KYLE —  The Kyle Police Department has arrested two teenagers in connection to a shooting at a party in Kyle. According to a news release, KPD responded to reports of shots fired on Nov. 26 at approximately 12:05 p.m. in the 400 block of Old Stagecoach Road. Initially, officers were unable to locate...

KYLE – Erich Spannhake, 38, of Kyle, was arrested Friday, Dec. 6 on multiple drug charges, including possession of approximately 14 pounds of psychedelic drugs. Spannhake was previously arrested in April 2024 for the illegal possession of fentanyl and Xanax; from that arrest, two additional substanc...

KYLE — John Albiter, 25, was arrested for multiple charges following a July 2024 incident. According to a news release, Albiter is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home, sexually assaulting her and physically assaulting both the victim and her 7-year-old son on July 8. Albiter initially ...

SAN MARCOS - Mark Anthony Briones, 34, of Kyle was convicted of capital murder for the June 2022 murder of infant Annalyne Fridley Benavides. Judge Bruce Boyer then sentenced the defendant to life without parole. According to a Hays County news release, on June 20, 2022, Briones was babysitting Frid...

KYLE — The Kyle Police Department arrested Isaac Arroyos, 20, of San Marcos in connection with the fentanyl poisoning death of 19-year-old Edgard Escobar. Arroyos was apprehended on Wednesday, Oct. 23, following the issuance of an arrest warrant for felony first-degree murder and felony third-degree...

KYLE -- The city of Kyle is inviting the community to an open house from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Kyle Public Safety Center, 1700 Kohlers Crossing. This come-and-go style event will provide residents with the latest updates on the Kohlers Crossing Project, funded by the voter-approved 20...

SAN MARCOS - Manuel Balderas, 49, of Kyle was sentenced to 40 years in prison by a jury on Sept. 24, for multiple counts of sexual assault, continuous sexual abuse of a child and indecency with a child. The jury assessed punishment and Judge Bruce Boyer stacked three of the counts to total 40 years....

KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office is investigating a new threat made in the Hays Consolidated Independent School District against Chapa and Simon Middle School. The following email was sent to all district parents during the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 19. Dear Hays CISD Family, We, like mos...

KYLE -- The Hays County Sheriff's Office has detained and charged two additional sixth grade students from Hays CISD for creating or contributing to social media threat scares in the district that have been occurring this week. The latest juvenile detentions bring the total number of Hays CISD stude...

SAN MARCOS – Josh Devereaux Jarratt, 45, of Kyle entered a plea of guilty to the offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child and was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Aug. 12. He also pleaded guilty to two counts of indecency with a child by contact, one count of indecency with a child by exposur...