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A national mobile exhibit honoring veterans will make its inaugural stop in San Marcos on Thursday, May 18. The Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit will be on display at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3413, 1701 Hunter Road, from noon to 6 p.m.

For the last of our spring Kissing Alley concerts, KZSM proudly presents award-winning Central Texas singer/songwriter Alex Winters. Her “edgy, honest, introspective” music makes a perfect fit with the ambiance of the historic alley opposite the courthouse. Enjoy this free, family-friendly concert as the lights come on and twilight deepens the blue of the sky.

SMHS scholarship winners are announced

Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) cast her 70,000th consecutive vote in the Texas Senate Wednesday, marking an unparalleled statewide and nationwide record.

Texas-based Scarborough Lane Development and Partners Real Estate announced Thursday a series of changes for what it is now calling the former SMART Terminal, the subject of widespread discussion and community concerns.

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 39 years to a kind, supportive and loving man. We are both retired. He stays fit with daily exercise, reads, keeps track of our financials and is fun to be with. However, he’s a high-functioning alcoholic. His personality bends to unsavory during most of the evening hours. He will never go to counseling, and support groups for me are not close by.

A piano player played and sang in the background during a bright morning conversation with Ethel 'Joyce' Curry, the Van Zandt County native, who has resided here in San Marcos for the past 15 years.

A Texas state district judge on Wednesday sentenced Daniel Perry to 25 years in prison for shooting to death a man protesting police brutality. Gov. Greg Abbott has pledged to pardon the former U.S. Army sergeant for the crime.

DEAR ABBY: I am a 30-something single gay man. My parents are older and have a strained marriage. They no longer have a relationship but stay together. I live with them because of money issues, and they sometimes need assistance. I do not have the ability to bring friends or dates over, and I feel as if my mental health is being affected because of this, among other things.

The city of San Marcos has selected Christian Smith to serve as the manager of Economic and Business Development.

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS

The Kyle Police Department arrested and charged two people with various drug charges after fentanyl and other narcotics were found in a residence in the presence of two young children, police said.