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Kacee Baker, Annalisa Turner and Jennifer Moore were among about 20 protesters gathered on the Square in San Marcos in opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which would run through the environmentally-sensitive Wimberley Valley. Daily Record photo by Robin Blackburn

Wimberley gets ready to oppose pipeline

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

“We are not going to let this go through our valley. We just aren’t,” David Baker, executive director of the Wimberley Valley Watershed Association, said to a rousing cheer from

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SMCISD’s Pre-K Bonham School among schools recognized by H-E-B

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

The San Marcos CISD’s Bonham Prekindergarten is among five early childhood facilities selected as finalists in H-E-B’s 18th annual Excellence in Education Awards program. Five large and three small school

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School of Music February schedule

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

School of Music announces performance calendar for February Texas State University’s School of Music offers a new variety of musical performances and lectures open to faculty, students and the general

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Alarcón wins coveted prize for fiction

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

Daniel Alarcón’s story collection, “The King is Always Above the People,” has won the 2018 L.D. and LaVerne Harrell Clark Fiction Prize. The prize of $25,000 is one of the

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Horse stuck in tree rescued

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

WINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana town marshal wielding a chain saw rescued a horse that became wedged between two branches of a tree trunk amid subzero cold. Winfield Town

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Rene Perez next to his mural of Ralph the swimming pig, one of several that dot the city. Daily Record photo by Denise Cathey

City celebrates ‘mini murals’ of Rene Perez

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

The city dedicated a group of “mini murals” by local artist Rene Perez during a ceremony downtown on Saturday, Jan. 19. Perez is the creator of 10 “mini murals” depicting

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KZSM – What’s coming in February

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

The month of February is generally associated with romance, hearts and flowers, confections and cards. To perpetuate the notion of love and romance, your true community radio station is jumping

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911 dispatcher helps boy with homework

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Police dispatchers are trained to deal with a number of situations, and a dispatcher in Indiana had to know her numbers when a boy called 911

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The Mid-Texas Symphony is currently auditioning for a new conductor. Mid-Texas Symphony photo

Tickets on sale for Mid-Texas Symphony

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

The second half of Mid-Texas Symphony’s 2018-2019 Season begins on Feb. 17 at 4 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Canyon High School in New Braunfels. MTS continues the

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PEC taking applications for scholarships

Sun, 02/03/2019 - 12:00am

Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC) proudly supports education in Central Texas through its youth programs. Last year, PEC awarded $100,000 in scholarships to regional students to attend the college, university, or