UPDATE – 12:08 p.m. Jan. 9  Kyle Police officials are planning to temporarily close a section of east FM 150 between Lehman Road and Hill Street Thursday to further investigate a fatal two-vehicle Jan. 8 wreck. Authorities will close that section of the roadway from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday for an...

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in locating a man who was last seen December 28, 2018, leaving his home in Kyle, Texas. Three days after Christmas, Omar Maya-Rangel, 32, left his home in a green Ford Expedition, which was later found with all of his belongings in Caldwell County near th...

More than 20 Hays County roads and low water crossings have closed Tuesday due to high water as a result of steady, and at times heavy, rainfall, according to a press release. According to officials, FM 1626 at Cole Springs Road has closed due to water over the road. Several low water crossings alon...

Two area teens were arrested earlier this month after they allegedly drove by and threatened another teen at gunpoint Dec. 4 in the Hays High parking lot after school hours. Carlos Manuel Vences, 17, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail Dec. 4 on four counts of aggravated assault with a dea...

A $500,000 price tag on potentially installing underground utility lines along Burleson Street was nixed by Kyle city leaders earlier this month. The move followed negotiations between the city and Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) regarding the addition of the underground lines. the Kyle City C...

Heavy rainfall on Saturday night is leaving county officials to close a number of roads throughout Hays County. Below is the list of roads that are currently closed in Hays County. A full list can be found at atxfloods.com and haysinformed.com. At around 4 p.m. on Friday, December 7, the National We...

An “intentional incendiary act” is what authorities at a Nov. 30 press conference say was the cause of the deadly July 20 Iconic Village apartment fire in San Marcos, which killed five people and displaced more than 200. The San Marcos Fire Department and the Houston Field Division of the Bureau of ...

After months of culling nominations and receiving input from you, our readers, we at the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch are proud to announce our winners for our Citizens of the Year campaign. The premise of our campaign was to find those who make an impact across various categories in our commun...

A Kyle man faces a charge of intoxication manslaughter after he crashed his vehicle into a tree Sunday while allegedly driving drunk, leading to the death of a passenger. Cade Alvarez Brown, 22, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail Nov. 25 on intoxication manslaughter, a second-degree felon...

A Kyle man was arrested late Wednesday after authorities suspect he shot and killed another man during an alleged narcotics transaction. Francisco Antonio Cardona, 20, of Kyle, was booked into the Hays County Jail Thursday on a first-degree felony charge of murder. According to a Hays County Sheriff...