atigue started to set in for Hays High senior Kate Mondragon as she labored to carry a 180-pound dummy past a set of orange cones. Decked out in firefighter bunker gear, helmet and oxygen tank, Mondragon paused several times wanting to rest. But all around her, fellow students and instructors encour...

Kyle residents witnessed the loss of an historic Kyle house one day after ringing in the New Year. A fire of unknown origin blazed and burned down the house on the corner of Center and Sledge streets on Jan. 1, 2018. In years past, the armory for the Kyle seminary, which was erected in 1881, was loc...

A proposed new Kyle Fire Department substation has some Mountain City residents hot under the collar. Next year, the Kyle Fire Department plans to renovate an existing home in the 200 block of Mountain City Drive in Mountain City to accommodate the new substation. Kyle Fire Chief Kyle Taylor said th...

Calling for emergency services in Central Texas is now a finger tap away. Last week, officials with the Capital Area Coalition of Governments (CAPCOG) unveiled its region-wide Text to 911 service. Text to 911 is the ability to send a text message to a local 911 call center. The service is intended t...

Kyle resident Marlo Treybig knew something was wrong when a fire truck breezed by her home on Indigo Cove Friday. It wasn’t until she walked to her front door and saw her neighbor’s shed and fence ablaze that she knew she had to take action. Sprinting across the street, Treybig slammed open her neig...

Update – 11:00 p.m.  After more than four hours, fire crews from three departments extinguished a blaze at a Kyle home around 8:30 p.m. Friday. Officials' initial estimate places the cost of damage at roughly $400,000 to property and belongings at the home, located in the 100 block of Indigo Cove. A...

Controversy surrounding a bill that could limit governmental entities’ ability to raise property tax rates will continue as the Texas legislative special session begins this month. Much of the consternation stems from Senate Bill (SB) 2, authored by State Sen. Paul Betancourt (R-Houston). The bill, ...

One person was transported via StarFlight to an area hospital after a vehicle rolled into a ditch on the southbound frontage road of Interstate 35 near Burleson Street in Kyle Thursday. The victim, who was the driver of the vehicle and was the lone occupant, suffered serious injures, said Kyle Taylo...

No one was injured Thursday after a vehicle caught fire along northbound Interstate 35 near the 213 exit in Kyle. Kyle Fire Department chief Kyle Taylor said crews contained the fire around 3 p.m. “We got on the scene and there was an open flaming vehicle that was fully enveloped,” said Taylor. The ...

Having previously worked as a Buda volunteer firefighter for eight years, Derick Mendoza’s instinct is to help others when danger looms. When fire threatened his family’s and neighbors’ property, Mendoza didn’t hesitate to help. Such was the story for many near Mathias Lane and Peaceful Valley Drive...