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Game night makes for a fun way to get together with friends. Competitive fire may not disappear on game night, but the atmosphere is generally more laid back. Indeed, a great game night is less about the games and more about the laughs and fun to be had.

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.

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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KZSM, your true community radio station, offers over twenty unique music shows, each one carefully curated by a host. Some, like “Metal Mark Live” (Thursdays 10 p.m.- midnight) or “Smooth Honey Bear Blues” (Tuesdays 8-10 p.m.) celebrate the variety of a particular genre. Others showcase the imagination of the host, like “The Weekly Show” (Wednesdays 10-11 p.m.), where host Mason Moore and his rescue dog Franklin play music that was released in the current week and revisit the week in history.

Someone hit the jackpot this week, perhaps not the billion dollars that was on the line, but a second-tier $1 million prize ticket or the Wednesday, July 19 Powerball drawing was purchased at a local convenience store in San Marcos.

Lions Club tube rental sets new weekend record

The San Marcos Chamber of Commerce recently sponsored an opportunity to gain insight into how the bills passed by the 2023 Texas Legislature in its biennial session will affect Central Texas.

Dear Abby

A wildfire near Buda burned more than 40 acres this week before being contained, according to information provided by the Hays County Office of Emergency Management.