Late Monday afternoon, the Hays County Government Center closed in response to electrical problems. As of time of press, there was no indication whether the center would be open for non-essential personnel today.
For seven years, Maricela Delcid has guided Texans through the Medicaid application minefield, working past language barriers and documentation issues out of a community center in Houston. But her clients have never been more confused or frustrated than now, since the state began booting people from the program after a years-long period of continuous coverage.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick last week issued a sweeping gag order ahead of the impeachment trial of suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Houston Chronicle reported, saying “out-of-court statements” by both sides threaten to jeopardize the trial.
Called the Hays County Showdown, whenever San Marcos High School and Hays High School meet each other in any sport, the rivalry that exists between them is keenly evident.
Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo
The San Marcos High School football team has squared off against intense rival Hays High School only 18 times in 35 years, but that number does not diminish the competition that exists between these two teams.
Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo
Two area schools may not play often, but competition is strong when game is on
This is the third in a series of articles looking at industrial and academic innovation in greater San Marcos and Central Texas, for the Greater San Marcos Partnership's Innovation Summit.
Nearly 64,000 Texas borrowers will have their federal student loans forgiven after a U.S. Department of Education review concluded they qualified for the benefit.
Left, Sylvia Garza of San Marcos, holds the award recently presented to her at a 75th Anniversary Luncheon sponsored by the American GI Forum, in honor of her decades of service to the American GI Forum, including serving as Texas State Chairwoman. The AGIF is a congressionally chartered Hispanic veterans and civil rights organization founded in 1948 in Texas. Its motto is 'Education is Our Freedom and Freedom should be Everybody's Business,' and it operates chapters throughout the U.S., with a focus on veterans' issues, education and civil rights. Below, a mural honoring some of San Marcos' veterans and heroes decorates the side of the AGIF building located in the area off South Mitchell Street in San Marcos.
Daily Record photo by Barbara Audet
Above, Sylvia and her husband, Freddie, have lived on S. Mitchell Street for decades. Right, Sylvia and Freddie Garza on their wedding day in the 1950s.
Daily Record photos by Barbara Audet
AGIF state chairwoman is honored by organization
The UIL State Executive Committee on Thursday cleared former San Marcos High School Athletic Director and head football coach Mark Soto, now the head football coach and director of athletics of Judson High School in Converse, of any wrongdoing in his involvement with the handling of accusations against SMHS involving recruiting athletes.
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