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Texas State to remove bur oak tree at River House

A bur oak tree growing in the parking lot of the River House on the Texas…

SMHS football player signs with Midwestern

Future “Mustang” and San Marcos High School senior Joel Chukwuka Onyia has received a full scholarship…

Texas State’s O’Neal named ‘College Teacher of the Year’ at conference

Sharon O’Neal, Texas State University associate professor, was named the 2012 “College Teacher of the Year”…

Registration underway for CTMC health screening fair

CTMC will celebrate the 26th year of HealthCheck with a larger set of free and low-cost…

SMHS students take all top honors in debate competition

Three members of the San Marcos High School Speech & Debate Team swept all three top…

Editor’s Note: Updates to the development map

9:05 pm | We've added dozens of entries to our living, breathing San Marcos Development Map including several multi-family projects under construction or recently approved. We've also added all of the new multi-family projects constructed since 2005.…

Audio: Budget battles still ahead for Texas Legislature

8:27 pm | The state Legislature heads back to work in less than a year, and the state’s improving economy won't likely save legislators from the protracted budget battle that awaits them.…

Supreme Court clears way for ACC Hays campus

1:35 pm | Austin Community College is moving forward with construction of its new campus in Kyle after clearing the final legal hurdle last week.…

Traffic Report: 01/29/12 to 02/04/12

1:16 pm | Transportation projects expected to impact traffic this week including repaving West MLK Drive, a project expected to run through Feb. 21.…

Real Estate: Week of 01/22/12

5:54 pm | A sampling of current listings for homes for sale in the Oak Heights and Franklin Square neighborhoods in San Marcos. …

Featured

Sheriff’s sons face trial on burglary, drug charges

12:49 pm | Two sons of the Hays County sheriff are set to go to court this month…

Texas schools chief: Testing has gone too far

9:00 am | Texas Education Agency Commissioner Robert Scott said today that the state testing system has become…

Texas State’s Tomás Morín wins American Poetry Review prize

8:43 am | Tomás Q. Morín, senior lecturer in English at Texas State University, has been awarded the…

Scene

Orchesis to present ‘Against the Grain’ dance showcase

7:01 am | Orchesis, a student-led modern dance company at Texas State, has teamed-up with ARTheism to present…

‘Pirates of Penzance’ coming to SMA stage

5:01 am | San Marcos Baptist Academy will present the Gilbert and Sullivan classic “The Pirates of Penzance”…

Trail Riders coming to San Marcos Monday

12:20 am | A nonprofit equestrian group will visit San Marcos next week as they travel to the…