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José Martínez Hinestroza, an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development Program grant.

Courthouse grounds getting needed facelift

DEAR ABBY: I met my wife in college. We have been married for 40 years and have two adult sons. My wife had a brief affair early in our marriage, but we have long since moved on from that. However, increasingly over the last 15 years, my wife (career homemaker, her choice) has been aggressively making demands in exchange for anything she does for me – i.e., if I don’t buy her something, she won’t cook dinner, do laundry or have sex.

State Rep. Erin Zweiner will run for re-election

The City of Luling has a million reasons to celebrate.

One month into her term as mayor of Zavalla, Brenda Cox says she’s certain about one thing: Zavalla needs money.

San Marcos-based attorney Chevo Pastrano has announced that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the 45th Texas House District seat.

.The Gary Job Corps Student Government Association Students share the recent Father’s Day with the residents of Golden Age Nursing Home in Lockhart. For over 20 years the SGA have been active celebrating this and other holidays at local nursing homes in San Marcos, Lockhart and Luling.

The city of San Marcos Planning and Zoning Commission holds a special meeting today to hear updates regarding the progress of the Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan. The meeting gets under way at 5 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the San Marcos Public Library.

The San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees received a presentation by Coordinator of Data and Assessments Beth Nash regarding the preliminary end of course testing results for the last school year at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday.

Learning goes outdoors

DEAR ABBY: I need advice regarding my husband’s friend and how I should handle a delicate situation. My husband has a woman friend. (She has a boyfriend.) They recently helped us move, which we really appreciate. She likes to make sexual jokes, and my husband does, too. I’m not a prude, but I don’t enjoy the kind of flirty vibe she puts out.