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The San Marcos City Council will discuss the Lions Club Tube Rental during its work session at 3 p.m. on Tuesday. Above, Lions Club Tube Rental patrons wait outside the building in May 2020. Daily Record photo by Gerald Castillo

City council work session to discuss scooter pilot, tubing contract

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 7:08pm

The San Marcos City Council will be discussing extending the current scooter pilot as well as a recommendation to review the lease agreement for the Lions Club Tube Rental facility during its Tuesd

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San Marcos, Civil Air Patrol, CAP, March into fitness, San Marcos News, San Marcos Record

The Civil Air Patrol cadets of the “Tex” Hill Composite Squadron in San Marcos have just kicked off a month-long fitness activity, March Into Fitness. Above, cadets of the “Tex” Hill Composite Squadron. Photo courtesy of Civil Air Patrol “Tex” Hill Composite Squadron

San Marcos Civil Air Patrol kicks off March into fitness

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 7:04pm

The Civil Air Patrol cadets of the “Tex” Hill Composite Squadron in San Marcos have just kicked off a month-long fitness activity, March Into Fitness, that will test their resolve and increase thei

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Daily Record infographics by Colton Ashabranner

Hays County records 90 new COVID-19 cases, 46 recoveries Monday

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 5:34pm

The Hays County Local Health Department reported 46 additional recoveries, 90 new lab-confirmed cases, three new hospitalizations and two hospital discharges on Monday.

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San Marcos police arrest murder suspect in San Antonio

Mon, 03/15/2021 - 4:03pm

The San Marcos Police Department arrested a San Antonio man for the murder of a San Marcos woman on Friday.

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Sam Volpe (left) died of COVID-19 on Jan. 1, 2021. Above, Sam and his wife Marilyn celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary in 2020. Photo courtesy of Lisa Searle

'They're more than just numbers'

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

One year ago, Hays County recorded its first presumptive positive COVID-19 case.

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Above, Ollie Giles, known affectionately as Brown Sugga, was a woman who could get things done. Submitted photo

San Marcos celebrates the life of legendary citizen Ollie Hargis Giles

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Ollie Wilburn Hargis Giles was born in San Marcos on Aug. 5, 1933, the only child to parents L.C. Hargis and Enola Hollins (daughter of George Mose and Etta Lee Hollins). Though born during the Great Depression, Giles would say that she had a happy childhood surrounded by a family and community who loved her and whom she also loved.

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Above, shoppers at the San Marcos Premium Outlets stand in a line some with masks on and others without. Gov. Greg Abbott lifted the state's mask mandate on March 10. Daily Record photo by Lance Winter

MASKING DECISIONS

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Earlier this week Texas’ COVID-19 mask mandate became a monumental footnote in the state's 175- year history.

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Photo courtesy of the City of San Marcos

City to begin Uhland Road improvements on Monday

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

The City of San Marcos Engineering & Capital Improvements Department will begin construction on the Uhland Road Improvement Project starting March 15.

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El bosque Dentro, by Poli Marichal. On loan from Serié Project, Coronado Studio, Austin

FLUX: Exhibit dedicated to the art of printmaking now available by appointment at the Walker’s Gallery

Sun, 03/14/2021 - 5:00am

Like the tree falling in the forest with no one there to hear it, an exhibit at the Walkers’ Gallery has been on the walls of the San Marcos Activity Center since early December — with no one there to see it.

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Above, a build your own bowl at Fresco. This bowl included baby spinach, cilantro lime brown rice, pulled pork, grilled veggies, boiled egg, avocado, charred corn, cherry tomato pico and queso fresco topped with a lime squeeze, hot sauce and avocado yogurt ranch dressing. Below, Fresco's Keto Bowl — shredded kale, fresh arugula, grilled adobo lime chicken, avocado, red cabbage, cucumber, roasted seed mix, queso fresco and avocado yogurt ranch. Daily Record photos by Nick Castillo & Lance Winter