Google Play App Store
Login
Subscribe
Hays Free Press
  • News
    • Buda
    • Kyle
    • Dripping Springs
    • Wimberley
    • Hays County
    • Community
    • Business
  • Sports
    • Hays Hawks
    • Lehman Lobos
    • Dripping Springs Tigers
    • Wimberley Texans
    • Johnson Jaguars
  • Opinions
    • Columns
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Editorials
  • Obituaries
  • Classifieds
    • Browse Listings
    • Add listing
    • Public Notices
  • Current Issue
    • Special Editions
    • Archives
  • Contact Us
    • Subscribe
    • Rack Locations
    • News
      • Buda
      • Kyle
      • Dripping Springs
      • Wimberley
      • Hays County
      • Community
      • Business
    • Sports
      • Hays Hawks
      • Lehman Lobos
      • Dripping Springs Tigers
      • Wimberley Texans
      • Johnson Jaguars
    • Opinions
      • Columns
      • Letters to the Editor
      • Editorials
    • Obituaries
    • Classifieds
      • Browse Listings
      • Add listing
      • Public Notices
    • Current Issue
      • Special Editions
      • Archives
    • Contact Us
      • Subscribe
      • Rack Locations
Hays County Commissioners Court approve land donation, honors those leaving
Hays County, News, San Marcos
Hays County Commissioners Court approve land donation, honors those leaving
By Brittany Kelley 
December 23, 2024
SAN MARCOS — The Hays County Commissioners Court approved an item between Blanco River Ranch Properties, LP and Hays County that would provide the necessary right-of-way needed for the Yarrington Road expansion at its Dec. 17 meeting. According to commissioner Lon Shell, this project has been in the...
Read More
Kyle City Council hears future development plans, shocked by grocer
Kyle, Main, News
Kyle City Council hears future development plans, shocked by grocer
By Brittany Kelley 
October 9, 2024
KYLE — At its Oct. 2 meeting, Kyle City Council listened to a presentation regarding mixed-use development “Project Sahara,” or The Grove, on a 99-acre tract at 1100 E. FM 150, between FM 150 and CR 158. “We’ve been working really diligently over the past two years on this project to really — with s...
Read More
{"epopulate_editorials":"Epopulate"}
Buda City Council creates Persimmon Public Improvement District & Tax Increment Investment Zone
Buda, Main, News
Buda City Council creates Persimmon Public Improvement District & Tax Increment Investment Zone
By Megan Navarro 
September 25, 2024
BUDA — During its Sept. 17 meeting, Buda City Council unanimously approved the creation of a Public Improvement District (PID) and a Tax Increment Zone (TIRZ), in partnership with Hays County, to provide the public infrastructure outlined in the development agreement for the Persimmon development. T...
Read More
{"epopulate_editorials":"Epopulate"}
Buda City Council kicks off Persimmon Public Improvement District
Buda, Community, Main, ...
Buda City Council kicks off Persimmon Public Improvement District
By Brittany Kelley 
August 28, 2024
BUDA — On Aug. 20, Buda City Council heard a presentation from Sundance Analytics on a resolution to accept a petition for the creation of a Public Improvement District (PID) for the upcoming Persimmon project. “Tonight, we’re not voting to create the PID [and] we’re not voting to assess any PID ass...
Read More
{"epopulate_editorials":"Epopulate"}
Buda City Council approves Persimmon after multi-year discussion
Buda, Main, News
Buda City Council approves Persimmon after multi-year discussion
By Brittany Kelley 
June 26, 2024
BUDA — After years of debate and discussions, Buda City Council unanimously approved the annexation of 762.244 acres into the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), relating to the MileStone Community Builders’ Persimmon Development, on first and final reading at its June 18 meeting. Afterwards...
Read More
{"epopulate_editorials":"Epopulate"}
Buda approves new PID policy
Buda, News
Buda approves new PID policy
By Staff Report 
August 10, 2022
By CJ Vetter BUDA - On Aug. 2, the Buda City Council approved a new Public Improvement District policy, alongside passing new budgets for the 2023 fiscal year. PIDs are a tool by which cities can fund and finance future improvements of the city. The new PID policy, as approved by the city council, w...
Read More
{"website":"website"}
Buda PID workshops near completion
Buda, News
Buda PID workshops near completion
By Staff Report 
May 11, 2022
By C.J. Vetter BUDA – The Buda City Council continues to workshop the possible upcoming Public Improvement District (PID) with Milestone Community Builders. At its last meeting on May 1, the city council received numerous public testimonies and made further progress on green lighting the proposal. P...
Read More
{"website":"website"}
Southwest Kyle Public Improvement District okayed for assessment plans
News
Southwest Kyle Public Improvement District okayed for assessment plans
By katie.burrell 
June 19, 2019
The city of Kyle is in multiple Public Improvement District (PID) agreements in an effort to allow more home projects and upgrade city areas. Kyle City Council recently approved a preliminary assessment plan for yet another PID. The Southwest Kyle PID is located on 171 acres between Roland Lane and ...
Read More
{"website":"website"}
Dripping Springs
Dripping OKs PID for 700 homes
By maria.gardner 
November 29, 2017
All of the necessary entitlement agreements and approvals are complete for a new Dripping Springs housing development that will include additions to the city’s roadways and wastewater management capacity. On Nov. 14, the Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved the creation of the Heritage...
Read More
{"website":"website"}
Kyle
Kyle approves Public Improvement District status for Driskell property
By Timothy.Stuckey 
October 25, 2017
A parcel of property belonging to one of the more established families in Kyle may be developing soon. By a 6-0 vote, the Kyle City Council approved a Public Improvement District (PID) application request by developer Intermandeco for property near Opal and Roland lanes Oct. 17. City leaders also ap...
Read More
{"website":"website"}
Most Read
Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
Buda, Hays County, News
Mom claims Hays CISD could have done more to prevent child endangerment
By Brittany Kelley 
April 30, 2025
BUDA — After discovering that her son’s former teacher was arrested for public intoxication, Christina Nichols was left wishing Hays CISD did more to ...
Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 near Yarrington Road
Breaking News, Hays County, Kyle, ...
Kyle Police investigate fatal crash on IH-35 near Yarrington Road
By Staff Report 
March 18, 2025
KYLE – The Kyle Police Department is investigating a fatal collision that occurred at approximately 2 a.m. March 18 on southbound IH-35 near Yarringto...
Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
Hays County, News
Joint operation leads to more than 40 arrests in Hays County
By Staff Report 
April 2, 2025
AUSTIN — A joint investigation between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the San Antonio Poli...
Three-car collision leaves one dead
Dripping Springs, Main, News
Three-car collision leaves one dead
By Staff Report 
March 12, 2025
DRIPPING SPRINGS – A three-car collision left a 79-year-old woman dead March 1. At approximately 6:45 p.m., the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS...
{"epopulate_editorials":"Epopulate"}
Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
Breaking News, Dripping Springs, Hays County, ...
Former Dripping Springs Middle School teacher sentenced to 60 years in prison for possession of child pornography
By Staff Report 
April 30, 2025
SAN MARCOS — Hays County District Judge Sherri K. Tibbe sentenced Kevin McLean, 33, to a total of 60 years in prison April 29; McLean entered a plea o...
e-Edition
Read Hays Free Press
e-Edition
Read News-Dispatch
ePaper
google_play
app_store
Hays Free Press

haysfreepress.com
113 W. Center St.
Kyle, Texas 78640
Phone: 512-268-7862
Email: news@haysfreepress.com

Stay tuned with us

Copyright © Barton Publications. All rights reserved.