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Deputies with the Hays County Sheriff shot and killed a man wielding two knives on Friday morning, according to the Hays County Sheriff’s Department.

Debbie Gonzales Ingalsbe (D-San Marcos) officially launched her re-election campaign to represent Precinct One on the Hays County Commissioners Court.

Meadow's Center announces schedule for youth group classes

The city of San Marcos will return to Stage 2 drought restrictions effective Sunday, January 7. The change is in response to rising water source levels at the Edwards Aquifer and Canyon Lake, along with increased water flows in the Comal and San Marcos rivers.

Join the San Marcos Area Chamber and Greater San Marcos Partnership as they co-host the 2024 “Transportation Summit” business luncheon at the San Marcos Conference Center/Embassy Suites. The event, scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. is set to bring together an elite audience of industry leaders and decision-makers, offering insights into the future of mobility, infrastructure, and large-scale developments in the region.

Mark your calendars, wine lovers! The nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Hays County is hosting a wine tasting event, featuring a silent auction, at the Wimberley Community Center.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Texas on Wednesday over a new state law that allows Texas police to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson traveled to the Texas-Mexico border on Wednesday and said that if President Joe Biden wants Republican support for helping Ukraine and Israel in their wars, he needs to crack down on illegal immigration at the border.

This is the second part of a two part story breaking down the hot topics that will continue to be discussed in 2024.

With the high rates of drug addiction among those in incarceration and the current state of the drug crisis both locally and nationally at the top of many people's minds, the County Court at Law Mental Health Specialty Court, added substance use treatment to the list of resources for the jail diversion program. The court was created last year and is meant to prevent those that have a mental illness that have committed a crime from incarceration through a series of mental health services. Hays County Commissioners Court approved the execution of a $45,000 contract between Evoke Wellness and the specialty court at the regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, which sparked a conversation on the need for such services in the community at large and the link between drug addiction and criminal behavior.

Sheriff's office says goodbye to two longtime employees

Local artist, Denbangana Banerjee, teaches a shadow puppet class to local children at the San Marcos Public Library. The class began with information on how to write a script for the shadow box play with suggestions like pulling a couple of books and using dialogue from those, writing your own or making it solely from sounds. She showed them different instruments and handmade trinkets, such as an Easter egg filled with rice and a container with two rubber bands on it, that made sound for use as background music. Then there was a demonstration of what a shadow box play would look like before the kids took to working on their own. The San Marcos Public Library has many upcoming events for kids and adults alike. The schedule can be found at this link: sanmarcostx.gov/ calendar.aspx?CID=31.