By Moses Leos III With power outages an issue at the Kyle Police Department’s dispatch center on Center Street, the Kyle City Council pushed forward upgrades to help the facility meet electrical standards.  By a 7-0 vote on June 2, the Kyle council approved a $17,393 budget amendment to the city’s g...

By Kim Hilsenbeck After more than three months of being on paid administrative leave, Kyle Police Sergeant Jesse Espinoza was put on indefinite suspension, according to John Moritz, spokesperson of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT). An indefinite suspension is synonymous wit...

By Moses Leos III An increased awareness of parking laws in Kyle area neighborhoods from the Kyle Police Department (KPD) has led to a slight increase in complaints from the public.  Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said putting the public on notice is the next step as they enforce rules.  “What we wa...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday night following an executive session of the Kyle City Council.  City Manager Scott Sellers appointed an acting police chief to lead the Kyle Police Department “for the purposes of adjudicating an ongoing...

By Moses Leos III Kyle Police Department officer Dago Pates couldn’t hold back a tearful smile Thursday as he recalled his memories of Samantha Dean.  With each story told, Pates detailed the extraordinary person Dean was. From her positive demeanor and humble personality, to even her side job as a ...

By ANDY SEVILLA Compassionate, loving, friendly and with a mission to make a difference in the world is how a father remembers the slain Kyle Police Department employee who was found shot to death in Bastrop last week. “She wanted to do great things for people. She wanted to help people bring closur...

  By Kim Hilsenbeck The organizers of the first ever COPS HD — Citizens Organizations Policing Salutary Honest Dialogue — invite the entire Kyle community to attend an event this Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. Dallas Lee of Kyle, who conceptualized this event, said it's a unique opportunity t...

By Moses Leos III A Kyle family was left to pick up the pieces after a pickup truck careened off of Burleson Road in the early morning hours on Dec. 21 and into their living room.  The incident happened around 3 a.m. in the 100 block of Bellair Drive.  According to a Kyle police accident report, off...

By Moses Leos III Correction: In our print edition, we incorrectly reported that each Kyle Police officer would be issued three pistols as part of the 50 purchased by the city. Each Kyle Police officer will only be issued one pistol. We apologize for the error. The days of Kyle Police Department off...

Update 8:46 p.m According to Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett, one suspect shown in the photos was placed under arrest early Thursday evening. Police have leads on two other individuals, one of whom was pictured, who are connected to the Oct. 4 attempt to pawn items stolen in a recent home burglary. A...