Man stabbed after interrupting apartment burglary
An unidentified suspect who allegedly stabbed a young man when he was caught red-handed in an apparent burglary early Wednesday is still at-large.
In IRS scandal, Smith, Doggett have their moments in the spotlight
Hays County’s two heavy-hitting congressmen — political polar opposites who find agreement on high-profile national issues as rarely as their respective parties do — have both waded into the fray over the extent of an Internal Revenue Service operation that targeted tea party and other conservatives groups for extra scrutiny.
Commentary: Time for San Marcos CISD to embrace ‘Trustee TV’
In this guest commentary, two city council members make the extraordinarily rare move of publicly urging their counterparts on the San Marcos CISD board of trustees to start televising their meetings.
Central Texas water fight could have statewide implications
The Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District on Wednesday heard from a coalition of residents and businesses opposed to new water permitting. The dispute, some say, foreshadows fights the rest of the state will face in the future.
Woman jumps from I-35 overpass, lands alive in moving bus
A woman who police say flung herself off the Kyle Parkway overpass and landed inside a moving motor coach on Interstate 35 is recovering at an Austin hospital nearly four weeks after the early-morning incident.
San Marcos school bus struck in mini pileup on River Road
A pickup truck rear-ended a San Marcos CISD school bus and was promptly rear-ended itself by a second pickup truck at roughly 3:30 p.m. today on River Road. No one was injured in the collisions, an officer at the scene said.
Casey’s Sessom Drive landmark survives first P&Z hearing
Darren Casey’s latest attempt to win city support for a bar-raising luxury retail and residential complex on the northern edge of Texas State University averted sudden death at the San Marcos Planning & Zoning Commission on Tuesday.
Video: Former mayor candidate arrested at City Hall
Former San Marcos mayor candidate Thom Prentice was arrested at San Marcos City Hall this evening after twice creating disturbances that forced Planning & Zoning commission to recess their meeting.
Texas Natural festival swings into town this weekend
Get out your Western Swing dancing duds for the 21st annual Texas Natural and Western Swing Festival taking place on Sat. May 18th in downtown San Marcos on Courthouse Square, 111 East San Antonio Street. The festival celebrates Texas, Texas music and Texas History with a variety of activities and new inductees will be added to the Western Swing Hall of Fame.
Commentary: Making ‘yes’ really matter
JOHN McGLOTHIN writes, “bond elections have marked peaks in community interest in the schools, but the interest has always waned before we see the real change we need in local education. This is because new buildings do not address the real problem in the district – student poverty.”
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