In an effort to protect its most vulnerable citizens, the Kyle Police Department presented city council with an ordinance restricting the living proximity of sex offenders to children.
A new book Swingin' the Blues: The Virtuosity of Eddie Durham by Topsy Durham captures Eddie Durham and his unique musical family. Above, the book's cover. Photo courtesy of Topsy Durham
There are no comprehensive writings on Texan trombonist/guitarist, composer/arranger, pianist, choreographer and San Marcos native, Eddie Durham (1906-1987), or his unique musical family. A book — Swingin' the Blues: The Virtuosity of Eddie Durham — chronologically compiles news articles and flyers, transcribed radio interviews, quotes, personal interviews with family, peers, colleagues and scholars, of and about the travels of the Durham family.
The Kyle City Council recognized February as Black History Month while also dedicating additional proclamations for career education and the increased awareness of dating violence.
Above, Texas House Rep. Erin Zwiener and her daughter Lark at a lectern inside the Texas House of Representatives. Photo courtesy of Erin Zwiener
On Monday, Texas State Rep. Erin Zwiener (D-Driftwood) filed three more pieces of legislation about landowner rights, billboards and less-lethal ammunition.
MASON (AP) — A suspect has been arrested been taken into custody fol lowing a massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of an 111-yearold Texas courthouse, an official says.
In keeping with the “entertain” part of our mission to educate, engage, enlighten and entertain, KZSM. org now offers a new Sunday night improvisational radio drama. “The Pork Walks at Midnight” airs Sundays 9-10 p.m. Creator and editor Mitchell Oden and his friends generate spontaneous comedy within the framework of an old-fashioned noir-style detective story. “I have this insane fascination for noir detectives of the 1920s and 30s,” Oden admits.
The San Marcos Parks and Recreation Advisory Board plans to review the Lions Club Tube Rental lease, citing concerns that the lease isn't in the city's best interest. Above, tubers float down the river using Lions Club tubes in June 2020. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter
The San Marcos Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will review the City of San Marcos’ lease with the Lions Club Tube Rental, after concerns that the lease was not in the best interest of the citiz
Daily Record infographics by Colton Ashabranner
Three additional Hays County residents have died from COVID-19, raising the coronavirus-related death toll to 198.
Above, a member of the San Marcos Fire Department administers a COVID-19 vaccine during a recent Hays County vaccine clinic on Jan. 25 at San Marcos High School. Photo courtesy of Hays County
Hays County residents will now be able to pre-register for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine through a newly announced registry.
Wildlife could be seen around Spring Lake at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment during a sunny day on Thursday. Pictured above, a lesser yellowlegs shorebird. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter
Wildlife could be seen around Spring Lake at the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment during a sunny day on Thursday.
Below, two red-shouldered hawks.
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