By C.J. Vetter KYLE — The Kyle Area Senior Zone (KASZ) and A&R Auto Center celebrated Juneteenth with Kyle’s first flag raising ceremony on June 19 as part of an effort to help educate the community about the history of Juneteenth and celebrate its second anniversary as a federal holiday.   The holi...

By Brittany Anderson HAYS COUNTY — On June 19, 1865, thousands of Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay to announce that the thousands of slaves in the state were free. On the 157th anniversary of their emancipation, the Hays County community continues to honor the holiday.   Hays County first kicke...

By C.J. Vetter KYLE - The Kyle Area Senior Zone (KASZ) recently donated an additional $10,000 to help fund the blueprints of a new senior citizen center in Kyle.   KASZ, under leadership of president Larry Simone, has partnered with Hays County and the city of Kyle to help gather funds for the desig...

Music on the Square A free, family-friendly concert series will be held every Friday in May on the lawn of the Hays County Historic Courthouse in downtown San Marcos. Guests are encouraged to support local businesses by ordering takeout, while also bringing chairs, blankets and beverages in glass-fr...

By David White The Kyle Area Senior Zone (KASZ) is proud to announce they are more than halfway to reaching their fundraising goal to complete their first step in getting a new senior activity center. Last year, the KASZ group approached the City Council to help its efforts, and the city of Kyle has...

by David White The Kyle Area Senior Zone (KASZ) organization is beginning its first steps in acquiring an independent senior activity center. The KASZ organization welcomes all retired residents to its activities, and currently meets at the Krug Activity Center in Kyle, the former city hall, where t...

By Megan Wehring  KYLE — To continue helping seniors with their social health and general welfare needs, the Kyle Area Senior Zone (KASZ) is working to expand to a different location to better fit the older population.  KASZ sits at the Krug Activity Center downtown — but, they have outgrown the spa...

Crafting a unified community vision that could boost downtown was a recommendation made Friday by assessors who took in what Kyle has to offer. With differing opinions on just how Kyle could go about revitalizing Center Street, assessor Catherine Sak, executive director of the Texas Downtown Associa...

Up to 95 percent of elder abuse cases in the U.S. go unreported, leaving the nation’s aging population as one of the most vulnerable, according to recent reports. Other issues, including depression, isolation and anxiety, are other components that can also lead to detrimental issues for senior citiz...

By Andy Sevilla A previously proposed truck stop project, twice denied by the Kyle council, was rolled into the political pitches of two candidates fighting for the District 3 seat on the city’s legislative body. Shane Arabie and Laurie Luttrell — the candidates battling it out — fielded questions a...