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Kyle bakes its best for PEC
Kyle, News
Kyle bakes its best for PEC
By Staff Report 
September 20, 2023
KYLE — Pedernales Electric Cooperative employees and their families gathered at the Kyle office on Sept. 11 to put their best baked goods forward in celebration of the co-op’s 85th anniversary. Entries ranged from cakes and cookies to pies and a variety of delicious confections. Julie Albertson of T...
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P is for pi[e]: Business celebrates March 14
Business, Community, Kyle, ...
P is for pi[e]: Business celebrates March 14
By Megan Navarro 
March 22, 2023
KYLE — The city of Kyle takes Pi Day seriously, as the beloved Texas Pie Company sits in the heart of downtown. Pie Day is celebrated on March 14 around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant that is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it...
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Kyle hosts Pie in the Sky
Community, Kyle, News
Kyle hosts Pie in the Sky
By Staff Report 
September 7, 2022
By Amira Van Leeuwen KYLE — Kyle’s Pie in the Sky Festival returns after being canceled last year due to COVID-19.   This year, the family-friendly event took place at Gregg-Clarke Park near Ash Pavillion on Sept. 3 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Typically, the event is at Lake Kyle Park, but the park is cu...
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Easy as Pie: Kyle awaiting official designation
Community, Kyle, News
Easy as Pie: Kyle awaiting official designation
By megan.wehring 
April 21, 2021
By Megan Wehring KYLE — Pie Capital of Texas could be in the city of Kyle’s near future. Kyle City Council unanimously approved a resolution of support of bills HCR 12 and SCR 22 that will be presented at the 2021 Texas Legislature. If passed, the city will officially get to enjoy pie life. “This is...
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Bill filed in lege to make Kyle’s Pie Capital designation official
Community, Kyle, News
Bill filed in lege to make Kyle’s Pie Capital designation official
By megan.wehring 
December 9, 2020
By Megan Wehring KYLE — With the 87th Legislative Session slated to convene next month, Texas House Representative for District 45 Erin Zwiener filed House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 12 on Monday to designate the city of Kyle as the official Pie Capital of Texas. “Everybody celebrates Texas Pie Com...
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Kyle’s Queen of Pie earns another title
Business, Community, Kyle, ...
Kyle’s Queen of Pie earns another title
By amiller 
September 16, 2020
by Anita Miller KYLE – Life sometimes comes at you in slices. Just like pie. On the same day last March that Texas Pie Company owner Julie Albertson learned she had been chosen as the Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year by the Small Business Administration, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered most of the st...
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Happy Birthday, Kyle!
Kyle, News
Happy Birthday, Kyle!
By Staff Report 
October 23, 2019
Kyle, the Pie Capital of Texas, celebrated its 139th birthday this past weekend. Spencer Thomas, co-owner of Texas Pie Company, helped celebrate in style by dressing as a pie in the parade that took place down Center Street. 
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Pie Society:  Kyle granted Pie Capital of Texas trademark
Community, Kyle, News
Pie Society: Kyle granted Pie Capital of Texas trademark
By Exsar.Arguello 
February 6, 2019
It’s now official – Kyle is the Pie Capital of Texas. On Jan. 23, city officials celebrated National Pie Day by announcing it Kyle been granted the Pie Capital of Texas trademark from the U.S. Patent and Trade office. The journey toward the certification started around a year ago when the city of Ky...
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Top Hays Free Press Community Stories of 2017
Community
Top Hays Free Press Community Stories of 2017
By Staff Report 
January 3, 2018
Buda approves first east side park In April 2017, Buda city leaders earmarked $360,000 in monies from Proposition 5 of the 2014 bond for creation of a proposed splash pad in Green Meadows Park on the east side of Buda. The park is expected to be finished by summer of 2018. “It will be a different ty...
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The reddening of the cherries
Business
The reddening of the cherries
By Staff Report 
November 15, 2017
Great Big Signs owner Lynn Wilkerson, bottom left and production artist Mario Muñoz renew the color on Texas Pie Company’s cherry pie on top of their restaurant. Great Big Signs originally created the three dimensional sign as well as signage for other businesses such as Milt’s Barbecue and the Kyle...
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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...
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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...
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