By Moses Leos III Seven months after a double homicide along Sledge Street, the Kyle Police Department (KPD)continues to push ahead with its investigation into the crime.  According to Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett, the department is making steady progress on the case.  “We work on that (case) almo...

By Moses Leos III Kyle residents who owe outstanding municipal fines to the city may not be able to hide for much longer. With the implementation of new license plate reader (LPR) technology, the Kyle Police Department hopes to not only mitigate outstanding warrants, but also keep people from possib...

By Moses Leos III T ears welled in the eyes of Kyle resident Nancy Charlez when she saw what awaited her and her two children at Wallace Middle School Friday. For Charlez, who recently went through a divorce, she didn’t think she would be able to afford a Christmas for her two girls, Adriana and Ale...

  Submitted report Following the arrest of one man who admitted to a recent spate of car burglaries in Kyle neighborhoods, Kyle Police are looking for his alleged accomplice. Officers from Kyle Police Department (KPD) arrested Kendall McDowell, 20, for burglarizing vehicles in the Silverado and Spri...

  Staff report Kyle Police have arrested a man who admitted to a rash of car burglaries in the Silverado and Spring Branch neighborhoods. According to a City of Kyle press release, authorities arrested Kendall Mcdowell, 20, of Kyle, in connection with the burglaries. According to Hays County Jail re...

By Moses Leos III The Kyle Police Department may be re-evaluating a practice meant to keep vehicle and homeowners from becoming a victim of crime.  Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett said the department could review its tactic of leaving courtesy “crime prevention notes” notifying homeowners of unlocked...

By Moses Leos III A trio of men have been arrested in connection with an an aggravated robbery along Burleson Street. The Kyle Police Department and the Hays County Sheriff's Office continue their search for one man and one woman who are still at large.  According to a probable cause affidavit, susp...

By Moses Leos III The arbitration hearing into the suspension of a fired Kyle Police sergeant is expected to continue this week. Former Kyle Police Department sergeant Jesse Espinoza is appealing his indefinite suspension; he was terminated by interim Kyle Police Chief Chuck Edge in May following a ...

  by Moses Leos III According to a probable cause affidavit,  suspects involved in a Kyle robbery used Facebook to lure two victims to a house on Post Road Circle where one of them was robbed on Sept. 21.  The affidavit, obtained by Kyle Police in the arrest of Kenneth Anthony Alvarez, 23, of Kyle, ...

  Staff Report    A former Austin Police Department officer, along with one other man, have been charged with capital murder in the death of Kyle Victim Services Coordinator Samantha Dean and her unborn child in February.   In a press conference Thursday, the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office announce...