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Above, newly sworn-in city Councilmembers Alyssa Garza (left) and Shane Scott (right) stand with Mayor Jane Hughson (middle) during a ceremony Monday night. All participants were wearing masks prior to being sworn in. Photos courtesy of the City of San Marcos

Garza, Scott sworn in; Council votes in favor of expanded voting access for upcoming runoff

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 7:12pm

In a special called city council meeting Monday night, the councilmembers declared the official results of the November election, swore in new Councilmembers Alyssa Garza and Shane Scott and ordere

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County Judge announces mask drive

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 7:10pm

Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra announced a free mask drive Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Centro Cultural Hispano De San Marcos during Tuesday's commissioners court meeting.

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Hays County tallies 78 new COVID-19 cases, 44 recoveries Tuesday

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 7:06pm

The Hays County Local Health Department announced 78 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 44 additional recoveries, seven hospitalizations and three hospital discharges on Tuesday.

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Inaugural Central Texas Black Business Expo begins Friday

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 6:59pm

The Dunbar Heritage Association in collaboration with local start-up Modern Tribez Events, will host the first Central Texas (CTX) Black Business Expo 2020.

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Discourse in Democracy hosts Natasha Harper-Madison in virtual event

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 6:51pm

Austin City Council member Natasha Harper-Madison is speaking in Texas State University's online event, "Repping the (Grass) Roots: From Community Advocate to Elected Official," on Thursday from 6-

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AP Sources: FBI is investigating Texas attorney general

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 6:51pm

DALLAS (AP) — The FBI is investigating allegations that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton broke the law in using his office to benefit a wealthy donor, according to two people with knowledge of the

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Pentagon to cut troop levels to 2,500 in Iraq, Afghanistan

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 6:49pm

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Tuesday the U.S.

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El Paso County detention inmates, also known as “trustees” who are low-level offenders, help move bodies to mobile morgue units outside the Medical Examiner's Office in El Paso on Nov. 14, 2020. Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune

Incarcerated Texans enlisted to work in county morgue as COVID-19 deaths overwhelm El Paso

Tue, 11/17/2020 - 1:51pm

The morgue in El Paso is so overwhelmed by the number of people dying from COVID-19 that inmates from the county’s detention facility are being brought in to assist with the overflow of bodies awai

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CLEANING FOR A CAUSE

Mon, 11/16/2020 - 7:17pm

City of San Marcos staffers from 11 different departments helped pick up litter and remove invasive trees at Veteran’s Park and Willow Springs Creek on Nov. 6 in an effort to honor veterans.