By Sahar Chmais Phase I of Cotton Gin Road construction is complete and Phase II is slated to begin on or about May 10. This phase has been rescheduled from its original start date of April 19. Hays County Transportation Department will begin the second phase by paving the north side of the roadway ...

By Megan Wehring KYLE – Residents can expect to see even more development in Kyle. Just a few miles south of Austin, the city of Kyle is booming with more foot traffic than ever seen before. City council agendas have been filled with zoning ordinances and development proposals for approval. On April...

By Sahar Chmais The Kyle substation of the Hays County Tax Office will be closed April 12 through 16 due to a staff member who tested positive for COVID-19. Only the tax office will be closed temporarily. All other offices within the county substation will remain open. In the time being, the county ...

HAYS COUNTY – Lines in the era of COVID-19 have become a less than scarce sighting; but this week Hays County witnessed a spike in their vaccine line up. The vaccine crowd driving into the Hays Performing Arts Center stretches over one-mile and only crowing one road lane. Typically, the Hays County ...

By Sahar Chmais Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines are available at private medical clinics in Hays County in the first week of rollouts, beginning March 8. The J&J vaccine is 85% effective in preventing severe disease about 28 days after vaccination, according to the company’s data. Unlike Moder...

By Sahar Chmais HAYS COUNTY – Hays County is one of the Texas counties that has been approved under the major disaster declaration from the federal government. This opens up disaster relief programs for residents to partake in.   Before residents can receive the help they need, they must understand ...

By Sahar Chmais Water is flowing from every crevice except through the faucets in the Vista at Plum Creek apartments. Many residents are going into their second week without fresh water, and their apartments are beginning to smell like mildew. Some residents hit the one-week mark before finally thei...

By Megan Wehring After raising over $100,000 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas (RHMC) last year, local McDonald’s restaurants are gearing up to raise even more this year in the February Share the Love fundraiser. Parenting comes with its own challenges, but with children who a...

By Sahar Chmais A budget workshop in Galveston for the Kyle City Council along with executive staff had been scheduled months ago; the trip, set for Saturday, Feb. 20, has been cancelled. “Due to the weather-related crisis affecting Kyle,” Mitchell said, “the city council and staff have cancelled ou...

By Sahar Chmais  HAYS COUNTY -- With power outages still rolling, water pipes bursting and roads pummeled in snow and ice, residents are in need of some help.  Below is a list of ways residents can help others and locations for residents to seek help. Cities are also putting out notices on what resi...