Butterfly Pie in the Sky,” at its temporary location at the corner of Center Street and Rebel Drive, where it acts as a “welcome” to the city of Kyle. Lapaso is accompanied by Julie Albertson and Spencer Thomas, owners ...

Buda approves first east side park In April 2017, Buda city leaders earmarked $360,000 in monies from Proposition 5 of the 2014 bond for creation of a proposed splash pad in Green Meadows Park on the east side of Buda. The park is expected to be finished by summer of 2018. “It will be a different ty...

rabbing a slice of cherry or pecan pie could have a much deeper meaning for Kyle residents in the near future. Earlier this month, Scott Sellers, Kyle city manager, said Kyle will become, by trademark, the “Pie Capital of Texas.” That could be the case after the city submitted an application to the ...

Smiles, tears and a large $25,000 placard check were in store for Texas Pie Company owner Julie Albertson and her husband, Spencer Thomas, Aug. 16 after they were selected as the grand prize winners of H-E-B’s Quest for Texas Best contest. Albertson claimed the grand prize with her product, the Texa...

UPDATE - 8:00 p.m. August 11  On Thursday, H-E-B announced Julie Albertson, co-owner of the Texas Pie Company, claimed the grand prize in the Quest for Texas Best contest with her product, the Texas Pie Company Original Pie Dough Puck, according to a press release.  Albertson won a $25,000 prize and...

By Moses Leos III When Spencer Thomas and his wife Julie Albertson moved to Kyle in 2000, he quickly found out how high profile James Adkins was. Adkins, who was mayor at the time, was deeply involved with his consituency. Thomas recalled that Adkins regularly sat at the counter of the Texas Pie Com...

By Moses Leos III After five months and more than $100,000 worth of renovations, Buda and Kyle business owner James Rios is approaching the opening of Kyle’s first downtown dance hall.  The final hurdle for Rios’ dance hall, Desperados, was cleared on Oct. 21. Kyle City Council unanimously approved ...