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Left to right, Precinct 2 Commissioner Mark Jones, Precinct 1 Commissioner Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe, County Judge Ruben Becerra, Sheriff’s Office Lt. Mike Mallow, Lead Emergency Communications Officer Megan Jones, ECO Tracy Pearson, Sheriff Gary Cutler, Capt. Mark Cumberland, Capt. Mike Davenport, Precinct 3 Commissioner Lon Shell, and Precinct 4 Commissioner Walt Smith. Photo by Laureen Chernow/Hays County

Work of telecommunicators honored by county

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

The Hays County Commissioners Court earlier this month thanked the telecommunicators (also known as dispatchers) who take myriad, intense phone calls for emergency services on a 24/7 basis.

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Houston high school’s new dress code aimed at parents

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston high school had adopted a new dress code that targets parents rather than students.

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Supreme Court Justices seem ready to approve asking citizenship on census

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed ready Tuesday to uphold the Trump administration’s plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census , despite evidence that millio

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Witnesses describe struggling plane on doomed flight

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Witnesses described hearing a twin-engine plane sputter and seeing its tail dragging before the small aircraft flipped over and crashed in Central Texas, killing all six peo

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Hegar launches Senate run against Cornyn

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrat MJ Hegar, an Air Force veteran whose viral campaign ads nearly helped her get elected in one of Texas’ most Republican-friendly congressional districts last year, set

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City shred day is Saturday

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

The San Marcos City Clerk’s office will sponsor a free Shred Day for San Marcos and Hays County residents from 9 a.m.

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Today in History

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

Today is Wednesday, April 24, the 114th day of 2019. There are 251 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:

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Time to sign teams up for Annual Ted Breihan Open, tourney slated on May 31

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos invites golfers to enter the 17th Annual Ted Breihan Open slated for Friday, May 31 at the Plum Creek Country Club in Kyle.

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Chef D Crenshaw, LISD Executive Chef, cooking with Plum Creek Elementary 4th grade student Melanee Morales Romero. Photo by Lockhart ISD

Free meals coming to Lockhart ISD

Wed, 04/24/2019 - 12:00am

Students in the Lockhart Independent School District will be able to eat breakfast and lunch for free beginning in the fall.

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TREAD attorney David Braun, elected officials and some of the more than 1,000 landowners that would be affected by the PHP. Daily Record photo by Anita Miller

Hays County, Kyle sue Kinder Morgan

Tue, 04/23/2019 - 12:00am

The plan for a natural gas pipeline through Hays County has “kicked over a hornet’s nest,” Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell said at Monday morning press conference announcing that the city of Kyle, along