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Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, 04/25/2021 05:00 AM
Reporting shines light on fatal wreck, SMPD's response
Reporting shines light on fatal wreck, SMPD's response
Illuminating reporting by Stephanie Gates in the Daily Record this week powerfully shined a disturbing light on San Marcos Police Department leadership –– the sergeant who retained his job after a fatal wreck in June, whereby Lockhart police recommended charges of Criminal Negligent Homicide after finding an unfinished Dos XX in his cupholder, but also our new police chief, who only a few weeks ago bothered to inform City Council about this dire and shameful event. 04/25/2021 05:00 AM
Supporting someone who has experienced sexual assault
Supporting someone who has experienced sexual assault
April is both Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness month. The following article is the second article of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about sexual assault and child abuse. 2-in-5 women and 1-in-5 men will experience a form of sexual abuse/assault in their lifetime and 1-in-3 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. Last year HCWC provided services to 693 victims of sexual assault and responded to area hospitals 112 times for Hospital Emergency Advocate Response Team calls. 04/18/2021 05:00 AM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Editor, 04/18/2021 05:00 AM
Analysis: Returning to normal before the Texas herd has immunity
Analysis: Returning to normal before the Texas herd has immunity
As efforts to vaccinate Texans and keep the coronavirus spread under control continue, the state is rapidly opening up, with traffic getting busier and larger crowds in places that have seemed empty for the last year. Everything from ballparks to concert venues to restaurants 04/18/2021 05:00 AM
Normalizing 'The Talk'
Normalizing 'The Talk'
April is both Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness month. The following article is the second article of a fourweek series focusing on raising awareness about sexual assault and child abuse. 2 in 5 women and 1 in 5 men will experience a form of sexual abuse/ assault in their lifetime and 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. 04/11/2021 04:00 AM
Protecting our water wells
Protecting our water wells
The Texas Legislature mandates the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) protect the longterm reliability of groundwater in Western Hays County — one of the top-five fastest growing counties in the US, where the population’s drinking water supply is served almost entirely by groundwater. Family homes, businesses, schools, livestock, vineyards, orchards, businesses such as concrete production and breweries all rely on the same limited groundwater supply originating in the Trinity Aquifer. 04/11/2021 04:00 AM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, 04/11/2021 12:00 AM
Interrupting the cycle of child abuse
Interrupting the cycle of child abuse
April is both Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Awareness month. The following article is the first article of a four-week series focusing on raising awareness about sexual assault and child abuse. 2 in 5 women and 1 in 5 men will experience a form of sexual abuse/assault in their lifetime. 04/04/2021 05:00 AM
Analysis: Texas’ proposed voting restrictions have more to do with 2018 than 2020
Analysis: Texas’ proposed voting restrictions have more to do with 2018 than 2020
In spite of their public anguish over drive-thru voting, expanded early voting and efforts to allow more people to vote by mail, Texas Republicans were happy with the results of the state’s 2020 elections. 04/04/2021 05:00 AM
Analysis: Not all emergencies are priorities in the Texas Capitol
Analysis: Not all emergencies are priorities in the Texas Capitol
In 2019 and 2020, 110 people were killed in mass shootings in Texas and another 266 were injured, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an online database of incidents of gun violence. 03/28/2021 05:00 AM
Resurrecting Easter
Resurrecting Easter
Holidays are a big deal at my house. 03/28/2021 05:00 AM
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