Daily police blotter in map form.

A rundown of the Jan. 6 regular city council meeting.

New life under a home rule charter led to the city changing the majority of its council, along with its city manager. However, the city’s sales tax base took a beating, leading to a tax increase, while downtown merchants continued seeking solutions for slow foot traffic.

Aurelio Pastrano’s body was found in the bedroom of the home that was engulfed in flames shortly after noon on Christmas day.

San Marcos fire officials are investigating the cause of a Christmas day fire that claimed the life of an unidentified man and injured two firefighters.

The Hays County commissioners court this afternoon appointed former Texas Ranger Tommy Ratliff to serve as sheriff until a special election in November 2010.

The city slows down a bit around the holidays, but we still have live music this weekend, and there’s always holiday television, uh, gold like “A Miser Brother’s Christmas,” featuring Heat Miser (pictured).

Way back in time, before the Internet, the arrival of Christmas catalogues from national retailers like Sears and Montgomery Wards was a rite of the holiday season in homes across America.

While Rickey Henderson is a shoo-in for induction in baseball’s Hall of Fame with this month’s vote, numerous other players raise questions about exactly what the Hall of Fame is supposed to represent.

U.S. Foodservice is asking Hays County to help finance improvements at Turnersville Road and CR 118 before moving its distribution center from Austin to the Sunfield MUD east of Buda.