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Pictured left to right: League of Women Voters President Linda Calvert, LWV Board member Jeannie Lewis, Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra, LWV Vice President Dorothy Knight, Becerra’s Chief of Staff Alex Villalobos, and Becerra’s Executive Assistant Anita Collins. League of Women Voters photo

League of Women Voters to host meeting on ‘Safeguarding Voting Rights in Hays County’

Sun, 03/31/2019 - 12:00am

Hays County Commissioners and Election Administrator Jennifer Anderson are moving forward in two areas to improve future elections. The Commissioners Court has approved petitioning the state to pilot the use

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SMRAS ‘Pets of the Week’

Sun, 03/31/2019 - 12:00am

Four-year-old Theodore is a ball of love! This boy wants nothing more than your attention, and he’ll ask for it with a loud meow! He is very gentle, loves to

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In a room awash with red, white and blue, Ketema Guta stands as his native country of Ethiopia is called out during the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services’ fourth annual Naturalization Ceremony at Texas State University. The ceremony welcomed 248 new U.S. citizens. Daily Record photos by Denise Cathey

248 take oath of citizenship

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00am

It’s a status that many are born into, but for others, U.S. citizenship is the reward at the end of an arduous path.

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Arredondo takes gift of building off the table

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00am

A public hearing on whether the school district should donate the old Bonham campus to Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos has been postponed “indefinitely,” according to a memo to the San Marcos

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Families asked to take away personal items

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00am

Ahead of what the city calls a “major cleanup” of the city cemetery, families are being asked to remove personal items from burial places.

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Police seek driver of grey Jeep in sexual assault case

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00am

Police don’t have much to go on beyond a vehicle description in trying to find the person responsible for a reported sexual assault that occurred early last Sunday.

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UT’s Cowboys suspended for hazing

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00am

AUSTIN (AP) — The University of Texas has suspended its spirit team for six years following an investigation into hazing at a retreat the night before a new member was fatally wounded in a car cras

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Action demanded after 1,100 dead dolphins wash up in France

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00am

PARIS (AP) — The dolphins’ bodies were horribly mutilated, the fins cut off.

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Facebook charged with housing discrimination by HUD

Fri, 03/29/2019 - 12:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government charged Facebook with high-tech housing discrimination Thursday for allegedly allowing landlords and real estate brokers to systematically exclude groups such