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San Marcos hit the softball fields last week in preparation for the 2024 season.

Texas State was unable to break into the win column as the Bobcats fell to the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns 66-46.

DEAR ABBY: I’m a widow. I have a friend I’ll call “Greta,” whom I have known since high school. I was very shy back then. She was more outgoing, but our group of friends was small. Over the years, I have become more outgoing, while Greta seems to be withdrawing socially.

In an agenda with only six items, the San Marcos City Council is set to possibly approve an $800,000 funding agreement to establish a Home Repair and Rehabilitation Program for the community, rezone approximately 18 acres from Character District 5 to Light Industrial, create an amendment to the city code so the city manager can remove COVID-19 pandemic provisions that are no longer necessary and consider the allocation of remaining Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Action Plan funds to different categories or projects at the regularly scheduled meetings at 6 p.m. today. Based on the scope of the items, a shorter agenda may not equate to a shorter meeting.

Checks mailed in to pay property taxes are being processed as they come in, according to the Hays County Tax Assessor.

The Hays County Commissioners Court is set to adopt proclamations regarding Groundhog Week and Spay and Neuter Awareness Month, possibly authorize the submission of a grant application for additional trails in San Marcos, authorize $10,000 in funding for a training academy break room, authorize $10,000 in funding for travel for officers to go to National Police Week and authorize certification of school marshals at the Sheriff's Academy at the regularly scheduled meeting at 9 a.m. today.

SCHOOL SPIRIT

DEAR ABBY: After 17 years of marriage, I learned, to my dismay, that when he was 22, my husband had a long-term relationship with a 16-yearold. He insisted that she had lied about her age and told him she was 20.

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to end a whistleblower lawsuit against him has been dealt another blow after a Travis County judge denied his attempt to end the case without being deposed.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program signup. USDA’s Farm Service Agency encourages agricultural producers and landowners in Texas who are interested in conservation opportunities for their land in exchange for yearly rental payments to consider the enrollment options available through Continuous CRP, which also includes the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program offered by FSA partners. Additionally, producers participating in CRP can now apply to re-enroll, if their contracts will expire this year.

The groundbreaking of the state-of-the-art facility for Real-Cold, an operator and provider of cold chain services and cold storage, took place Wednesday in Lockhart located on Silent Rd., a half-mile north on SH 130 Frontage Road.

A standoff at an Eagle Pass park continues as the Department of Homeland Security has sent a second letter to Gov. Greg Abbott demanding access to the Rio Grande park that is now under state control.