By Moses Leos III As demand for emergency services grows in Hays County, city and county officials are looking to the creation of a new emergency service district (ESD) for areas not covered by an existing department. On March 15, the Kyle City Council approved a resolution in support of the creatio...

By Samantha Smith Ten months after the 2015 Memorial Day flood that devastated parts of Hays County, officials still have not issued an After Action Report meant to show leaders where additional resources or funding needs to be applied.  Hays County Communications Manager Laureen Chernow said the de...

By Samantha Smith Rapid spread of the Zika virus in recent months has raised concern in Hays County over the projected health and welfare of its citizens if the virus spreads to North America.  For now, the virus seems to be restricted to the areas already on the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) t...

By Samantha Smith Hays County Court at Law No. 2 Judge David Glickler, arrested for DWI in Hays County in May 2015, is set to go to trial in May after waiving his right to a trial by jury.  Glickler, 46, was arrested after going Southbound on I-35 just after the Yarington Road exit in San Marcos aro...

  Staff report A San Marcos woman was arrested Wednesday for prostitution following a Hays County Narcotics Task Force investigation after she offered to perform a sexual act on an undercover detective in exchange for money.   According to a Hays County press release, authorities arrested Linan Wang...

By Anna Herod In an effort to keep up with growth, Kyle officials have begun the process of involuntarily annexing approximately 1,500 acres of land outside of city limits.  But the city’s outward expansion has led to disdain from nearby residents.  The 1,500 acres of land in question is located sou...

By Samantha Smith A Kyle man was arrested March 1 on warrants of theft ranging from $1,500 to $20,000 after he conned multiple victims in Hays and Travis counties for contract labor services he didn’t perform.  Authorities arrested John Paul Vargas Jr. on a 2013 charge of theft of the elderly in Hay...

  Staff report  One man was arrested early Thursday morning after he barricaded himself inside of a home in the Bunton Creek Village neighborhood in Kyle.   According to a city of Kyle press release, Kyle Police responded to a call around 3:42 a.m. Thursday in the 1600 block of Treeta Trail for a ma...

Staff Report   Hays County’s growth in the field of exports brought the county second only to Williamson County in the latest report from Rural Capital Area’s “Headlights”. Adjusted for inflation, exports for all industries increased to $544 million in 2014 from $385 million in 2009. Williamson Coun...

Staff report   For a second straight month, Kyle’s sales tax numbers increased significantly from what the city brought in during the same month a year previous. Kyle saw a 20 percent jump in the city’s sales tax numbers from February 2015 to February 2016. The city brought in just over $722,000 in ...