Multitude of Musicians
The San Marcos City Council received staff presentations and held discussions over the Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan and Downtown Area Plan at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.
San Marcos police officers and professional staff must receive training on responding to political violence and voter intimidation and ways to develop community trust as part of a legal settlement approved Tuesday over a 2020 incident in which a caravan of Trump supporters were accused of harassing a Biden campaign bus as it drove on Interstate 35.
Dear Abby
The Hays County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that a juvenile was arrested in connection to a generic threat on Oct. 16, that referenced school violence was imminent and which was sent out via social media applications.
The San Marcos Police Department stated that it is continuing to investigate an incident on Oct. 12 where a 4-year-old student at San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District’s Bonham PreKindergarten found a loaded firearm in the personal backpack of an instructional assistant in the classroom.
All Hallows Nears
The San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees decided against hiring chaplains to perform the duties of a school counselor at the regularly scheduled meeting Monday. Senate Bill 763 was recently passed by the Texas Legislature, which according to the Texas Legislature online website, states that a school district may employ a chaplain instead of a school counselor to perform the duties required of a school counselor under this title.
More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, Texas continues to be the largest state in the nation to ban nearly all abortions. But some questions and changes to abortion and birth control access have arisen since then.
A criminal justice doctoral student has received a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Institute of Justice for her dissertation project, “The Mortal Tragedy: Analyzing Body Disposal Patterns in Homicide Cases.”
Texas State University will host a variety of Homecoming Week activities for students, employees, alumni, and the San Marcos community Oct. 22-28.
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