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Wimberley’s oldest retailer, King Feed and Hardware, caught fire in the early morning hours of Tuesday. A patron of the Brookshire Brothers’ Tobacco Barn and gas station noticed the flames at its location on RR12 and called Wimberley Fire and Rescue. King Feed co-owner Bryan Toifl was on the scene by 5:45 a.m. and was joined shortly thereafter by the business’ other owner, Laurie Ward. Both are previous employees who took over ownership in 2019 from then owner Chris Nichols.

Texas State’s woes on the basketball court continued as the Bobcats fell to the Arkansas State Red Wolves 79-72.

Texas State was unable to snap their four game losing streak as the Bobcats fell to the Arkansas State Red Wolves 57-53.

DEAR ABBY: I’m irritated by my neighbors, and I don’t know quite how to approach it. I live in a densely populated, but quiet, neighborhood. New neighbors moved in a couple of years ago, and after moving in, they hung a wind chime on their front porch. This isn’t your average wind chime. If I had to guess, the chimes are at least five feet long.

The river is the core of San Marcos’ identity, so it makes sense that swimming is a critical skill for local youth to learn. With that in mind, the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District proposed during the past bond election that San Marcos property taxes pay for an instructional swimming facility, and the community agreed.

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Patricia Buckley, Volunteer Coordinator for Guadalupe, Wilson, and Hays County Retired Senior Volunteer (RSVP) program will be the featured presenter at the weekly Rotary San Marcos luncheon on January 24th. She will discuss RSVP America Reads, an Americorps Senior Project that pairs senior citizens with young students to help those students practice reading. She will provide program details and opportunities to participate.

San Marcos Art League hosts the annual membership meeting, social

The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report late last week on the May 4, 2022, mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the Austin American- Statesman reported.

San Marcos came up just short Friday night.

Tonight

DEAR ABBY: My 30-yearold stepson, “David,” is a convicted sex offender, currently serving a 15-year sentence for possession of child pornography and having inappropriate conversations with a preteen that almost went further. This was his third arrest for the same thing. David is also mildly autistic.