I would like to protest about being “cutoff” at the Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 Buda City Council meeting. Many people had spoken, some at length, prior to me. I had timed my comments to under three (3) minutes. I read the same comments the previous week at the Hays Co. Commissioners Court. The topic was ...

I am wondering what is going on with our neighbors in Pct. 3 and their representation on the Commissioners Court. You don’t get to see outbursts such as Will Conley’s very often. It is bad enough, a la Clayton Williams, to curse – in public and on the record – at a woman 20 years your senior in Texa...

In March, Kyle residents Mark LeMense and Samantha Bellows and San Marcos resident Dana Shehane rallied to open their shaved ice trailer on Center Street in Kyle, but city staffers said ordinances prohibit temporary food vendors. (Courtesy photo) by SEAN KIMMONS The battle of peddlers peddling in Ky...

by BRAD ROLLINS After nearly six hours of often volatile discussion, a majority of the Hays County Commissioners Court appeared to agree on Tuesday that the city of Kyle will, in fact, be afforded the privilege of returning about $1.2 million in parks funds it doesn’t plan to use. In May 2008, the c...

by JEN BIUNDO As the mercury hovered around 97 degrees, nearly 8,000 Pedernales Electric customers lost power Saturday afternoon for as many as three and a quarter hours. Pedernales spokesperson Anne Harvey said the outage occurred when a control device in the Buda substation malfunctioned, shutting...

by SEAN KIMMONS The wet, cooler temperatures associated with the weather phenomenon El Niño are fading away, and may soon give way to dryer, warmer conditions produced by its little sister, La Niña. Local agriculture workers have flourished under the downpours courtesy of El Niño over the past year....

STAFF REPORT Less than a half-hour into a Monday budget workshop, the Hays County Commissioners Court abruptly pulled the plug on the session after it was pointed out that the meeting wasn’t properly posted as required by state law. The meeting’s agenda was posted on the bulletin board outside the c...

STAFF REPORTS A $1,000 cash reward is being offered for any information leading to the arrest of vandals who desecrated the historic Kyle cemetery in June, authorities say. While paying respects to a family member who had recently passed away, a cemetery visitor discovered several headstones, many d...

AARON STAFF REPORTS A 20-year-old Kyle resident was arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a 21-year-old female in late July, police say. Aaron Young allegedly raped the female, who also suffered multiple contusions in the incident, a Kyle Police Department officer said. Police responded to...

Bruce Wayne Sanders, 68, of Onion Creek, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Wayne was preceded in death by his parents, Russell Lee Sanders and Jewel Harbin Sanders and brothers Russell Sanders and Doug Sanders. Wayne is survived by his beloved wife Cathy; children, Michael Sander...