The U.S. economy is riddled with wounds and blisters.  Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have plummeted in the market and it shows that housing still is in a world of hurt.  It is difficult to comprehend why Obama and Congress permit the ongoing unemployment travesty, except it is clear that it is a maneuv...

I have been going to the Buda Library for a good number of years. Now I do volunteer work there. Over the years the library has outgrown the facility. They need more space for books, computers, people, storage and activities. The library has many well attended activities for children of all ages. Th...

EDITORIAL Central Texas children lost an advocate last week. With the sudden death of former Tom Green Elementary principal Kathy Dittrich, there is a void. Johnnie Katherine Hale Dittrich served as assistant principal and then principal of Green Elementary in the late 1980s before moving on to Wimb...

Kyle City Limits by BRENDA STEWART Lazy summer afternoons just scream a tall drink and a good read, so on Sunday I filled up an icy tumbler and settled in with a stack of city employee credit card statements which had been introduced to the council last Tuesday night. Hey, we all have our own ideas ...

Young-at-Large by JOHN YOUNG Disregard the trail of blood they’ve wrought, the cumulative protection falsely assigned them. Say this much about guns: At least they allow certain folks to get specific about “freedom.” Surely I’m not the only one who’s noticed. Those who get most melodic about “freedo...

From the Crow’s Nest by CLINT YOUNTS Whoa, Nellie! I just read that Texas is ranked 13th in a recent poll. Thirteenth! That’s ridiculous. How can Texas be ranked that low?  No, I’m not talking football; I’m speaking of a nation-wide study that ranks our Lone Star State the13th fattest in the country...

Brook Wilson, 2, takes a drink from the fountain at Gregg-Clarke Park in Kyle. City officials say high fluoride levels in local water can damage children’s teeth. (Photo by Jen Biundo) by JEN BIUNDO For six months after they moved to the Silverado neighborhood in Kyle, Cara Mosier’s two children, th...

by BRAD ROLLINS Kyle officials have agreed to send back a little more than half of $2.5 million the city was awarded two years ago from Hays County voter-approved bond funds to develop a regional park around a recreation center no longer on the city’s drawing board. The city’s previous administratio...

Robert Threadgill, 80, said he suffered serious injuries while being detained by Hays County Sheriff’s deputies on June 22. (Photo courtesy of Facebook) by BRAD ROLLINS An 80-year-old man and his son lodged formal complaints on Monday, claiming they were roughed up without justification last month b...