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Above, Officials from the city of Kyle and Hays County cut the ribbon officially opening the new Public Safety Center at Kohlers Crossing. Below, Kyle Chief of Police Jeffery Barnett thanks all who made the new facility possible.
Photos provided by Lance Winter/Greater San Marcos Partnership

Members of the city of Kyle Police Department and other officials listen as Kyle Mayor Travis Mitchell, at the podium, discusses how the center came into being and how the new facility will benefit the residents of Kyle.
Photo by Lance Winter/Greater San Marcos Partnership

New police building is dedicated

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:00am

The saying goes everything is bigger in Texas and the city of Kyle proved it with the opening of its new, 64,000 square foot Public Safety Center located at Kohlers Crossing.

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Teen son battles insecurity exacerbated by absent father

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:00am

Dear Abby

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Hays County offices close in response to electrical issues

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:00am

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.

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Office delayed open

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:00am

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Confusion abounds for Texans bumped from Medicaid

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:00am

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.

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Patrick issues gag order just ahead of trial

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:00am

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.

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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

PRIDE FUELS RIVALRY

Tue, 07/25/2023 - 12:00am

Two area schools may not play often, but competition is strong when game is on

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TXST STAR Park spurs entrepreneurial innovation

Sun, 07/23/2023 - 5:00am

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.

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Nearly 64,000 Texas borrowers to have federal loans forgiven

Sun, 07/23/2023 - 5:00am

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.

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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