KYLE — At its Dec. 5 meeting, Kyle City Council voted to approve the installation of additional automated license plate reading systems and heard a presentation on solutions for the mental health crisis that is ongoing in the city. As previously reported by the Hays Free Press , council voted to app...

KYLE — Following a special meeting where Mayor Travis Mitchell and District 2 city council member Robert Rizo were sworn in, Kyle City Council approved new names for the victims unit at the Public Safety Center on Nov. 14. Samantha Dean was 29 when she was found shot to death in Bastrop in 2015. As ...

HAYS COUNTY — The Hays County Brown Santa program has started its annual drive for money, food and toys to assist families in need in Hays County. The program consists of volunteers from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office and members of the community — last year, more than 650 families were given assi...

Issac Manriquez Manriquez, 22, accepted a plea bargain agreement on Sept. 6 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (second-degree felony) in front of 428th Judicial District  Judge Joe R. Pool in Hays County. According to court documents, the Kyle Police Department was advised that a female was...

KYLE –– On Thursday, Oct. 26 at approximately 5 p.m., Kyle Police Officers responded to a report of a person being followed by unknown individuals after leaving a bank. Knowing this is a common practice for “bank jugging” — where a suspect or suspects follow victims who have recently withdrawn cash ...

KYLE — Texas Water Utilities will continue its partnership with the Kyle Police Department and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to provide a medication disposal site on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. Kyle residents and neighbors are invited to attend from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. o...

KYLE –– At 10:24 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11, the Kyle Police Department received a call regarding a suspicious person in the 200 block of Waterloo Drive. Dispatch was informed that an unknown male was trying to get a 15-year-old female into his vehicle. The girl ran to a nearby house for help whe...

KYLE — An 18-year-old Austin man was arrested on Sept. 8 for several warrants issued by the court, including capital murder, according to Hays County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Jeff Jordan. This is Isaac Nathan Arispe’s fifth arrest since 2022. He faces the following charges: capital murder, murder, aggr...

KYLE — At approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 4, the Kyle Police Department responded to the 23000 block of IH-35 for reports of a welfare concern involving a male lying in the grassy median. Shortly after arrival, Kyle police officers located a deceased male with extensive injuries, identified as...