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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been happily married for 28 years. We rarely have a problem we can’t settle, but I’m stymied over this issue. His 72-year-old mother took up gambling several years back, and it has become an issue. Over the past year, she has been asking us for “loans” of $300 to $500 to cover her gambling losses. More than once, she has told us for weeks on end not to cash the check she gave us to repay us. We were late paying our insurance because she has yet to repay us. This is stressing me out.

Weather causes local Easter Egg Hunts to reschedule

To combat the growing number of fentanyl overdose deaths in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday announced a $10 million fentanyl awareness campaign and plan to distribute doses of Narcan to every county in the state.

The Hays County Commissioners Court meets at 9 a.m. today at the Hays County Courthouse with an agenda that includes more salary discussions, construction projects and COVID-19-related fund issues.

Deloitte and Touche, LLP did a presentation on the Quarterly Internal Audit, mandated by the federal government, on the use of the Community Development Disaster Recovery block grant and provided direction to staff. “I’d like to congratulate the city, they’ve been doing a great job in the last few quarters,” A Deloitte and Touche, LLP employee said. The only improvement suggested by the company was a recommendation to incorporate the issuance of award or denial letters to the process of informal procurements. The city council met Tuesday at City Hall.

Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday he was not discouraged after the Texas House took a key vote rejecting one his highest priorities this legislative session.

Garry Merritt leads a regional initiative called Great Springs Project to add an additional 50,000 acres of protected lands over the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone between Austin and San Antonio. This national park-scale green corridor will be connected by a 100+ mile network of spring-to-spring trails, linking four iconic springs in Central Texas: Barton Springs, San Marcos Springs, Comal Springs, and San Antonio Springs. Merritt will share the group’s plans with the Rotary Club of San Marcos at noon on Wednesday, April 12 at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 105 Bintu Drive. Visitors are always welcome.

City of San Marcos proclaims April as Fair Housing Month

At the most recent Hays County Commissioners Court meeting, commissioners made further adjustments to the salary plan recommended by Management Advisory Group, Inc.

A Hays County Grand Jury has indicted former Hays County Corrections Officer Isaiah Garcia in connection to the death of Joshua Wright when he was in custody receiving treatment at a hospital in Hays County.

All things Bobcat will soon be open to exploration and celebration as the Heritage Association of San Marcos presents the 46th Annual Historic Spring Tour, “Town & Gown: The Art and Architecture of Texas State University” this May.

At this stage in the meet and confer negotiation process, both parties, the SMPOA and the city, are taking hard lines with respect to what they want to appear in a final agreement.