Edith Guadalupe Garcia, 19, of Kyle, formerly of Elgin, died Saturday, December 25, 2010. Visitation was held on Tuesday, December 28 in Kyle. Funeral services were held Wednesday, December 29, at Elgin Latin Cemetery in Elgin.
Mary Frances Schmeltekopf Pryal, 68, formerly of Gastonia, N.C., died of cancer early Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham, N.C. Mary was born December 8, 1941. She graduated from Kyle High School in 1960. Mary is survived by her husband of 46 years, Al Pryal; three children and five grandchildren: Mark [...]
Eminent Texas archeologist Dee Ann Suhm Story passed away on December 26, 2010 at her home in Wimberley, Texas after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was born to Emma and Eugene Suhm in Houston on Dec. 12, 1931, and was preceded in death by her parents; her sister Beverly Morgan; and her husband Hal, [...]
by BRAD ROLLINS Republicans win every contested race It wasn’t even close. Republicans swept all 28 contested races on the ballot in Hays County from governor to county surveyor. A little more than 40,000 of the county’s 95,527 registered voters turned out for the non-presidential year election and nearly half of them voted a straight-party [...]
by SEAN KIMMONS New library gets booked A picturesque 20,000-square-foot library is slated to be added to Kyle’s old town district after plans of the more than $3.6 million building were approved in May. Inspired by the architecture of the new city hall, the library will cost roughly nine percent over the original budget of [...]
by JENNIFER BIUNDO Buda patrol The nine inaugural members of the Buda Police Department took their oaths of office in October, taking over law enforcement services from the county. In 2007, the city contracted with the Hays County Sheriff’s Office for a dedicated force known as the Buda Patrol, but moved last year to terminate [...]
What were the biggest stories of 2010? We’ll let you be the judge.
New Year’s Eve Fellowship • New Year’s 24-Hour Chanting Meditation
Time magazine’s nod to Face-book founder Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most deliciously odd “Person of the Year” choices in its history.
