IDEA Academy in Kyle has applied for permission to expand its building into phase two if the school’s expansion plan. IDEA Kyle is currently located at 640 Philomena Dr. in the northern part of Kyle. The school currently serves 704 students, according to IDEA Kyle, who are in Kindergarten through th...

While the expansion of State Highway 21 is expected to begin this summer, local residents feel the project might be too little, too late. The estimated $17 million project, spearheaded by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), calls for adding a significant number of passing lanes to allevi...

Since 2016, nearly 1,000 drivers and passengers have been in involved in 345 car accidents along FM 1626, according to data from the Texas Department of Transportation. FM 1626 stretches through the land west of I-35 from Manchaca to north Kyle, and sections of the road have been under construction ...

A recent major collision at the corner of Burleson Street and the southbound frontage road of Interstate 35 in Kyle is leading local and state officials to improve safety in the area. The initiative, which involves the city of Kyle and the Texas Department of Transportation, comes after a Jan. 13 wr...

ith the school district’s elimination of certain bus routes, the possibility of an influx of children on foot heading to school is driving Kyle to add safeguards onto streets near campuses impacted by the cuts. For a year now, Kyle city officials and Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CI...

Progress in mobility across Central Texas was made earlier this year when the Texas Department of Transportation allocated $20.8 million in federal grants to improve transportation services for rural populations in Texas. The Capital Area Rural Transportation System (CARTS) was one of the recipients...

Enhanced mobility efforts in Hays and Travis counties were supported Aug. 10 as a U.S. District Court in Austin dismissed an injunction against construction on the State Highway 45 southwest and MoPac intersection projects. The lawsuit, filed by the Save our Springs Alliance (SOS) and other plaintif...

By Moses Leos III An injunction filed by various groups trying to stop the State Highway 45 southwest project in its tracks was struck down by a federal judge earlier this month.  According to a report from the Austin American-Statesman, the injunction, filed by multiple groups including the Save ou...

By Bailey Buckingham A potential roundabout could be on the horizon in Kyle after city council approved the continuation of discussions between Kyle City Manager Scott Sellers and the Texas Department of Transportation.   The proposed roundabout is slated to be place at the intersection of FM 1626 a...

By Samantha Smith A majority of Garlic Creek residents were up in arms at the last Buda City Council meeting as the council attempted to amend an ordinance to ferry children to Elm Grove Elementary across a pedestrian bridge in golf carts.  The Buda City Council, however, tabled the agenda item for ...