By Moses Leos III and Katie Burrell Weeks after passing resolutions opposing Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway Pipeline, Kyle and Hays County Tuesday formally became plaintiffs in a multi-party lawsuit against the Houston-based energy firm. Kyle city leaders tossed their hats into the fray when they j...

Two tumultuous hours of debate Tuesday pushed Kyle elected officials to postpone voting by a week’s time on a possible city council pay increase. Kyle City Council members will hold a public forum on the proposed pay increase and possibly take action during a special called April 23 meeting. Nearly ...

A Lehman High student was arrested Monday after authorities accuse them of wounding another student with a dart. Lehman High Principal Denisha Presley said in a letter to parents the incident occurred on campus Monday afternoon. One student was reportedly "wounded" as a result of the incident, but t...

A roundabout at the intersection of North Burleson Street and Spring Branch Drive is a solution some city leaders feel could improve traffic flow and safety in that area. But an estimated $550,000 price tag on the project is pushing Kyle City Council members to contemplate and identify possible alte...

With the prospect of countywide voting centers on the horizon in Hays County, a trio of experts from neighboring jurisdictions offered insight into the process and what it could look like. That discussion was part of an April 4 League of Women Voters of Hays County event that offered more informatio...

A $1,000-plus monthly stipend and the option of health insurance is the recommended pay increase for Kyle city leaders from a city-council appointed committee But one committee member questioned the appropriateness of the increase and whether or not Kyle is ready to handle the burden.     Discussion...

A local man was killed late Sunday after the motorcycle he was operating slammed into back of an 18-wheeler along Interstate 35 in Kyle. Edward Ortiz, Jr., 41, of Kyle, has been identified as the victim in the wreck, according to a city of Kyle press release. The incident is the first traffic fatali...

Authorities have identified a body found at a grave site in the Elgin area Monday as that of a Kyle woman who had been missing since late February. Bastrop County officials have now charged a Mexican national with murder in connection with the death of Yuridia Anaya Espinosa Nava. Yuridia Anaya-Espi...

UPDATE – 10:30 a.m.  Hays County officials and the community at-large are mourning the loss of Phillip Taylor, 40, of Mountain City, a longtime law enforcement officer and elected official who was killed in a rollover wreck on FM 2770 Thursday night. Eric Wright, Hays CISD superintendent, said in a ...

A Kyle man faces multiple felony charges after authorities suspect he inappropriately touched three Head Start students at Uhland Elementary in late February and early March. Mark Anthony Ortega, Jr., 29, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail March 20 on three counts of indecency with a chil...