Tracing family lineage is a time consuming and tedious project, but the Kyle Public Library is looking at initiatives to help local residents find their roots. Genealogy Gems, which meets on the third Saturday of the month, is a new program hosted by Assistant Library Director Cara Waits. For Waits,...

For the first time in five years, Hays CISD high school students will be required to partially foot the bill for their Advanced Placement (AP) Exams. Those changes come after the district altered its AP Exam policy prior to the 2017-2018 school year,   which was enacted after “feedback received from...

Following the tragic Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Hays County and local school districts assure parents and students there are safety protocols in place in the instance of an emergency situation. According to a county press release, Hays County officials instituted a School Safety P...

In the back of her mind, Buda resident and Hays CISD Board Trustee Holly Raymond views Aug. 29, 2013 as a distant memory that seemed almost dream-like. An 18-inch scar on her chest, however, pulls Raymond back to the reality that death, in fact, had once set foot on her doorstep. Amid the fear, pain...

The debate over short-term rentals (STR) has now made its way to Kyle. On Feb. 6, the Kyle City Council directed the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission to further study STR in the wake of potential city regulation. Talk of regulating STR was first introduced via a Jan. 26 city newsletter to resid...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated as of Nov. 13, 2023. What was thought to be a routine traffic stop on Interstate 35 in Kyle Feb. 2 eventually led authorities to seize more than nine pounds of marijuana, an illegal firearm and more than $16,000 in cash. Authorities have charged William Dou...

Lehman High's interim athletic coordinator was arrested by Kyle Police Wednesday after he allegedly asked for, and received, a nude photo from a juvenile via text message, according to an affidavit. Jonathan Proud, 29, of Kyle, was charged with one count of child pornography, which is a third degree...

Heated debate on how Kyle should approach regulation of short-term rentals (STRs) led city leaders to task its Planning and Zoning (P&Z) commission to further study the matter. But the move, which was done by a split 4-2 vote, left some Kyle City Council members to believe they were passing responsi...

Six-foot-tall residential fences will remain the maximum height in Kyle after city leaders Jan. 16 chose to avoid making substantial changes in what is allowable.  That decision, which came via a 6-1 vote approving a handful of amendments to the city’s fence regulations ordinance, closed a nearly 40...

The students at Camino Real Elementary last month raised $3,685.88 for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, which is a new school record. The first place winning class is Mrs. De Hernandez’s kindergarten class (pictured), who raised a $533.85. The winners will receive a trip to the Olive Garden for lu...