EDITORIAL They have the space. They have the idea. They are trying to be entrepreneurs. Now they need the city to bend a little. Three young local Kyle residents have been butting their heads against the proverbial city hall wall, trying to get approval to open a snowcone stand during the summer mon...

Kyle City Limits by BRENDA STEWART Well, I tell you what. A year ago I would have bet money against writing this particular column. At that time, my side of town was locked horn-to-horn with city manager Tom Mattis over the placement of the new library. Just looking at him made my blood boil and his...

Young- at-Large by JOHN YOUNG My college-grad son got exactly what I hoped he would out of his higher education – meaning it had almost nothing to do with a career. Oh, sure, I would have been thrilled if after that fireworks-filled graduation night at the base of the University of Texas tower he ex...

From the Crow’s Nest by CLINT YOUNTS If ya’ll might recall, my last column dealt with being a true Texan and how some foreign imports try to pass themselves off as one. If I stepped on some frost-bit toes, I’m awfully sorry, and by the way, I hear Kansas is a right nice place to live if you don’t co...

by JEN BIUNDO The Hays County Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating two unrelated cases of suspected arson in the Green Pastures neighborhood east of Kyle that were set during the week of spring break. Kyle Firefighters quenched a blaze that damaged an unoccupied rental house on Country Lane in the...

by BRAD ROLLINS A Henly resident is seeking to invalidate development regulations adopted last August with a lawsuit filed in state district court that argues Hays County did not properly analyze the financial impact of minimum lot sizes and other rules would have on property owners. James K. “Jimmy...

by JEN BIUNDO Even parents get into the act as they jockey to gather some of the 30,000 eggs spread out at Kyle’s Easter Egg-Stravaganza. (Photo by Beth Nelson) Kyle staffers will get to work this weekend stuffing 30,000 plastic eggs with candy in preparation for the popular Easter Egg-stravaganza s...

Hays County Crime Stoppers is assisting the San Marcos Police Department in solving the following Aggravated Robbery. On Friday, January 15, 2010 at approximately 8:20 p.m., the Levi Store at the Tanger Outlet Mall on IH-35 in San Marcos was robbed at gunpoint. A store employee was in the storage ro...

by SEAN KIMMONS Kyle Police Chief Michael Blake addressed the city council last week requesting an additional $124,000 in a proposed budget amendment. (Photo by Sean Kimmons) After Kyle councilmembers slashed the police department overtime budget proposal by more than half last year, they may soon b...

STAFF REPORTS Hays County’s two main political parties met this weekend for the county conventions, electing delegates to represent the area at the state conventions later in the year. Democrats Saturday, in an all-day meeting at the Wimberley Community Center, Hays County Democrats turned their att...