New life under a home rule charter led to the city changing the majority of its council, along with its city manager. However, the city’s sales tax base took a beating, leading to a tax increase, while downtown merchants continued seeking solutions for slow foot traffic.

The girls basketball team at Hays High School used its usual defensive effort for an easy 56-24 win at Lehman Friday night to go 2-0 in District 17-4A, while Lehman fell to 1-1. San Marcos lost it’s district opener Friday night to Del Valle.

The city slows down a bit around the holidays, but we still have live music this weekend, and there’s always holiday television, uh, gold like “A Miser Brother’s Christmas,” featuring Heat Miser (pictured).

Hard as it is to believe, no one had even tried a chocolate chip cookie 75 years ago.

As the girls high school basketball teams in District 17-4A open district play this week, including a meeting tonight between Hays and Lehman, the boys teams still have a week of tuning up.

Way back in time, before the Internet, the arrival of Christmas catalogues from national retailers like Sears and Montgomery Wards was a rite of the holiday season in homes across America.

At the end of another record-setting season, the Associated Press named Texas State wide receiver Cameron Luke as a Third Team All-American, making this the second straight year when the Bobcats placed an AP All-American.

While Rickey Henderson is a shoo-in for induction in baseball’s Hall of Fame with this month’s vote, numerous other players raise questions about exactly what the Hall of Fame is supposed to represent.

It’s getting time to make plans for those who wish to start the new year with a cold splash. Kyle’s fifth annual Polar Bear Splash will take place on Jan. 1 at the Kyle Municipal Swimming Pool.

U.S. Foodservice is asking Hays County to help finance improvements at Turnersville Road and CR 118 before moving its distribution center from Austin to the Sunfield MUD east of Buda.