By Megan Wehring  HAYS COUNTY – Hays CISD administration recommended for the Board to approve an amended compensation plan for the 2020-2021 school year.  The Hays CISD Board of Trustees previously approved the plan in June to give all employees a 2% salary increase. Administration brought back an a...

  KYLE – The city of Kyle will host a series of virtual open houses to share information about Proposition A and provide opportunities for the community to learn and ask questions about the proposed 2020 Bond Election for a Public Safety Center. The citycalled for a $37-million bond election on Tues...

by Anita Miller KYLE – Life sometimes comes at you in slices. Just like pie. On the same day last March that Texas Pie Company owner Julie Albertson learned she had been chosen as the Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year by the Small Business Administration, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered most of the st...

by Chase Rogers DRIPPING SPRINGS – Dripping Springs city council members unanimously voted to set the tax rate for the 2020-21 fiscal year on Sept. 8 at $0.19 per $100 of taxable valuation. The new rate, though it is the same that was approved last year by the council, is expected to produce an addi...

An evening with Hilton Als, Friday at KAP House Acclaimed writer Hilton Als, via Zoom, will discuss the life, work and legacy of our hometown author Katherine Anne Porter Sept. 18, 7 p.m. To RSVP, email KAPLiteraryCenter@gmail.com. Als began contributing to The New Yorker in 1989, writing pieces for...

by Anita Miller KYLE – “Have we forgotten?” Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett posed that question to the few dozen people who gathered in a chilly breeze at the Kyle VFW on the morning of Friday, Sept. 11. “Have we forgotten the fear we had that fateful morning when we watched in horror as the Twin Tow...

Raymond Garcia Jr. of Kyle won Dallas Cowboys season tickets with as Second Chance Dallas Cowboys lottery scratch-off ticket. Garcia will receive two tickets for all home games in the 2020 season. Only 25% of fans will be able to attend home games during the pandemic.

If there’s a wonky bone in your body, you’ll want to look at the latest figures reported to the Texas Association of Counties (TAC). Every two years, TAC gathers county officials’ salaries, and those salaries are now available. Go to this website, as it is a bit difficult to find. But after digging ...

Staff Report A slight increase in overall crime was a key finding of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas Crime report for 2019, which was released by the agency on Sept. 4. The report was compiled from data submitted to the DPS Uniform Crime Reporting Bureau by 1,207 sheriffs and chiefs of...

The drainage pond in Bradfield Village had white caps due to the quick downpours that began Friday of last week. photo by David Marino