The largest employer in the city of Kyle will be taking up shop in what was only a few years ago a sheep farm.

The Kyle City Council, along with Hays County Commissioner Mark Jones, the Greater San Marcos Partnership and others on Tuesday welcomed SmileDirectClub, which manufactures teeth aligners, to a new facility at the Hays Logistics Center on Vista Ridge.

Under the terms of an incentive package approved by both the Kyle council and the Commissioners Court, the company will hire 439 people in ...