By Anita Miller It was to be the largest employer in the city of Kyle, bringing in close to 1,000 jobs paying $40,000 per year or more. SmileDirect, which manufactures invisible tooth aligners, made big promises back in October when officials welcomed the company inside the vast empty space at the H...

By Megan Wehring KYLE – Hays CISD is partnering with the city of Kyle to provide additional parking and maintenance near the performing arts center. With a 6-1 vote, the Board of Trustees approved a 20-year joint-use agreement with the city of Kyle Reinvestment Zone Number Two for new parking. The d...

By Megan Wehring KYLE – Kyle voters will consider two bond propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot. Proposition A is a $37 million bond for a new public safety facility, specifically a new police station and emergency operations center. The estimated tax rate impact for an average homestead in Kyle, valui...

Public outcry was raised after the recent renaming of Rebel Drive to Fajita Drive. Kyle City Council expressed their sentiments for the aftermath of the original vote in a special meeting Aug. 25. While the Rebel sparked its own controversy, city council voted Aug.18 to rename the road to Fajita Dri...

Staff report Four people including incumbent Travis Mitchell are in the running for mayor of Kyle. Mitchell, who is seeking his second three-year term, faces challengers Linda Tenorio, who formerly served on the Kyle City Council, Peter Parcher, who led a recall effort directed at Mitchell in 2019, ...

Last week, the city of Kyle was experiencing the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Hays County, making up almost half of the county’s coronavirus illnesses. Mayor Travis Mitchell wants answers from the county as to why his city is being hit by this wave. “There are simple levels of analyses that c...

An open conversation between local law enforcement and the community will be the focus of a “Dialogue for Peace and Progress” summit at 7 p.m. Friday at Kyle City Hall. City Council member Dex Ellison will moderate the event, said to be the first such discussion. “This as a springboard to education ...

The slow disassociation of the Hays CISD from the Confederacy has gone on for almost two decades, with the last major step taken in 2015 when “Dixie” was dropped as a fight song. In the wake of the murder of Houston native George Floyd beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, there have bee...

With less than a month to go, the city of Kyle is trying to ramp up interest in its celebrations of National Pi Day — but it’s a delicate balancing act. The city that bills itself Texas’ capital of things baked in pastry shells is celebrating the imminent arrival of spring on a day that is the numer...

Rick Koch was chosen as Kyle’s new mayor pro tem in a unanimous city council vote Dec. 3. He replaced council member Dex Ellison, who had held the position for the past year. “I would be honored to be mayor pro tem and am honored to work with you all everyday,” Koch said prior to the vote. Mayor Tra...