Lillie Marie Hocker Stokes, 90, passed away on May 27, 2020 in Houston, Texas.  She was born in Austin, Texas on November 29, 1929 to Ollie and Bessie Hocker.  She had five brothers, Edwin, Neal, Alvin, Leon and Marvin.  Marie attended Austin High School and then graduated from Durham Nixon-Clay Bus...

Marsha Lee Gray, 78, of Austin, Texas received her crown and gained her wings on May 29, 2020. Marsha was born in Canton, Ohio, to Jack and Thelma McCowan on March 14, 1942. Marsha's family moved to Austin, where she attended Austin High School. She then met a handsome US Navy "boxer", by the name o...

Debbie Day Daniel, born in Shreveport, Louisiana to Larry and Jewel Mae Daniel on Aug. 17, 1949, went home to be with her Lord on May 27, 2020. A preacher’s kid, she was the fourth generation of her family dedicated to sharing the Gospel.   Following graduation from Mississippi College with degrees ...

Staff report The San Marcos Police Department (SMPD) is investigating the fatal shooting of a woman that occurred early Saturday evening. Steven Deshawn Crawford It was the second shooting at a San Marcos Apartment complex to have occurred in recent days. On Wednesday, May 27, a suspect was wounded ...

Staff report No decision has been made on whether Kyle voters will be asked to approve amendments to the city charter on Nov. 3, but the city council did approve a seven-member Charter Review Commission at its May 19 meeting. Louis Craig was nominated by Mayor Travis Mitchell; Brett Corwin by Mayor ...

A San Marcos man in his 70s became the fourth person in Hays County to die from the COVID-19 virus. That was reported in Friday’s 4 p.m. “snapshot” of the coronavirus that also included 13 new cases, bringing the county total to 329. There have been 3,727 negative tests and the results of 38 are pen...

One man is jailed, one hospitalized and one still sought in connection with an attempted robbery at a San Marcos Apartment complex May 27 during which shots were fired. Law enforcement from throughout Hays County responded as the incident was initially believed an active shooter situation.   The cit...

Like most independent medical practice physicians struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic, Austin pediatrician Brian Temple, MD, had to make a critical choice: reduce salaries and work hours, or lose the staff and pediatric practice he and his partner had built over six years. “From t...

Adapting to the urgency of the coronavirus outbreak and its accompanying economic uncertainty, State Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D-Laredo) and her staff continue to assist Senate District 21 residents using technology tools and working extended hours. This includes holding virtual meetings with constitue...

  Although there were 18 more confirmed cases of COVI-19 added to the county’s total on Wednesday, May 27, there have as yet been no positive in any of Hays County’s nursing homes. That was the word from Epidemiologist Eric Schneider. Residents and staff of nursing homes across the state in the past...