Dex Ellison, Kyle Mayor Pro Tem, recently judged at the 15th Annual Kyle Quilters Quilt Exhibit. Ellison is with Glennis Taylor, this year's winner of the Mayor's Choice award. Titled “A Window View,” the quilt was made as a memorial to her son Phillip Taylor who died in an automobile accident last ...

A longtime Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) official has been tabbed to take over Hays CISD’s Director of Safety and Security position. Jeri Skrocki, who has been with the HCSO since 1989, was hired by the district in July, filling the role held by Mountain City Mayor Phillip Taylor, who was kill...

M any mourning Mountain Citians attended the memorial service for Mayor Phillip Taylor on Friday at a packed Hays CISD PAC. The service honored Taylor’s life of service. To me, the service made it clear Taylor was intentionally serving God by serving others. Monday evening’s city council meeting sta...

Members of the Kyle Fire Department salute as the motorcade for Mountain City mayor Phillip Taylor approaches the Center Street bridge. Hundreds took to the Hays CISD Performing Arts Center to honor Taylor, who was killed in a March 28 wreck.

For as long as she’s lived in Mountain City, Hays County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith always felt neighbor Phillip Taylor was practically part of the family. Taylor, who lived a few houses down, was a regular figure at the Smith household, always playing in their pool with their children, ...

UPDATE – 10:30 a.m.  Hays County officials and the community at-large are mourning the loss of Phillip Taylor, 40, of Mountain City, a longtime law enforcement officer and elected official who was killed in a rollover wreck on FM 2770 Thursday night. Eric Wright, Hays CISD superintendent, said in a ...

Resistance film 12 millimeter thick will soon be attached to windows across a number of Hays CISD campuses, adding to an extensive list of recently installed safety measures within the district.  The film, which has a price tag of $292,974, was approved Feb. 25 by the HCISD Board of Trustees. The fi...

A new safety video adopted by all four Hays County public school districts looks to educate students and teachers on the necessary steps in case of an emergency. The video, which was simultaneously announced and broadcasted to various Hays County law enforcement officers, public officials and studen...

In the wake of a handful of fatal school shootings across the country, Hays CISD officials are starting to ramp up their efforts to improve security. On Sept. 24 the HCISD Board of Trustees approved $205,186 for the construction of vestibules in the entryways of five schools. Existing vestibules at ...

Readers, apologies for typing the wrong month when Montage called attention to the September Council Meeting. I quickly put a notice on NextDoor and the Facebook of Loving MountainCity when I caught the error. Our volunteer alderpersons went through a tough couple weeks before the September council ...