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City of San Marcos Director of Public Safety Chase Stapp and two city employees are part of a lawsuit involving an incident that occurred between a Biden-Harris campaign bus and supporters of former President Donald Trump on Oct. 30, 2020. Screenshot from lawsuit

San Marcos Director of Public Safety, city involved in lawsuit over Biden Bus incident

Wed, 06/30/2021 - 6:14pm

San Marcos Director of Public Safety Chase Stapp and two other unnamed city employees are being sued over a Biden campaign bus incident that occurred in October 2020.

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Donald Trump visits Texas to tour “unfinished border wall” on U.S.-Mexico border with Gov. Greg Abbott

Wed, 06/30/2021 - 6:11pm

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday joined Texas’ top state leaders at the U.S.-Mexico border to slam the Biden administration’s immigration policies during a visit to the “unfinished border

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9 mutilated bodies found on Mexican road near U.S. border

Wed, 06/30/2021 - 6:09pm

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican soldiers have found the bullet-ridden, mutilated corpses of nine men on a highway that runs next to the U.S. border.

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Jason Mock

Business Expo is more critical after the COVID-19 pandemic

Wed, 06/30/2021 - 6:05pm

The 2021 Business Expo is more critical today than ever before.

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M. Ray Perryman

The Economist: Falling STAAR

Wed, 06/30/2021 - 6:03pm

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) recently released results of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) for spring 2021.

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Daily Record infographics by Colton Ashabranner

Hays County tallies 35 new COVID-19 cases, 14 recoveries Wednesday

Wed, 06/30/2021 - 5:24pm

The Hays County Local Health Department reported 35 new lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases and 14 additional recoveries with no new hospital discharges or hospitalizations tallied on Wednesday,

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Jimmy Rhodes

Trial underway in Wimberley murder case

Tue, 06/29/2021 - 6:23pm

“Ma’am are you there? Ma’am are you there? Ma’am are you there?”

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Above, Marilyn Love of the Hays County Master Gardeners is ready for the fall. Photo by Gary Zupancic/Wimberley View

HOME GROWN: Hays County Master Gardener Association to offer classes in the fall

Tue, 06/29/2021 - 6:22pm

If you’re a gardener, but want to take it to the next level by learning more, the Hays County Master Gardener Association might be of an interest to you.

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Hays CISD employees to receive a pay increase

Tue, 06/29/2021 - 6:19pm

As the Hays CISD student enrollment rate grows, the district’s Board of Trustees approved to increase its employment salary as well.

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A section of McCarty Lane will be closed on July 7-8 for Union Pacific railroad work. Map courtesy of Hays County

Portion of McCarty Lane to close next week for railroad work

Tue, 06/29/2021 - 6:18pm

A section of McCarty Lane between Hunter Road and Barnes Drive in San Marcos will be closed next week to allow for railroad repair, Hays County announced Tuesday.