Staff report A Kyle man has been identified as one of two people killed in a wrong-way collision that happened on the Texas 130 toll road in Austin Sunday. According to a report from the Austin American-Statesman, authorities have identified Stephen Ryan Flores, 29, of Kyle and Walter Pilcher, 42,...

  UPDATE   The final autopsy report into the death of Tina Combs has been completed, this according to Hays County Precinct No. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith, who received the report at 2:31 this afternoon.  The cause of death is listed as an incised wound and gunshot wound. In addition, the rep...

By Moses Leos III A woman injured in a June dog attack in the Waterleaf Falls subdivision has filed a $1 million lawsuit against the City of Kyle and four other defendants.  The suit, filed in Hays County last week, was made against the dogs’ owners, Alba Mercado Cruz and Daniel Viera, the City of K...

By Moses Leos III First Wimberley, then Buda and now Kyle have joined the trend of Hays County cities opting to ban the use of mobile devices while driving. By a 7-0 vote early Wednesday morning, the Kyle City Council approved an ordinance that restricts drivers and bicyclists from operating cell ph...

M ountain City will have an election for alderman positions! Mark your calendars to vote on Election Day, Nov. 3. The five who filed are Elva Brown, Thomas Brown, Suzanne Hallam, Ralph McClendon, and Lee Taylor (incumbent). You may vote for three, and the top three win. Should you want to write in a...

By Moses Leos III An addition to an ordinance allowing for LED billboards in Kyle may mean a decrease in the amount of static billboards along Interstate 35 in the future. The city approved amendments Tuesday to the city’s LED billboard ordinance.  Under the amended ordinance, the city changed its e...

By Moses Leos III With just over $4.5 million in outstanding fines, the Kyle Police Department is seeking a second warrant officer to assist in fee collection.   According to Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett, the revenue generated by the position would account for the hire.  “It certainly brings in mo...

  Staff Report    A former Austin Police Department officer, along with one other man, have been charged with capital murder in the death of Kyle Victim Services Coordinator Samantha Dean and her unborn child in February.   In a press conference Thursday, the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office announce...

By Moses Leos III For the second time in five months, Kyle citizens got the chance to sketch and identify their opinions on the city’s future transportation needs.   The process, set in the form of a town hall meeting on Aug. 26, is part of Kyle’s update to its outdated Transportation Master Plan.  ...

  By Moses Leos III First Wimberley, then Buda and now Kyle have joined the trend of cities opting to ban the use of mobile devices while driving. By a 7-0 vote early Wednesday morning, the Kyle City Council approved an ordinance that restricts drivers and bicyclists from operating cell phones, tabl...