Pauline Rector, 78, of Kyle, formerly of San Antonio died Saturday, August 21, 2010. A cousin, Willie Mae Harris of Kyle, survives her. Visitation was August 25. Services will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, August 26, at New Greater Matthew Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio with burial at Meadowlaw...

Jose Cruz Jaimes Ramirez, 71, of Kyle passed away Sunday, August 15, 2010. He was born January 1, 1939 in Mexico to Jose Cruz and Martha Celia (Ramirez) Jaimes. A devoted family man, Jose loved fishing and anything to do with horses. He enjoyed cooking with a passion, watching television and especia...

PAWS and PALS teamed up to offer sterilization and vaccinations in Kyle. Paige Moore brought in her cats Pippi Pancake Longstockings and Mortimer for the free event. (Photos by Sharri Boyett) The Ibarra family includes human kids Abril, Samantha, Gabriella and Paulina, along with German Shepherds Fo...

by RAY HERNANDEZ Kyle Chamber of Commerce The Kyle Area Chamber continues to market our community via a partnership with the City of Kyle. We utilize a portion of Hotel Occupancy Tax dollars which are paid by hotel guests that stay at our local lodging establishments. The Kyle Chamber also contribut...

by JEN BIUNDO What does it mean to be Buda? The city is getting some help answering that question from the Dallas-based advertising firm Ariamedia, which won a contract to establish a brand for the city. Over the course of about five months, the advertising firm will research and design a branding c...

STAFF REPORTS Reporter Brad Rollins has been named managing editor of the Hays Free Press, taking over the position from long-time staff member Jen Biundo. Biundo will continue to report for the Hays Free Press on a part-time basis, covering feature stories and the city of Buda, while she attends th...

Students swarm the halls at Hays High School as they search for friends, pick up schedules and try to find their classrooms. Hays CISD saw 14,775 students come through the door on the first day of class. (Photo by Cyndy Slovak-Barton) Buda girls Madison Rodrigues (left) and Mikayla Verver show off t...

Check It Out by BOB STRAUB In this novel, the authors revisit Mike Bennett, one of their characters from previous novels. Mike Bennett is an NYPD detective who had worked for the FBI as an anti-terrorism specialist. He is a widower with ten kids who are being cared for by a live-in housekeeper and b...

Mountain City Montage by PAULINE TOM Cheers to Kiss’Me’, The Great Looooong Red Piebald Scorpion Hunter (and Coral Snake Hunter and Rattlesnake Hunter). He alerted me to a scorpion in the living room while RonTom was in D.C. By the time I got back to the living room with Ron’s tools (a medicine bott...

On Center by BRENDA STEWART So, what I want to know is who beaned the wooden railroad crossing bar at the tracks on Center Street last weekend? There were no skid marks leading up to it or glass fragments around. Someone heading west whacked it hard enough to crack the end in half, though. Now if th...