The woman at the podium listed off a dozen or so species of songbirds that delight her young daughters by coming to their backyard feeder – tufted titmice, chickadees, wrens, finches and buntings among them. “I’m speaking on behalf of the birds that will lose their homes on the land behind our house...

When the Kyle City Council settled its lawsuit with Kinder Morgan over the energy giant’s proposed Permian Highway Pipeline, the agreement specifically mentioned that the city would retain the right to pursue future litigation against other entities. Tuesday night, they exercised that right. After a...

By Anita Miller In a special called meeting Monday night, the city of Kyle unanimously approved an offer to settle pending litigation with Kinder Morgan. Under terms of the deal, the city will exempt the energy giant from its new pipeline ordinance in exchange for two cash payments totaling $2.7 mil...

Kyle city staff may assess fees and fines to residents who don’t maintain privately-owned easements on their property. On Aug. 6, the Kyle City Council discussed placing the onus of privately-owned easement maintenance on residents who are not under a homeowners association (HOA). While no formal de...

Plans for calling a November bond election aimed at expanding Kyle Police Department (KPD) facilities was rejected Tuesday by city leaders.  By a 6-0 vote, the Kyle City Council denied placing a bond election on the Nov. 5 ballot meant to pay for a new or renovated KPD building. Council member Daphn...

Fostering more commercial development in downtown was the direction Kyle city leaders opted to take June 9 amid vitrol between them and downtown-area residents. On July 2, the Kyle City Council voted 5-2 in favor of a Downtown Revitalization Plan (DRP) that was recommended nearly 10 years ago. Counc...

An estimated $1.5 million fix for Goforth Road in east Kyle might be forthcoming, but only if proposed or future developments in the area help to partially foot the bill. That’s the path Kyle city leaders plan to take after they greenlit an agreement with developers of Castetta Ranch, a new subdivis...

After being caught in the crossfire of the downtown revitalization debate, the newly named Krug Activity Center, also known as historic city hall, will receive $117,000 in repairs this year. During the July 2 meeting, Kyle City Council unanimously voted to approve the $117,020 repair cost assessment...

UPDATE – 8:59 p.m.  A pair of Hays CISD incumbent trustees will retain their seats after they each outlasted their challengers Saturday, according to unofficial, final results. Hays CISD District 4 trustee and Board President Merideth Keller cruised past Mark Summers by a wide 347 vote margin. Kelle...

I f money talks and all else walks, then Kyle city leaders could soon have to grab their megaphones. This week the Kyle City Council-appointed Compensation Committee, which was created by a voter-approved amendment to the city charter, will finalize a recommendation that boosts the monthly stipend f...