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Bartee Haile: Army officer helps himself to priceless art treasures

A tale of how greed will backfire and art will (slowly) triumph in the end...…

Freethought San Marcos: Government lies and secrecy destroy credibility

– Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS When a high government official blatantly…

Franks retiring as Main Street manager

Kelly Franks, who has administrated the city's Main Street program for 25 years and co-founded the…

Audio: Campus construction in the state spotlight

Everything was going so well for higher education during the 2013 legislative session. With less than…

Perry takes job raid to the Big Apple

After a couple of high profile job-poaching trips to California and Illinois, Gov. Rick Perry is…

Telluride Street shooting leaves man in critical condition

San Marcos police do not anticipate making arrests in an early Tuesday shooting that sent a…

Central Texas adjusts to ‘the 737’

Starting this month, you need to dial ten or dial again. The Austin area is getting…

Add drought to Texas beekeepers’ woes

Beekeepers in Texas are hopeful that a late-blooming wildflower crop will be enough to keep their…

Breaking News: Nuse to resign as San Marcos city manager

San Marcos City Manager Jim Nuse notified city council members in an email sent shortly after…

PEC picks new CEO

12:26 pm | Pedernales Electric Cooperative has tabbed John D. Hewa as its new chief executive officer.…

Survey shows ups, downs in perceptions of city

12:31 pm | A survey commissioned by the City of San Marcos showed that residents generally have a positive view of city services and spending priorities, but are less happy with the quality of new development, planning for growth…

Senate takes step toward transportation funding fix

4:23 pm | Despite concerns raised by both Republicans and Democrats, senators on Tuesday tentatively passed a resolution that aims to solve the state's transportation funding woes by diverting future revenue from the Rainy Day Fund.…

Aquatics camp offered for kids

10:37 am | Students aged nine through 15 are eligible to partake of the Aquatic Sciences Adventure Camp offered by Texas State's Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center.…

Gwendolyn Davis Scogin, 1934-2013

11:04 am | – – by SHARON ROLLINS On Saturday, June 8, the Lord called his faithful servant, Gwendolyn Louise Davis Scogin of Henderson, to her home in heaven. Her family was honored to care for her at her…

Sports

Texas State to allow umbrellas at football games

2:43 pm | Texas State's athletic department has announced two changes affecting ticket holders for football games in…

Four Bobcats named to Southland ‘All-2000s’ team

2:37 pm | Texas State is gone from the Southland Conference, but not forgotten as the league celebrates…

Bobcats top APR standard in all sports

1:29 pm | Whatever the Texas State athletic teams have accomplished in competition, the Bobcats also are doing…

Finnegan, Hart taken in baseball draft

11:09 am | Texas State had two baseball players selected by major league clubs in last week's amateur…

Cultured

San Marcos Tonight 6/19/13

11:31 am | Bill Kirchen, the "Titan of the Telecaster", plays a free show at Gruene Hall tonight...…

Q&A: Bob Schneider on facing down depression to make brilliant music

9:23 am | On channeling anger into art: “I have to keep using that energy. I think everything…

‘Lemonade Mouth’ next up in parks movie series

10:23 pm | The city-sponsored “Movies in Your Park” series continues next Tuesday, June 11, with “Lemonade Mouth,”…

Texas State’s Phoenix Saxophone Quartet wins Down Beat awards

9:55 pm | Texas State University’s Phoenix Saxophone Quartet has won two awards from Down Beat Magazine.…