The unemployment rate for the Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) fell to the fourth lowest in the state last month at a rate of 3.0 percent, according to figures compiled by the
Those trying out the new VeoRide bicycles last week after the program was launched included (from left) Will Parrish, Kevin Burke, Dr. Anthony Cross and Andrea Villalobos. Photo by Trey Hatt/City of San Marcos
Too much traffic and too few parking spaces should no longer present the problems they once did in San Marcos — not if you’re willing to put forth a little muscle power.
It’s shaping up to be another wet weekend in San Marcos and much of Central Texas, with a lot of scheduled activities hanging in the balance.
The speed limit on Hunter Road has been reduced from 40 mph to 30 mph between Jack’s Roadhouse and Wonder World Drive. The new signs were installed on Sept. 5. San Marcos Police are giving warnings (within reason) until Oct. 5, 30 days from installation of the signs. Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo
Motorists along Hunter Road had better watch their heavy feet.
With more rain in the forecast, the drenching the local area got when a tropical wave moved onshore last week has refueled the San Marcos Springs and the Edwards Aquifer.
Timothy Gomez
A disturbing text message led to the arrest of an Austin man police say had held a San Marcos woman against her will for more than 24 hours and had repeatedly assaulted her.
A Nolan projectile point dating to the Middle Archaic period, 5,800 to 4,000 years ago. Photo by CAS Archaeologist, Jacob Hooge
The project was supposed to be routine — replacing a deteriorating water pipe between CM Allen Parkway and the San Marcos River to improve reliability and performance of the city’s system.
All of Hays County’s municipal entities except two showed positive gains in the September sales tax rebates from the Comptroller’s Office, with San Marcos’ increase the second largest.
Jessica Camargo of H-E-B puts a box of sodas on the counter at Fire Station 4 Thursday, part of the grocery’s “Helping Heros” effort. Looking on are (from left) Christina Parta and Stephenie Johle of H-E-B and firefighters Ben Hartley, Dustin Miller and Justin Calhoun. Daily Record photo by Anita Miller
After weeks of drought, the local area is bracing for rain this weekend as the still-unnamed tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico moves closer to an impact somewhere along the South Texas coast.
Elijah Lopez
A 19-year-old San Marcos man remained behind bars on Thursday, charged with aggravated robbery in connection with the holdup of a Stripes store on Tuesday.
With a Category 4 hurricane bearing down on the East Coast and an as-yet-unnamed system in the Gulf of Mexico possibly churning right for Central Texas, emergency preparedness is a hot topic this w
San Marcos Fire Department Battalion Chief Howard Minor (foreground) and Chief Les Stephens place flowers on the 9/11 Memorial Wreath outside City Hall on Tuesday morning. Daily Record photo by Anita Miller
Seventeen years after a day most everyone who was alive then will never forget, people are still dying from the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Heavy rain and runoff contributed to filled front yards on Orchard Street off Sessoms on Sunday morning. Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo
The lesson of living in Flash Flood Alley comes to everyone at some point.
Folkloric dancers. Submitted photo
Cinco de Mayo is more widely celebrated in and around San Marcos but Sept. 16, “Diez Y Seis,” is actually much more important to the heritage of Mexican Americans. That’s
The stinky, slimy mud wasn’t even dry yet when, following the devastating flood of May 24, 2015, talk began of doing “something” about the Blanco River.
San Marcos Police responded nearly 200 times to the city’s riverside parks over the course of the long Labor Day Weekend, with the vast majority of those calls for violations of city ordinances inc
Amid the crowds and commotion at Rio Vista Falls on Saturday, a young couple shares a kiss. Monday marked the final day of daily tube rentals from the San Marcos Lions Club, though rentals will continue on Saturdays and Sundays through the end of the month. Daily Record photo by Anita Miller
Nick Zoulek
A firefighter with Chisholm Trail Fire Rescue (CTFR) died in an automobile accident on Friday morning. CTFR Chief Mark Padier said Firefighter Nick Zoulek was pronounced dead at the scene
San Marcos Police are seeking three men in connection with the robbery that occurred in the parking lot of the Encino Pointe apartments. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, the three
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