Junior Adolfo Gonzalez will try to help lead the Lehman tennis team to the state tournament this season. (Photo by Gilbert Castillo) by MARK CAUL The 2010 spring individual tennis season ended exactly the way Orlando DeLaFuente envisioned it – with two of his players representing Lehman at the Class...

by MARK CAUL Felina Ortiz and the rest of her Lehman teammates got off to a slow start in Wimberley before rebounding to capture the Friendship Consolation title. (Photo by Judy Cooper) Despite getting off to a slow start on the first day of the annual Wimberley Tex-Fest Tournament, the Lehman Lady ...

by MARK CAUL While the number of wins the Hays volleyball team captured at the Westwood Warrior Showcase Tournament over the weekend were few, Lady Rebel head coach Erica Walther doesn’t feel her squad is too far away from success. Hays was competitive in all of its matches, but only came away with ...

Young-at-Large by JOHN YOUNG Great moments in media-abetted hatred: • 1890s – L. Frank Baum, who would later pen “The Wizard of Oz,” writes editorials in the Aberdeen (S.D.) Saturday Pioneer calling for the extermination of Native Americans. He calls them “a pack of whining curs.” Two weeks later, f...

EDITORIAL Cities hold public hearings to get opinions when it comes to new establishments or buildings. In Kyle and Buda, as in most cities, notices are sent to businesses and residences in the area, asking for their thoughts about a new business, church or development. That’s one way the public can...

Of Cabbages and Kings by BOB BARTON Some old fellow, who claims to have been a  livewire country newspaper editor back in the “Gunsmoke” era, volunteered to write an update on area campaign finances and he did so a couple of weeks ago. He reluctantly admits to a small  goof. In the story on the camp...

From the Crow’s Nest by CLINT YOUNTS Who hasn’t wished for more hours in a day so you can get all your work done? No matter how hard you work, there’s always something left to do tomorrow. Where does all the time go? If you are like most folks who live in a house with electricity, I bet several hour...

The new $2.6 million Kyle Public Works Department site adds roughly 10,000 square feet of workspace to the maturing department, which has grown drastically over the past year. (Photos by Sean Kimmons) A public works truck sits outside the maintenance bays that will give the department room to handle...

by BRAD ROLLINS Construction could start within a month on U.S. Foodservice’s regional distribution facility in Buda, following the city and county’s approval on Tuesday of an interlocal agreement with the state agriculture department’s Texas Capital Fund. The Hays County Commissioners Court and the...

MARTINEZ by JEN BIUNDO Two years after the fatal wreck that claimed the life of 25-year-old Rebecca Ann Stuckey, the drunk driver who killed her has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. A Hays County jury deliberated less than 30 minutes before convicting Austin resident Miranda Martinez, 24, of in...