Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
An ordinance intended to keep Texas State University students and other young people from disturbing the peace of single-family neighborhoods has ensnared three former U.S. Marines who were twice deployed together in the Iraq the Afghanistan wars and want to live together as civilians.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, left, recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in Afghanistan in 2007, was recently honored with the key to the city by San Marcos council members Jude Prather and Chris...
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
A 25-year-old U.S. Marine who recently returned from a tour to Afghanistan was found dead inside a Buda home Wednesday morning, police say.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
In this commentary, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin) notes the approach of Memorial Day by saying the federal government can, and has, improved services for military veterans.
Sunday, April 4th, 2010
War veterans suffering combat-induced maladies such as amputations and traumatic brain injury will arrive in San Marcos Tuesday as part of the 350-mile Ride 2 Recovery initiated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Friday, March 12th, 2010
A former San Marcos library worker and his wife have returned home after a two-year stint with the Peace Corps in Turkmenistan. They will give a talk on their experiences in that country at the San Marcos...
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division stand at parade rest next to the U.S. flag draped casket of Capt. Paul Peña, a San Marcos native who was killed in Afghanistan on Jan. 19. A memorial service was...
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Texas Governor Rick Perry has issued a directive that all flags in San Marcos and Hays County be flown at half mast Friday, in honor of the late U.S. Army Captain Paul Peña, who died in the...
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Hundreds lined San Marcos streets on Tuesday as a motorcade carrying the body of U.S. Army Capt. Paul Peña passed through town under police escort.