Amanda Rodriguez has been elected to serve her first term as San Marcos Mayor after serving as a council member for San Marcos City Council Place 6.
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University administrators removed Gina Hinojosa gubernatorial campaign ads from The University Star’s news racks this week, saying the paid ads violated the university’s policy.
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The San Marcos Police Department arrested four Texas State Phi Delta Theta pledges for hazing.
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About 200 people gathered at the Hays County Historic Courthouse on Oct. 17 for a “No Kings” protest encouraging residents to vote in the midterm elections.
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A Texas State satellite was launched into space to study radiation in Earth’s atmosphere.
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The San Marcos City Council Mayor serves alongside six city council members to establish policies and make decisions affecting development, services and community programs. Jane Hughson is the current mayor but is running for Place 3.
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Young people are fed up with the current political climate. At the ballot box, they can turn that frustration into change.
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Texas State students gathered at The Fighting Stallions to show support for Jane Doe and advocate for sexual assault awareness.
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The University Police Department is investigating a burglary and indecent assault at Cypress Hall after an individual gained entry through an unsecured door.
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Texas State released its 2026 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, which compiles reported crimes from the past three calendar years on and off the San Marcos and Round Rock campuses, on Thursday, Oct. 1.
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It’s hard to watch a team stumble, but it’s even harder to watch it stumble over the same mistakes.
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Even pouring rain and mud-caked shoes couldn’t keep fans from gathering to hear two Texas State alumni and San Marcos-area bands perform at the Austin City Limits music festival (ACL).
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The Hays County Commissioners Court denied the San Marcos Price Center and Garden’s annual $10,000 grant request in the fiscal year 2027 budget.
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Six years after Texas State student Jason Landry disappeared, DNA testing has confirmed that recently recovered remains in Caldwell County belong to him.
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A Hays County Judge denied Texas State University’s motion to limit the scope of former Texas State history professor Thomas Alter’s lawsuit.
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DNA testing has positively identified recovered skeletal remains as those of missing Texas State student Jason Landry.
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Investigators are following a new lead in the Iconic Village Fire case from the San Marcos Fire Marshal’s Office’s new tip line, asking the public to identify nine wireless networks that may have been operating in the area when the fire occurred.
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Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the discovery of suspected military-style and homemade explosive materials on a property near Wimberley.
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