It took the Buda Fire Department a little under an hour to free a man from the wreckage of his Honda Civic after he veered off Dacy Lane near Buda and hit a tree. A medevac helicopter landed in a nearby field and took the man to the hospital where he is expected to recover.
by SEAN KIMMONS An influential Hindu leader who went on the lam before his sentencing hearing for child sex abuse convictions is likely hiding in Nuevo Laredo on the Mexican border, U.S. Marshals say. Prakashanand Saraswati, 82, did not show up to court on March 7, three days after a Hays County jury found him [...]
A 45-year-old Kyle motorcyclist was killed after he rear-ended a parked Travis County Sheriff’s Office vehicle near exit 220 along Interstate 35 southbound in Buda this morning, authorities say.
STAFF REPORT A Hays High School student was arrested Monday for using a handgun to rob a Sac-n-Pac store in Buda the day before, authorities say. Joseph Michael Saucedo, 17, of Buda, was arrested for aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, after police tracked him down at the high school. Video surveillance cameras at the store, [...]
By MARK CAUL When University of Texas at San Antonio Assistant Athletic Director Kyle Stephens sent me an E-mail informing me that I would be a part of the NCAA Southwest Regional Tournament staff over the past weekend, I had no idea what to expect. But it turned out to be one of the best [...]
Donley “Don” C. Kennard, a prominent longtime Texas lawmaker and a nationally known conservationist, died peacefully in Austin on Thursday, March 17, 2011, after a lengthy illness culminating in heart failure. Don and wife Mary Jo lived in Oxbow in Buda for a few years prior to moving to Austin. He was born on May [...]
Inez Julie Benavidez, 18, of Kyle, was called to heaven to be with the angels on March 21, 2011. She was born in Plainview, Texas on October 30, 1992 and attended Live Oak Academy in Kyle. While she passed away tragically in a vehicle accident, she will be remembered as a hero for giving her [...]
Call it the tale of three cities.
A Kyle man involved in a debacle that led to a police officer’s firing for dereliction of duty has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a sexual relationship he had with a 14-year-old runaway boy.
