By Sahar Chmais Kyle residents are invited to get rid of their bulky waste and junk pile up at the city-wide trash pickup on Saturday, June 5. The city wide cleanup event will take place from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Gregg-Clarke Park. Attendees must reside within city limits, bring photo identificat...

By Sahar Chmais From the classroom to the community, Regina Butcher’s career created a rippling effect through the involvement of arts and nature in every class at her school. Butcher, principal at the Susie Fuentes Elementary school, boiled her career down into two of her proudest achievements – th...

Gloria Jean Fossum, age 94, passed away on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Kyle, Texas. Born on April 24, 1927, in Great Falls, Montana to Hazel and Charles Rombough. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Orlando R. Fossum; son, Richard L. Fossum Sr., and brother, Charles Rombough. Gloria is s...

(Photos courtesy of Kyle Correctional Center) By Megan Wehring  KYLE — Giving back to the community is a service the Kyle Correctional Center takes pride in. “The pandemic has only made things worse for some families,” said Warden Bernadette Rodriguez. “It’s estimated that more than 50 million peopl...

By Sahar Chmais Rent assistance for Hays County residents is in the works as the eviction moratorium ends on June 30. An eviction moratorium was established after the pandemic was declared, postponing evictions. Hays County received nearly $7,000,000 from the U.S. Treasury Department for the Emergen...

One of Hays CISD’s newest and beloved end of year traditions returned last week with cheers, applause and plenty of smiles. On May 21, numerous Hays CISD graduating seniors from Lehman High and Hays High traveled to district elementary and secondary campuses for the 2021 Senior Walks. This year, clo...

By Megan Wehring  KYLE -- Convicted registered sex offenders are now restricted where they can live in the city of Kyle.  Kyle City Council voted to set the distance requirement at 1,000 feet between where sex offenders can reside and established child safety zones. These places within city limits a...

Backed by a new crime-fighting attorney general, who campaigned on a pledge to clean up Galveston, the Texas Rangers finally got their wish and padlocked the Balinese Room on May 30, 1957. The combination nightclub-casino had been the crown jewel of two Sicilian brothers’ Island empire for three dec...

by Gary Borders Texas lawmakers will adjourn the regular session on Monday – Memorial Day – but Gov. Greg Abbott has already indicated he will call a special session in the fall to grapple with redistricting after detailed census results are finally released. Last week, Abbott told lawmakers he woul...

by Tom Purcell There are few things I enjoy more than grilling up tasty steaks for a group of close friends, but red meat isn’t going to be on the menu this summer. The cost of beef is higher than ever. According to Bloomberg, “Food inflation has been inching up for months, driven by soaring commodi...