Have you been out to Garcia’s in Buda lately? They have really snazzed up the place. From a fresh paint on the walls to new menus, the place is looking great. The food is still the same good ole authentic Mexican food (my husband says it’s like what his Mama makes at home … she [...]
Ruth Ann Folsom, 55, of Buda, passed away Tuesday, May 27, after a long three and a half year battle with cancer. She was born on Feb. 7, 1953, in Austin. She worked for the Hays CISD for 12 years. She was preceded in death by her parents Anna and Don Mishou. She is survived [...]
Five Kyle area teens face criminal charges resulting from an alleged drugging and gang-style rape of two minors last November. Jesse Primeau and Chad Miles, both Lehman High School seniors, turned themselves in to Hays County Sheriff’s deputies over the weekend and were later released on bond. Primeau, 17, faces two charges, Indecency with a [...]
After three years of steady improvement, foreclosures in Hays County are on the rise again. This month, 98 homes were auctioned off on the steps of the county courthouse, the highest figure for a single month since 2005. Next month, 88 bank-owned homes will be sold. Foreclosures peaked in the second half of 2004 and [...]
Former Hays County Judge gets GBRA appointment Governor Rick Perry appointed former Hays County Judge Jim Powers to a six-year term the board of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority earlier this year. Powers, a Republican out of Dripping Springs, served as County Judge from 1998 – 2006, losing his bid for a third term to current [...]
The Buda Patrol has released crime statistics compiled for the first quarter of 2008. Buda deputies responded to 715 calls for service in the first quarter of 2008, averaging eight calls a days. They made 44 arrests. The most common property crime was 17 cases of theft, typically in the form of shoplifting from interstate [...]
In a specially called meeting Tuesday night, Buda councilmembers considered their wish list of projects to add to the upcoming county road bond package this November. Buda-area projects already slated for the bond package include improvements to FM 1626 north of FM 2770 and a series of improvements to IH-35 overpasses and frontage road. Two [...]
At next Tuesday’s council meeting, Buda’s new mayor and two incoming councilmembers will take their oath of office. The new faces on the council will mark the end of an era, as three-term councilmember Hutch White steps down from office. This week, White reflected on his six years in office. “I know there are so [...]
Kyle City Manager Tom Mattis added another professional to his staff last week with the hiring of Sandra Duran as the city’s first Director of Human Resources. Duran will be responsible for managing and coordinating all aspects of Kyle’s employee relations, including the hiring, training and retention of city staff and crews. “As the size [...]
There were abundant smiles and laughs and, yes, there were occasional tears during the recent retirement party staged for Kyle Nations at the Ernest Kimbro Building. In a true community outpouring of love and respect, the longtime Kyle Elementary School second grade teacher, a rare native teacher from this once small town, received tribute after [...]
