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Attorney General Ken Paxton and four of his former top deputies who said he improperly fired them after they accused him of crimes have reached a tentative agreement to end a whistleblower lawsuit that would pay those employees $3.3 million.

The Hays County Commissioners Court will meet in regular session at 9 a.m. in Room 301 of the Hay County Courthouse, to consider approving and accepting federal grant funds, according to its published agenda.

Florists orders bloom for Valentine's Day

Each of our many music shows at KZSM.org offers a unique sound that expresses the host’s personality, perhaps sending listeners down a familiar path or inviting them into new territory. Our newest offering, “Melancholy Tea Party” (Tuesdays 9-10 a.m.) adds yet another color to the spectrum. “I came up with the title after recognizing the lyrics behind the music that I felt compelled to listen to most,” host Mark Decker explains. He originally imagined a dance/rock hybrid, but then “came across a series of songs that were slower tempo in nature, with many in a minor key, and the lyrics largely represented broken or hampered relationships.”

The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University has received approximately $2.5 million in federal appropriations in support of the Climate Change Impact on Water Initiative.

The San Marcos CISD Board of Trustees met on Feb. 6 in a specially called meeting to hear from its Facilities Committee regarding preliminary recommendations for changes and improvements to several of the district’s campuses.

The Texas Department of Public Safety is scrapping its proposal for a $1.2 billion state-of-theart active-shooter training facility, aiming instead at a much lower target of $381.5 million to update its current campus with housing and renovated buildings, DPS Director Steve McCraw said this week.

This is the first of a three part series that will be run this month highlighting the history of the Kiwanis Club of San Marcos and projects they sponsor in our community as they hold their centennial celebration.

Sarah Smith, a Texas State University master’s student in the Integrated Agricultural Sciences program, was named a Farm Foundation 2023 Agricultural Scholars recipient. Only 15 graduate students working in agricultural economics or related agricultural policy work from across the United States were selected to join the program.

Thomas McKinney, President of Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in San Marcos, speaks to the Rotary Club of San Marcos on February 15 about the transition from CTMC to Christus Health and the history of Christus Health in Central and South Texas. Rotary meets at noon on Wednesdays at the Holiday Inn & Conference Center, 105 Bintu Dr., San Marcos. Visitors are always welcome.

The Texas Department of Public Safety has completed its internal investigation of how seven of its troopers responded to the Uvalde school shooting, and none will face additional discipline, the agency confirmed Thursday.