by SEAN KIMMONS The City of Kyle revealed a modest tax hike in its proposed fiscal year 2010-2011 city budget Tuesday night. Interim City Manager James Earp said that Kyle residents could see a three-cent increase in their property tax rates, pushing the tax rate from 42 cents to 45 cents per $100 p...

Letters to the editors of the newspapers in America are fairly good indicators of what is on the minds of Americans. Letters are not only an indicator of what is on the mind, but also to whom they are listening, watching or reading. If the current trend continues, I am afraid that the “crazies” are ...

by Svea Sauer Will Louisiana be made whole again? Well, the president says so. I don’t know what kind of miracle workers will be hired by British Petroleum but they will surely distinguish between the damage they have caused and that which the whole industry is responsible for. They may do their par...

courtesy photos Representatives of Hope & Love 4 Kids and Whataburger pose for a photo (above) during last Friday’s School Supply Drive kick-off at Whataburger in Kyle. On the right, WhataGuy, the superhero mascot of Whataburger, and Jennifer Hamry (Miss Kyle 2010) and Christina Nuñez (Miss Kyle Tee...

Good Health by Seton’s goodhealth.com The current East Coast heat wave is setting high temperature records in many cities. New York City has reached triple digit heat twice in the last few days. A similar heat wave in 2006 killed over 40 elderly people in the Big Apple. Last year, Austin nearly set ...

Fraye Stokes and her dog Boomer hope to save many lives with their donation to PALS. (Photo by Sharri Boyett) STAFF REPORTS Pet Prevent a Litter (PALS) of Central Texas is looking for financial aid to continue its mission of preventing dogs and cats from being euthanized in Hays County, organizers s...

Muñoz STAFF REPORTS Last month, The Mexican American School Board Members Association (MASBA) executive board appointed former Hays CISD trustee Joe Muñoz to the position of MASBA Co-Executive Director. While president of MASBA in 2007-08, Muñoz worked with the University Interscholastic League for ...

Photo by Bruce Fisher Rynygyto Ouk of the local high school band Texas FX entertains the crowd at a recent Music in the Park event organized by the Buda Parks Department. The show was part of the city’s Toons & Tunes series, featuring alternating live music and outdoor movies in Buda City Park. Texa...

Photo Courtesy of Pauline Tom Mountain City Montage by PAULINE TOM Perhaps your inquiring mind wanted to know, like mine... “What’s gonna happen to coral snakebite victims when antivenom becomes unavailable on October 31 (and, between now and then, if the expiring antivenom cannot be located)?” With...

Odds & Ends by MYRTLE HEIDEMAN Well, we missed the brunt of the storm. Several showers of rain are keeping the lawn mowers busy. The farmers welcomed the slow showers. Well, all but the hay raisers, kinda discouraging when the hay is on the ground, waiting to be baled. Lots of reports of “great” plu...