The San Antonio Express-News reports that a 20-year-old man is in jail on murder charges after he allegedly stabbed a man to death on the city’s north side this past weekend. According to police, the incident happened just before 5 AM this past Sunday at an apartment complex on Overlook Parkway. When authorities arrived on scene they noticed the victim on the ground bleeding, and were told...
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June 18, 2013
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June 18, 2013
The Seguin Gazette reports that long time Guadalupe County court-at-law judge Linda Jones will step down from the bench, recently announcing her intentions to retire when her term ends on December 31st of 2014. Jones, who has served as court-at-law judge in Guadalupe County for nearly 20 years, is currently serving her 5th term, serving her first in 1994. Although her current term of office...
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June 18, 2013
The Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center at Texas State University is offering the Aquatic Sciences Adventure Camp this summer for students ages 9 to 15. There are week long sessions available as well as two camp sessions in July and August. The next week long session starts next Sunday with the others scheduled to begin June 30th, July 7th, 14th and 21st. The two day camps will be on...
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June 18, 2013
Hays County Commissioners will host a town hall meeting this Thursday to discuss the development of the Central Texas Field of Dreams Sports Complex in Dripping Springs. The Sports Park, located just off of Hwy 290 in Dripping Springs, is an 18-acre development featuring 9 fully artificial turf sports fields that can host up to 80 baseball or softball teams per weekend. Thursday’s town...
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June 18, 2013
KHOU-TV out of Houston reports that investigators are looking into the cause of a plane crash that injured three people this past weekend near the Victoria Regional Airport. The small twin-engine aircraft reportedly went down in a field near the airport. The pilot, identified as 58-year-old Burl Wilkerson of Houston, is currently being treated at Memorial Hermann Hospital. One of his...
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June 14, 2013
(San Marcos, TX) -- A community wide survey conducted by the ETC Institute back in February shows that residents generally have a positive view of the city of San Marcos and its services. The survey, taken from over 400 San Marcos residents, also shows that the city’s spending priorities are aligned with community needs, and San Marcos customer service ratings are setting the standard for...
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June 14, 2013
The Christus Santa Rosa Health System will have a new Chief Operating Officer at the start of next month. Ken Haynes, who most recently served as President for three hospitals in the St. Joseph Health System in Lexington, Kentucky, will officially take over as the C.O.O. of Christus Santa Rosa on July 1st. During his time in Kentucky, Haynes led initiatives that resulted in St. Joseph East...
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June 14, 2013
A convicted murderer was executed in Huntsville earlier this week, just hours after his appeal was turned down by the US Supreme Court. 43-year-old Elroy Chester was sentenced to death in 1998 after confessing to the murder of Port Arthur Firefighter Willie Ryman the 3rd. Chester reportedly shot Ryman who caught him in the act of committing burglary and raping of Ryman’s two teenage nieces...
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June 14, 2013
Less than two months after a devastating fertilizer explosion rocked the town of West, the small community has learned that it will NOT be receiving financial assistance from FEMA. City officials had requested $57-million-dollars in federal disaster assistance in order to help rebuild infrastructure and school. FEMA officials say that the explosion didn't meet the qualifications for...
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June 14, 2013
The Seguin Gazette reports that 13 defendants received prison or jail sentences in Guadalupe County District court last week, including 43-year-old Alfonso Rivera Frausto on adjudication of guilt stemming from charges of indecency with a child by sexual contact. Frausto was sentenced to 10 years in prison after violating the terms of his probation. Frausto received 10-years probation with...
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