by ANDY SEVILLA Authorities are questioning a Hays High School student and have seized his vehicle as Kyle Police believe it was involved in an apparent auto-pedestrian accident Saturday night that left a 37-year-old man dead near the intersection of FM 1626 and Kohler’s Crossing. Phillip Duran’s body was found lifeless, lying in tall grass [...]
A near head-on collision along FM 2770 between the Onion Creek Senior Citizens Center and the Texas Lehigh Cement plant left two dead and six injured on Tuesday afternoon, according to Buda Police Sergeant Bill Kuykendall.
Police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old Kyle man found lying in tall grass Sunday afternoon at the southwest intersection of FM 1626 and Kohler’s Crossing. Phillip Duran, who lives with his parents, was last seen by his mother at about 10 p.m. Saturday, according to Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett. Kyle Police Chief [...]
Restaurants experience more success than niche shops
by ANDY SEVILLA Hays CISD school board candidate Debra Munoz has outraised and outspent incumbent Martha Kanetzky in their bid for a seat on the dais. Munoz has raised $2,584 in the past month, according to campaign finance reports, in her attempt to replace Kanetzky for the single-member District 5 spot on the school board. [...]
by ANDY SEVILLA Biting her nails with anxiety, nervousness ever apparent in her gaze, she patiently waited for her turn to exit the interstate after almost three hours of travel. Braving the traffic – at times down to a crawl, at times through country back roads – Kyle Council Member Samantha Bellows-LeMense was in a [...]
by Kim Hilsenbeck The Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), which maintains the Hays County Jail, admitted no wrongdoing in the suicide death of an inmate in 2011. On April 8, the HCSO responded to a federal wrongful death lawsuit filed against Sheriff Gary Cutler and eight other employees of the facility on behalf of Eric [...]
As the election that will seat one new face on the Kyle council nears, the District 3 council candidates make their case and appeal for voters’ support. The Hays Free Press sent the candidates questions of interest to Kyle voters. Each candidate submitted their answers and are provided here in their entirety. Hays Free [...]
The candidates for Hays CISD Board of Trustees single-member District 5 are incumbent Marty Kanetzky and Debbie Muñoz, the wife of former Hays CISD board member Joe Muñoz. Below are their responses to questions from the Hays Free Press. The election will be Saturday, May 11. Early voting begins April 29 and runs through May [...]
by MOSES LEOS III If a Buda council idea works as planned, there could be more industrial and commercial expansion within the city limits. Last week, the Buda City Council held the second of two mandatory public hearings on the annexation of a 700-acre parcel of land south of the city limits. Annexation of the [...]
