There is an oft repeated feeling that I experience every year here in Texas. By summer I am mentally packing my bags and moving to Colorado. I swear that I cannot take one more year here in this heat. But then something happens. Not just any something … but Texas in spring happens. Specifically, our...

While Texas ranks high in the number of uninsured individuals, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer isn’t always out of reach for women. According to multiple reports, including a 2018 WalletHub study, Texas ranks 35th in the nation for the state with the best healthcare systems. Some women may ...

W ith Election Day just two weeks away, Sen. Charles Culberson spent Oct. 21, 1916 doing what he did best – nothing. Why bother campaigning when a fourth term was already in the bag? Looking for an appealing replacement for Gov. Jim Hogg in 1895, power broker E.M. House picked the handsome attorney ...

Improving fire safety outreaching and education is leading the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) to work with local emergency officials to install fire alarms in area homes. Kyle Fire Department firefighter Matthew Sweet installs a smoke detector in a Kyle home. (photo by Moses Leos III) It’s all par...

Perched atop the seat of a Corvette Saturday, Kyle resident Ash Crane, adorned in the uniform of a construction worker, waved to the hundreds who lined Center Street. As the honorary Grand Marshal in Kyle’s 138th Founders Day parade, Crane, who waved back to the polite crowd, could feel he was “very...

Domestic violence is often viewed as an adult issue and the facts that support this belief are overwhelming. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence estimates that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have been victims of physical violence by an intimate partner during their life. Those statistics c...

W ith the weather now starting to cool off, and with our freaky weather patterns giving us plenty of rain along with a sort of second spring with fall at the same time, it is time to think about planting some colorful annuals that will give a fresh new look to our flower beds. Unlike spring and summ...

Hundreds of residents, and even a few visitors from a galaxy far, far away, braved wet conditions Saturday and hit Center Street in downtown Kyle for the city’s annual Founders Day parade. The theme of the 2018 parade was “Wish Upon a Star,” in honor of Grand Marshal Ash Crane.  

Over 40 local and international songwriters will take to Dripping Springs Oct. 19-21 for the 5th annual Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival. The event, which will present more than 35 showcases per day, features a variety of musicians hailing from as far away as Toronto, Canada that will play “in-...

While one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime, early detection through an annual doctor’s visit can increase the rate of survival. During October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, charities and hospitals make extra efforts to raise money and to e...