Taxes, high water bills, sidewalk improvements and transportation were a few of the topics addressed by candidates at Monday’s Kyle city council candidate forum. Tracy Sheel The event, held at the Plum Creek Community Center, featured candidates running for mayor and council seats 1 and 4. Tracy She...

Miscommunication between Kyle city leaders and city staff has resulted in a recently failed agenda item to potentially make a return to the city council dais.  The item in question centers on conflicting subdivision standards in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Howard Koontz, Kyle com...

Starting Nov. 1, Kyle residents will see an increase in their electric bill due to a raise in the franchise fee paid by Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) to the city. Kyle City Council members voted unanimously Aug. 22 to increase PEC franchise free from 2.0 to 4.5 percent.  PEC pays the city a ...

The potential of having multiple elected officials serve on Kyle’s Ethics Commission led city leaders to change an existing ordinance to avoid the issue.  Those changes, which were done in August, are meant to “streamline” the ethics commission process and ensure it complies with the city charter, s...

A flurry of late election filings brought the total number of candidates vying for four Kyle City Council seats to 10, according to Kyle’s city website. Bill Sinor, Nicole Romero-Piche and Jaime Sanchez all join District 1 Kyle City Council member Travis Mitchell in throwing their hats into the Kyle...

Perhaps the worst kept secret in Kyle was revealed in front of a standing room only crowd Tuesday as District 1 council member Travis Mitchell threw his hat into the ring for the upcoming November mayoral race. Mitchell, who won the District 1 seat in June 2016, aims to take the seat held by Mayor T...

A bill proposed by Texas legislators could have made it a little easier for residents to raise chickens in their backyard. But Senate Bill 1620, authored by Van Taylor (R-Plano), died following Sine Die Monday after the bill didn’t go for a vote in the Texas House of Representatives. SB 1620 could h...

Concerns over the severity of parking violation fines led the Kyle City Council to approve tentative changes to the rules. While council members approved reducing parking violation fines on first reading, the updated parking ordinance is going to be reviewed by city staff and legal counsel before be...

Public safety concerns, as well as confusion among drivers, were the leading factors for Kyle city leaders to start the process of renaming Goforth and Bunton roads east of Interstate 35 earlier this month. One section of what was Goforth Road, which spanned from the I-35 frontage road north to Bunt...

Political spending for a pair of Hays CISD board trustee seats is ramping up as all six candidates ready during the lead-up to Election Day next month. In the race for the Hays CISD at-large seat, candidate Debbie Munoz has outspent and outgained fellow challengers Doyla Burrell and Vanessa Petrea, ...