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With their platform lowered to ground level, firefighters wait to continue spraying down the building until another firefighter can break open the windows in the apartments facing the parking lot. Daylight streams from a breech in the roof of the buiding, which was one of several that burned. Daily Record Photo by Denise Cathey

Six injured, five remain unaccounted for after fire

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 4:10pm

Friday afternoon, the smell of smoke lingered in the air near the apartment complexes on North LBJ Drive that were affected by a large fire early that morning.

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Thomaides seeks another term

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 2:26pm

San Marcos Mayor John Thomaides announced Friday that he will be seeking another term in office.

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Footage: Six injured, at least 200 affected in apartment fire

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 1:09pm

An early morning fire at the Iconic Village apartment complex and the neighboring Vintage Pads apartments has affected at least 200 people, city officials said Friday morning.

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Six injured, at least 200 affected in apartment fire

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 11:04am

An early morning fire at the Iconic Village apartment complex and the neighboring Vintage Pads apartments has affected at least 200 people, city officials said Friday morning.

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Apartment fire injures at least six, still active

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 9:01am

UPDATE: (11:44 a.m.): The foam is not fire suppression foam, but likely residue from the burned units. We are reporting the information as it is available.

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Jane Hughson to run for mayor

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 8:54am

San Marcos City Council Member Place 4 Jane Hughson has announced that she will be running for mayor in the Nov. 6 election.

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It didn’t cook fully, but the the Daily Record staff got farther than they expected trying to fry an egg on the sidewalk outside the newspaper office. Daily Record photo by Denise Cathey

‘Egg Speriment’

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 6:01am

It didn’t cook fully, but the the Daily Record staff got farther than they expected trying to fry an egg on the sidewalk outside the newspaper office.

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District moves to issue bonds to fund construction

Fri, 07/20/2018 - 6:00am

The San Marcos CISD will be issuing the second tranche of bonds from its 2017 bond election after the board of trustees gave the go-ahead for the bond sale.

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As cars drive past, Janice Daneman breaks off from the group marching around Courthouse Square to hold up her sign of protest as part of the Confront Corruption: Demand Democracy vigil. Daily Record photos by Denise Cathey