With an extreme drought recently upgraded to extraordinary, local officials are urging locals to avoid private fireworks shows and opt to celebrate July 4 by viewing a public spectacular.
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Nominations are being accepted for the 2009 San Marcos High School Distinguished Alumnus Hall of Fame.
“This award recognizes outstanding alumni of San Marcos High School who have maintained a high standard of excellence and made a significant contribution in their fields of endeavor,” said Daniel Guerrero, the San Marcos Education Foundation’s executive director. “The nominees must best exemplify the ideals and spirit of San Marcos High School and should serve as role models for current and future San Marcos High School students.”
Recipients, who are chosen by a panel of San Marcos High School graduates, current Hall of Fame members and community leaders, are alumni who have excelled in their chosen professions, who have served the community through volunteerism, social service, and leadership, and whose integrity and stature serve as an example to the San Marcos community and beyond.
A Hays County sheriffs deputy helped arrange for donation of a tombstone for Aiden Skylar Perez, the six-month-old child murdered by his father in January 2008.
County Music Award- and Grammy-winning Lee Ann Womack will headline the Central Texas Medical Center Foundation’s Stars of Texas Gala on Sunday, Oct. 11.
Head Start and Early Head Start programs will receive $270,497 for maintenance, operations and personnel from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Hays County Sheriff’s Office has charged two people in recent days with forgery stemming from an investigation that started with a fake $100 note passed at a fireworks stand.
Freethought San Marcos: A column
by LAMAR W. HANKINS
When the city council re-enacted the juvenile curfew ordinance after it had inadvertently let it expire two years earlier, there was more than embarrassment on the dais …
Police say 21-year-old Luis Rey Pena knocked off pizza shop on Friday.
A truck towing a mobile home snagged electric lines about 2:50 p.m. Friday in San Marcos knocking out power to about 1,500 residents. San Marcos Electric Utility restored power in about 30 minutes.
Mensor Corporation celebrates its 40th anniversary of manufacturing precision pressure measuring and calibration instruments for the world market.