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The Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP) announced Mike Kamerlander as its new President/CEO.

DEAR ABBY: One night about six months ago, my mom walked out on my dad. A week later, she admitted she had been having an affair for a whole year. My parents’ divorce was final three months after she left. Mom has now announced to me and my siblings that she’s engaged and plans to marry her fiance just six months after the divorce. We think it’s a terrible idea. We really dislike her fiance and think he’s a bad guy based on our interactions with him. Mom claims to be happy, but we don’t believe her. Should we just let her live her life? How do we accept this new reality? – THROWN IN WASHINGTON DEAR THROWN: If you and your siblings plan to maintain a relationship with your mother, handle this like the hot potato it is. Recognize that things were not as rosy as you assumed in your parents’ marriage, take things one step at a time, and make an extra effort to look out for your father. Then cross your fingers and hope that as painful as this disruption is, everything works out for the best.

Two new school safety funding measures passed out of committee Friday that could bring $1.3 billion more to Texas public schools.

The Texas Legislature, conceived as a part-time body to meet every other year for 140 days, is now in its record fifth session (counting the regular session). When the impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is included, legislators have been in Austin pretty much the entire year, as the Texas Tribune noted. While legislators are paid just $7,200 a year in salary, per diem payments – meant to cover their expenses while in Austin – have mounted. If the fourth special session goes a full 30 days, taxpayers will have spent $4.8 million keeping lawmakers in Austin.

Texas State was unable to overcome a 31-10 hole as the Bobcats fell to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers, 31-23.

In one of the biggest wins of the season up to this point, Texas State knocked off the Bowling Green Falcons, a 30 win team from a season ago, en route to a 74-48 win as part of the Sun Belt-Mid American Conference Challenge.

San Marcos opened up the 2023-2024 season in exciting fashion as the Rattlers defeated the San Antonio Southwest Legacy Titans, 63-57, in overtime.

Following the election Tuesday, Nov. 7, unofficial results indicate a City Council runoff election will take place for District 4. No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the District 4 Council Seat race, moving the top two candidates to a Kyle City Council December runoff election.

Texas State University’s University Camp appears to be up for sale.

In an achievement that underscores a local commitment to preserving the natural wonder of the night sky, the city of Wimberley was recently named the Dark Sky Place of the Year by DarkSky International.

Conversation around the West holiday table often centered around stories of World War II that were brimming with battle, bravery and tragedy.

Texas lawmakers have already gotten to work on the fourth special session of the year where Republicans will once again attempt to pass a sweeping immigration law that would allow state and local law enforcement to more easily arrest and prosecute people who cross the border from Mexico.