After surreal trial, Simmons handed life sentence for murder
Mark David Simmons, who prosecutors called “one of the most dangerous people to step foot in this courthouse” was sentenced to life in prison on Monday, two years after shooting a Buda man to death and burning his body beyond recognition a week later.
Live Feed: Simmons gets life for murder conviction
San Marcos Mercury ANDY SEVILLA is covering Day 11 of the Mark David Simmon’s capital murder trial today. Prosecutors say Simmons is a white supremacist and militant extremist who killed his friend, Buda resident Steven Woelfel, and then set his house on fire.
Local lobbyist reaches out to his friends, the old-fashioned way
For 15 years, Wayne T. Franke, a contract lobbyist who works from his Buda home, has been calling everyone he knows — including many current and former Texas lawmakers — for their birthdays and wedding anniversaries.
Massive dance party in Kyle not stopping till 5 a.m.
A hypnotist, a performer wearing a “drummable skirt” made of kitchen utensils, some 50 musical acts and thousands of “beautiful festival-goers” from all over the country are set to pour into Kyle on Saturday for an all-night dance party at Thunderhill Raceway.
Showman murder suspect held in contempt
Presiding Judge Bill Henry found Buda murder suspect Mark David Simmons in contempt of court Thursday for ignoring his repeated orders to refrain from irrelevant testimony.
ACC sells $45M in bonds for Hays campus
SUBMITTED REPORT Austin Community College has decided to issue $45 million in bonds for the construction of its campus in Kyle. ACC news release: The Austin Community College District Board of Trustees has approved the issuance of lease revenue bonds for Hays Campus. The action finalizes the financing for construction of the campus in Hays [...]
Murder trial turns spectacle as suspect prepares to testify
The prosecution rested Wednesday in the eighth day of a Buda murder trial, in what has become a lengthy spectacle in courtroom antics.
Jurors watch white supremacist murder suspect confess to killing
A Hays County jury on Monday watched the confession of a Buda murder suspect who has claimed that he accidentally shot his longtime friend in the head during a time of heightened paranoia.
San Marcos unemployment at 5.4 percent, Kyle at 4.8
The unemployment rate in San Marcos stood at 5.4 percent in February, a modest .4 percentage point decrease from the same month in 2011 and better than the state unemployment rate of 7.1 percent.
Little wooden jail a reminder of Kyle’s rowdy past
It’s hard to imagine now, but Kyle used to be a rollicking little frontier town with saloons and regular drunken brawls in the streets. According to the local history books, as the new town of Kyle grew it garnered the reputation as one of the wildest towns in the area.
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