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...

Traumatic injuries stemming from car crashes, falls or other serious events can now be handled at Seton Medical Center Hays. On Jan. 31, Ascension announced Seton Hays in Kyle received a designation from the Texas Department of State Health Services as an Advanced Level III adult trauma facility. Se...

Growing regulation from municipalities, along with oversaturation in the market, may be the reason there is a decline in food trucks in the Central Texas area. However, some local leaders believe there still may be a market for food trucks in the Buda and Kyle area, despite the slower pace of develo...

The Kyle Police Department plans to add seven police officers to the force this year in an effort to help keep the growing city safe. Roughly 70 applicants filed for the seven positions when the Jan. 18 deadline arrived. Last week, 40 of those applicants hit the field for physical training and a wri...

Lehman High freshman Hayden Lugo is no stranger to the competitive world of raising swine. Lugo, who has been competing since he was in the third grade, raises Duroc, a red haired swine that has won him the Hays County Youth Livestock Show Market Swine championship in 2016 and 2017. This year, Lugo ...

Officials expect to complete rehabilitation of a “high-hazard” dam in east Kyle, which has closed a portion of Goforth Road for roughly two years, in April or May. The upgrade, which was budgeted for $7.95 million, is part of the Plum Creek Conservation District’s (PCCD) effort to meet state safety ...

Lehman High freshman Hayden Lugo is no stranger to the competitive world of raising swine. Lugo, who has been competing since he was in the third grade, raises Duroc, a red haired swine that has won him the Hays County Youth Livestock Show Market Swine championship in 2016 and 2017. This year, Lugo ...

A recent major collision at the corner of Burleson Street and the southbound frontage road of Interstate 35 in Kyle is leading local and state officials to improve safety in the area. The initiative, which involves the city of Kyle and the Texas Department of Transportation, comes after a Jan. 13 wr...