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Above, Beto O'Rourke, former presidential and senate candidate as well as former U.S. Representative for the 16th Congressional District of Texas, stands on a chair to see the crowd at his visit to Wake the Dead Coffee House in February of 2018. O'Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him closer than anyone else in decades. Daily Record file photo

Democrat Beto O'Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022

Mon, 11/15/2021 - 5:35pm

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat Beto O’Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America’s biggest red state after his star-making U.S.

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San Marcos teen faces federal arson charge for Austin synagogue fire

Mon, 11/15/2021 - 2:51pm

A San Marcos teen who’s accused of setting an Austin synagogue on fire now faces federal charges for arson, according to a criminal complaint affidavit filed in a U.S.

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Reactions vary after redistricting map approved

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

Hays County's redistricting map proposed by Precinct 3 Commissioner Lon Shell received a wide range of reactions after its approval on Tuesday.

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Map courtesy of the City of San Marcos

City, CAMPO ask for public input regarding San Marcos Transportation Corridors Study

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

The City of San Marcos and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) are seeking input in the third round of public involvement for the San Marcos Transportation Corridors Study.

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Daily Record, SMCISD partner for Christmas toy drive

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

It’s not too early to start thinking about Christmas.

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Texas State University renamed two residence halls on Friday. Angelina Hall was renamed to the First Five Freedom Hall, honoring the first five Black women who integrated Texas State in 1963. San Gabriel Hall was renamed to the Elena Zamora O’Shea Hall, recognizing the first Latina student to attend Texas State in 1906. Above, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to commemorate Texas State renaming the two residence halls. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter

‘A TRULY HISTORIC OCCASION:’ TXST renames 2 residence halls after trailblazing women

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

Texas State University renamed two residence halls Friday after six women who made history while attending the school.

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Anita Miller Byley in the early days of her journalistic career. Photo by Susan Hanson

Anita Miller Byley celebration set for Dec. 5

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

A celebration of the life of journalist Anita Miller Byley will be held on Sunday, Dec. 5, from 2-5 p.m. at the Meadows Center, 201 San Marcos Springs Drive, San Marcos (formerly Aquarena Springs).

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San Marcos CISD board set for November regular meeting

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

The San Marcos Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees is set for November’s regular meeting on Monday.

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Hair Raisin’ Fundraiser to help Rotary Club of San Marcos

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

Among the many people who didn’t cut their hair in 2020 because of COVID-19, San Marcos resident Peter Baen let his hair grow and grow. It grew to the point where people started offering to pay for his haircut. Out of those offers came an idea. Why not raise money for the Rotary Club of San Marcos by auctioning off the right to choose Baen’s new hair style?

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70 minutes at Astroworld: A countdown to catastrophe

Sun, 11/14/2021 - 5:00am

Anticipation had been building for hours, but never more than now, as the red numerals on the countdown clock disappeared and the first synthesized notes vibrated. An image of an eagle in a fireball hovered above the stage, a neon red tunnel appeared and eight towers of flames rose to the sky. Leaping from darkness into the glow, rapper Travis Scott emerged, the instant for which tens of thousands gathered before him had waited.