San Marcos News

The call load for San Marcos dispatchers has exploded as the population grows, but budget contraints prevent hiring much needed help.

The Killeen police officer who shot accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan had undergone rapid response training offered at San Marcos' ALERRT Center.

The local Pet Prevent a Litter organization recently created the PALSPet Pantry program to help make pet food available to clients who have trouble feeding their pets during the holidays.

Incumbent John Thomaides was re-elected to Place 6 on the San Marcos City Council Tuesday.

It may be hard to believe for many current residents of San Marcos, but once upon a time, Six Flags over Texas didn't exist.

San Marcos will elect two city council members, those in Driftwood decide on an economic development municipal management district and voters statewide will determine the future of 11 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.

Although San Marcos roots run deep in my family, it was not until 2007 that I finally got the opportunity to live here.

City officials have suspended indefinitely the San Marcos police officer who gained national media attention for delaying a couple as they raced their ailing pet to an emergency clinic.

If George W. Kumpe Jr. had not been working near a military recruiting office in Anaheim, Calif.

The San Marcos Police Department has suspended officer Paul Stephens after an incident where he was allegedly caught on camera shoving a woman.

The City of San Marcos is launching a program on Thursday, Oct. 29 that will provide residents with discounts on prescription drugs.

George W. Kumpe Jr. of San Marcos, a U.S. Army veteran who received two purple hearts and a bronze star after his service in Vietnam, has been chosen to serve as grand marshal of the city of San Marcos' 2009 Veterans Day Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov.

NORTH LBJ DRIVE, from Sessoms Drive to East Holland Drive. Various daily lane closures from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. for the next 2-3 weeks due to street utility work.

Intruder is shot, police say A man San Marcos police said was shot after breaking into a home armed with a BB gun was in stable condition Thursday at University Medical Center Brackenridge, police officials said.

Seven weeks after a Luling burglary suspect was shot to death by a San Marcos resident and a mere 22 hours after a home invasion at a local apartment complex, a resident in the 700 block of Oscar Smith Lane shot and wounded an intruder.

Allegedly, Michael Wilson and Justin Pickaree entered the apartment with handguns.

Four men accused of trafficking drugs through Peachtree City this summer were arraigned Friday by a United States Magistrate Court Judge in Atlanta.

A Central Texas student has died of flu complications. The student attended Doris Miller Junior High in San Marcos.

The Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse franchise has big plans to expand to several new cities, including San Marcos.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Museum of San Marcos will be changing its hours of operation starting Oct.