By Andy Sevilla Shorty and Spot, a mini-horse and mini-donkey, will soon return home to their human parents in Kyle after officials gave the pets the boot a few months back. The Kyle city council Tuesday night unanimously approved changes to the existing animal ordinance on final reading, making way...

By Moses Leos III Steadily declining water levels forced the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District (BSEACD) Board of Directors to declare Stage 2 Alarm Drought status last week. And, in the meantime, history was being made as the Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) out of San Antonio move...

by ANDY SEVILLA Kyle City Manager Lanny Lambert has not officially tendered his resignation, yet, but plans are underway for his next leading position just outside of San Antonio. “I’ve been offered the city manager position for the city of Converse, Texas. This is close to my wife and family, and i...

By Andy Sevilla Narrowly missing an outright victory to the Kyle council by a handful of votes, Shane Arabie will faceoff against Laurie Luttrell in a runoff election for the District 3 seat. “We just have to prepare ourselves for a runoff and continue working the same way we were,” Arabie said. “Ob...

  STAFF REPORT Hays County Clerk services are now offered at a recently opened substation in Kyle. With the northward move residents now have access to almost all county clerk services at a location other than in San Marcos, officials said. The substation is located at the Hays County Precinct 2 com...

STAFF REPORT   UPDATE:  A day after the Kyle Police Department asked for the public's help in locating a missing 15-year-old girl believed to have runaway, the teenager returned home. Authorities said Norma Hillary Preciosa Vazquez Esquivel, a Lehman High School student, went missing July 2. A famil...

By Andy Sevilla With federal money up for grabs and several roadways to improve, Kyle city leaders are angling for a slice of government help. The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) will divvy out $75.6 million in the next five years to help fund regional and local transportatio...

By Moses Leos III A settlement stabilizing water rate increases from Monarch Utilities ends a yearlong dispute between Kyle, Buda and the water utility company.  However, Monarch customers can still expect water bills to increase, despite avoiding a proposed 14.4 percent hike.  “I think it’s a fair ...

By Andy Sevilla While Kyle and Buda have laws in place regulating peddlers’ and solicitors’ activities in each city, some door-to-door salesmen fail to acquire the proper permitting to conduct business in those cities. Ordinances in both cities explicitly require door-to-door solicitors to obtain a ...

By Andy Sevilla A 20-year-old San Marcos man is accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old Kyle girl after meeting her on a social networking site, according to recent jail records and court documents. Michael Casey Batton was arrested June 26 and charged with three counts of aggravated sexual ass...