Young-at-Large by JOHN YOUNG The children are out, frolicking in the green – summer stretched before them like the promise of youth. And some people want to shut them indoors again, want to batten the hatches, pass out more sheets with bubbles, return them to their crouches. Those people would inclu...

Kyle City Limits by BRENDA STEWART One pleasure I get out of life, regardless of where I am in the world, is scanning the daily papers each morning. Being a cynic by nature, dawn has always afforded me the brief opportunity to give each day a new chance. I’ve wept. I’ve laughed out loud reading Ken ...

by SEAN KIMMONS The city of Kyle plans to go to court to appeal its permit request to pump additional water out of Edward’s Aquifer, which was hosed down back in February, city officials say. On Feb. 11, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District’s board of directors unanimously allote...

by JEN BIUNDO Due to lack of maintenance, the U.S. flag flails in front of the Kyle Post Office raising the ire of some local residents. (Photo by Sean Kimmons) A Kyle resident and World War II veteran says he’s outraged by the condition of the U.S. flag hanging outside the Kyle Post Office. Arthur ...

Kids hide as burglars ransack home Two burglars broke into a San Marcos home where two juveniles, a teenager and a younger child, were home alone Monday afternoon, investigators say. At about 3:30 p.m., the Hays County Sheriff’s Office received a “burglary in progress” call at an address on Falconwo...

A group of 100 Buda residents filed an amicus brief in support of BudaFirst members Jim Hollis and Christopher Juusola. Meanwhile, The Texas Municipal League, a non profit association that represents more than 1,100 cities, filed an amicus brief on behalf of Buda. The brief in support of BudaFirst a...

by JEN BIUNDO Former PEC board president Juan Garza (Photo by Jen Biundo) In a surprise move, a divided board of the Pedernales Electric Cooperative voted in a 5-2 split to fire General Manager Juan Garza Monday, just five days before the annual members’ meeting that will replace two lame duck board...

by JEN BIUNDO Justices with the Texas Supreme Court on Friday shot down a case filed by opponents of Buda’s U.S. Foodservice Development, potentially giving the company a green light to move forward with construction of a food distribution facility just east of IH-35. “I think this is the last hurdl...

Jesus R. Canales, Jr., 61, of Kyle died Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at St. David’s Hospital in Austin. He was born in Austin on September 6, 1948. His loving father, Jesus A. Canales, Sr. and mother Maria De La Luz Requejo precede him in death. Jesus is survived by wife Belinda Canales of Kyle; two daught...