San Marcos News

Lions Club Tube Rental was recently presented with the Downtown Partner of the Month Award for July. From left to right are Main Street Advisory Board Member Linda Coker, Tube Rental Manager Mark Jalufka, Interim Main Street Manager Josie Falletta and Main Street Intern Michaela Self. Photo submitted by the City of San Marcos

Lions Club Tube Rental named Partner of the Month

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

The San Marcos Main Street Program named the San Marcos Lions Club Tube Rental the July Downtown Partner of the Month.

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Consumer Tips for Fiscal Fitness: Natural Disaster Preparedness

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

Texans live in a state with the potential for many types of natural disasters — flash floods, hurricanes, windstorms, tornadoes and wildfires, to name the most common.

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SMPD offering higher starting salary to experienced officers

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

The San Marcos Police Department increased the starting salary for recruits with four or more years of experience to $64,913.

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Tom Ervin, FBI squad computer scientist, discussed cyber attacks at the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce Business @ Breakfast educational series at the City of San Marcos Rec Hall on Tuesday. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter

Chamber hosts breakfast discussion on cyber attacks

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

Tom Ervin, FBI squad computer scientist, discussed cyber attacks at the San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce Business @ Breakfast educational series.

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Confusion, fear spread on U.S., Mexico border

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (AP) — Asylum-seekers gathered in Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Texas, grappled to understand what a new U.S.

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Ostolia R. Villarreal

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

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Eloy E. Sanchez Jr.

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

Eloy E. Sanchez Jr., 72, resident of San Marcos, Texas, passed away Friday, July 12, 2019 in New Braunfels, TX.

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3 cling to tree, rescued, after boat sinks in Texas lake

Thu, 07/18/2019 - 12:00am

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say a man and his two children have been rescued from a Dallas-area lake after their boat sank and they were found clinging to upper branches of a partly submerged tree.