The PBS NewsHour has produced a series examining how American communities across the country are coping with climate change. The series includes an interview with Andy Sansom, director of Texas State University’s River Systems Institute.
The San Marcos City Council has given preliminary approval to a host of new rules for city parks including a proposed ban on the display and consumption of alcohol and giving city staff the authority to prohibit barbecue grills. Weigh in on some major provisions of the rules here — plus some alternatives we mixed in.
Children’s librarian Ashley Schimelman and the San Marcos Public Library puppeteers will present the puppet show Beauty and the Beast on Feb. 24.
Hays County Crime Stoppers is helping SMPD search for two men who police say assaulted and robbed a pizza delivery man on Jan. 25.
Texas State University’s School of Social Work will offer a new hip-hop course beginning with the 2012 spring semester.
The event will include traditional snacks, film, poetry, music, and dance.
The San Marcos Police Department will begin its Spring Citizen Police Academy class on Jan. 31. Course topics will include internal affairs and how citizen complaints are handled, Texas Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure, the San Marcos Police Department policy and regulations that officers must adhere to, use of force, patrol, K-9, SWAT, DWIs, narcotics, communications/9-1-1, criminal investigations, gangs, school resource officers, downtown and mall bike patrol, and crime scene investigations.
The Dunbar Heritage Association will host a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Monday, Jan. 16 at 10:30 a.m. at the Hays County Courthouse. The event is open to the public.
If Hays County and its partners’ multimillion-dollar bid to buy a water system is approved this month, officials say taxpayers in San Marcos, Kyle and elsewhere in the county won’t be footing the bill for Dripping Springs’ water.
Justice of the Peace Margie Hernandez administered the Oath of Office to incoming Place 3 Council Member John Thomaides.
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