Buda and Kyle residents joined city and emergency officials in celebrating National Night Out 2016 at various parties across the area. The purpose of the event is to promote “police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live,” according to the NNO website. Photos by Moses Leos III and Lincoln Ramirez

Kenton Cline shows a smile as he wears a plastic firefighter hat at a National Night Out event at Plum Creek in Kyle. Pho...