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Sweet time had at Garland Warren, Nelvia L. Burleson Memorial Cake Auction

Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

Community members came out to celebrate Juneteenth and raise funds for scholarships at the Garland Warren, Nelvia L. Burleson Memorial Cake Auction on Friday. The event helped raise funds to benefit Juneteenth Committee of San Marcos scholarship recipients. The Juneteenth Committee has sponsored scholarships for area high school graduates for the past 42 years. The cake auction is named after Garland and Nelvia who helped organizer Rose Brooks start the cake walk 42 years ago. This year's event also celebrated the lives of Ollie Giles and Harvey Miller who both made many contributions to the community. Daily Record photos by Lance Winter

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San Marcos CISD board to hold public hearings on proposed tax rate, budget for 2021-22

Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

Two public hearings will be held during Monday’s San Marcos Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees meeting.

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League of Women Voters of Hays County elects first Black, Latina leaders

Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

The League of Women Voters of Hays County held its annual meeting virtually on May 13, where it elected new board members, including the first Black and Latina officers.

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KZSM — Theatre of the imagination

Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

Radio offers endless opportunity for creating quirky characters and imaginary environments for listeners to explore. On KZSM.org, your true community radio station, graduates of Texas State University’s Theatre Department are producing radio plays with new twists on traditional stories.

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Study: Texas bases lead Army posts in risk of sexual assault

Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

WASHINGTON (AP) — Female soldiers at Army bases in Texas, Colorado, Kansas and Kentucky face a greater risk of sexual assault and harassment than those at other posts, accounting for more than a third of all active-duty Army women sexually assaulted in 2018, according to a new Rand Corp. study.

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Texas Briefly

Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

Texas man indicted in deadly shooting at cabinet business

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Governor vetoes funding for Texas Legislature, staff as punishment for Democrats’ walkout on elections bill

Sun, 06/20/2021 - 5:00am

Gov. Greg Abbott followed through Friday on a threat to veto a section of the state budget that funds the Texas Legislature, its staffers and legislative agencies.

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Buda woman dies of COVID-19; County records 17 new cases Friday

Fri, 06/18/2021 - 4:41pm

A Buda woman in her 40s recently died of COVID-19, the Hays County Local Health Department reported Friday.

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Grace Murray Stephenson, Emancipation Day Celebration, 1900, Austin History Center.

EXPLAINER: The story of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday

Fri, 06/18/2021 - 9:04am

The U.S. government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.”

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Residents are invited to a dedication ceremony Friday to celebrate the recent completion of the San Marcos Public Library’s expansion and remodel project. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter

Residents invited to San Marcos Public Library dedication ceremony

Thu, 06/17/2021 - 6:53pm

Residents are invited to a dedication ceremony Friday to celebrate the recent completion of the San Marcos Public Library’s expansion and remodel project.