Dex Ellison, Kyle Mayor Pro Tem, recently judged at the 15th Annual Kyle Quilters Quilt Exhibit. Ellison is with Glennis Taylor, this year's winner of the Mayor's Choice award. Titled “A Window View,” the quilt was made as a memorial to her son Phillip Taylor who died in an automobile accident last ...

Early voting for the Nov. 5 election ends on Friday, Nov. 1, and Tuesday is Election Day. Hays County voters may then visit any Voting Center between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. to cast their ballots, providing they have an acceptable form of identification. Texas voters will decide 10 constitutional amendmen...

There won’t be any skyscrapers, but the firm hoping to develop Uptown Kyle at Plum Creek says its project will tickle the town’s highest ambitions. The mixed-use project with roots going back 20 years is moving closer to reality. The Kyle City Council has directed city staff to bring back action ite...

Central Texas has experienced three 100-year floods within the last six years, and Hurricane Harvey and Tropical Storm Imelda dumped literally feet of water across southeast portions of the state, both within the past two years. Cities and counties, left struggling in the aftermath, were largely dep...

By Ursula Rogers Investing in infrastructure, better support for the Police Department and promoting business growth were some of the top goals, as candidates for the Kyle City Council debated during a luncheon. The Kyle Chamber of Commerce held a forum luncheon Sept. 24 where candidates for city co...

The Kyle City Council made one reappointment and added two new members to the Planning & Zoning Commission at its Sept. 17 meeting. However, the nomination of a third new member was not approved. Paul Scheibmeir was re-appointed to Seat 1. New appointees are Priscilla Harrell,   Seat 3 and Rebecca Y...

When it came to talking trash on the dais, the Kyle City Council was full of it Sept. 3. Discussion about the expiration of an existing contract with Texas Disposal Systems (TDS) for waste services turned into a whirlwind 90-minute debate that at times grew heated. When the furor died down, Kyle cit...

Confusion over what properties are subject to a proposed unilateral annexation by Kyle led to vitriolic debate Aug. 28 as city leaders attempted to sort it all out. Many residents impacted by the proposal maintained their opposition, with some alleging the city is moving too fast to complete the ann...

A changing of the guard will occur in Buda this November as a longtime city leader is forgoing an attempt at a third term in office. Wiley Hopkins, who was first elected to the Buda City Council dais in November 2013, did not submit a candidate filing prior to Monday’s deadline for the Nov. 3 electi...

A trio of city council incumbents have thrown their hats into the ring as they seek reelection bids this November. With the Aug. 19 candidate filing deadline fast approaching, no one has challenged Buda City council member Lee Urbanovsky, or Kyle City Council Mayor Pro Tem Dex Ellison and Kyle counc...