AUSTIN — To help reduce the financial burden for students to pursue higher education, the Austin Community College District (ACC) is still in the process of looking at a proposed College Affordability Plan. The proposed plan has an innovative pilot program that would provide free tuition for members...

KYLE — At its March 19 meeting, Kyle City Council approved an ordinance to amend the city’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget to allow council members access to the health insurance program. The item also included reallocating funds that are currently used for mileage reimbursement to a $300 monthly mileag...

KYLE — Discussions continue to circulate around the potential multipurpose community center in Kyle, following Assistant City Manager Jesse Elizondo providing a report to the city council at a special meeting on Saturday, March 16. Beginning with citizen comments, Betty Conley, president of the Kyle...

Employee’s at the new Rudy’s “Country Store” and Bar-B-Q location in Kyle pose for a photo. The restaurant opened its new location, at 19430 IH-35 in Kyle, at 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, where the first 100 people in line received a complimentary $20 gift card. North of San Antonio at the edge ...

On Thursday, March 14, dancers from the Innishfree School of Irish Dance dazzled community members young and old at the Kyle Public Library in celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day.

HAYS COUNTY  — At its March 12 meeting, the Hays County Commissioners Court approved an interlocal agreement for a sixth Tax Increment Investment Zone (TIRZ) in the city of Kyle. This comes more than two months after another agreement, effective through Dec. 21, 2048, was approved for the city’s fif...

KYLE — The Dacy Lane Realignment and Expansion Project at Sunflower Circle in Kyle is officially complete. Almost three years to the day, dignitaries from Hays County turned out Thursday to celebrate its completion with a ribbon cutting. “This project is an important arterial to both the city of Kyl...

KYLE — The theatre organizations from each of the Hays CISD high schools are partnering together for a fundraiser to send students to the International Thespian Event in Bloomington, Indiana in June. Initially, students competed in the Texas Thespian Festival in the Fall of 2023, then found out in N...

KYLE — Kyle City Council members passed an item to designate a Pride-themed market day in June at its March 7 meeting. “This was something that the public has been asking for, for many, many years and given that we as a council, we’re going through this growth, we want our city to be as inclusive an...

KYLE — The Hays Educators Association TSTA hosted a candidate forum on March 6 for the upcoming Hays CISD Board of Trustees election, where voters will decide the Single-Member District 3 seat and a Trustee At-Large position on May 4. Courtney Runkle The Single-Member District 3 seat is currently he...