by ANDY SEVILLA As the Kyle Police Department celebrated the grand opening of its new 8,000 square-foot headquarters on Front Street, the reality remains that the city’s law enforcement personnel is sized for a town half the population of Kyle. A 2011 FBI Uniform Crime Report found that the average number of full-time law enforcement [...]
by MOSES LEOS III The change to a one-way format along Old U.S. Highway 81 (Old 81) in Kyle last month is not entirely welcomed by local merchants who line the thoroughfare. Unfinished construction and safety issues, some say, have kept customers away, hurting business. One business affected by the road change is the Little [...]
by ANDY SEVILLA Kyle’s sales tax collections in fiscal year 2013 have consecutively surpassed records of recent years past, and the first and second quarter totals have seen double-digit spikes compared to last year. The increased revenue is due, in part, to the 38 businesses that opened up shop last year within the city; and [...]
I am writing to ask the citizens of Kyle to join me in voting for Joe Bacon for the City Council. I have had the pleasure of serving with Mr. Bacon on the City’s Mobility Committee. He is one of our committee’s most dedicated members. I am confident his knowledge on transportation and infrastructure issues [...]
We, in the city, are blessed with two very worthy candidates in the runoff contest for our City Council from which we must choose. I encourage you to step up the plate and exercise your right and responsibility to vote your choice of these two candidates. Vote early so that “things don’t get in the [...]
I am writing to express my support for Joe Bacon for the District 3 City Council seat. Only Joe Bacon has the experience and the credentials to get this job done. Joe Bacon is the only candidate in the run-off who actually stepped up to the plate and served the City on any type of [...]
by ANDY SEVILLA With early voting underway, Bill Sinor, whom Kyle voters rejected earlier this month in a bid for the District 3 council seat, has endorsed himself in the runoff election in which he failed to secure a spot. “I endorse myself,” Sinor said in an email response after the May 11 election. “Can [...]
The Randy Rogers Band joined up with Wade Bowen for an acoustic tour this summer. Catch both at 8 p.m. Thursday night for an all ages show at the Central Texas Speedway in Kyle. Tickets will be available at the gate, which opens at 6:30 p.m.
by ANDY SEVILLA Kyle police believe they have identified and interviewed the person believed to have struck a local man several weeks ago in an apparent auto-pedestrian accident. But, authorities are waiting for the medical examiner’s report and laboratory results of forensic evidence before filing charges and making an arrest. Phillip Duran, 37, was found [...]
