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Friday Jun 14 | Free Press

New Buda P.D. policy addresses Officer Involved Shootings

New chapters in the Buda Police Department Operations Manual will give specific direction for handling officer involved shootings , active shooter situations and firearms policies.

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Related Topix: Buda, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Friday Jun 14 | Free Press

Sheriff's deputies honor fallen comrade from a century ago

In a display of brotherhood across the decades, Hays County Sheriff's Office deputies wore mourning bands over their badges from June 7 to June 9, in honor of Deputy John S. Davis' in-the-line-of-duty death 100 years ago.

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Related Topix: San Marcos, TX

Friday Jun 14 | Free Press

Repeat family violence offender handed max sentence

Two charges of family violence assaults landed a San Marcos man in prison for 20 years after a Hays County jury found him guilty as a repeat offender.

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Related Topix: San Marcos, TX, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

Jury considers death penalty in 1975 murder case

A Hays County jury has started deliberations to decide if Willie Roy Jenkins will receive the death penalty in the 1975 murder of Sheryl Ann Norris in San Marcos.

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Related Topix: San Marcos, TX

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

Hispanic population growth continues to outpace growth of white population in Central Texas

Central Texas saw rapid growth of its Hispanic population between 2010 and 2012, continuing robust increases during the past decade, according to census estimates released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Texas, Travis County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

Free Press

Hays County schools receive $42M from federal stimulus

This week, the Hays Free Press brings you the second in a series on the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in Hays County.

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Related Topix: Hays, TX, San Marcos, TX, Kyle, TX, Education Etc.

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Dallas Observer

Psychic Who Said a Texas Couple Was Hiding a Mass Grave Now Owes Them $6.8 Million

It's our sad duty this morning to bring you the last installment in the Case of the Psychic Who Couldn't See Shit, a.k.a Presley "Rhonda" Gridley.

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Related Topix: Texas, Liberty County, TX, Lago Vista, TX, Austin, TX

Wed Jun 05, 2013

Free Press

Corridor cities take in close to $1M from federal stimulus

Buda's, Kyle's and San Marcos' city governments took in nearly $1 million in federal grants, thus far, from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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Related Topix: San Marcos, TX, Buda, TX, Kyle, TX

Free Press

Cold case heats up

For the first time in nearly 40 years, the Hays County District Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty; the case is nearly 40 years old.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, San Antonio, TX, San Marcos, TX

Sun Jun 02, 2013

KXAN-TV Austin

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX 510 AM CDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CALDWELL COUNTY... NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN HAYS COUNTY... * UNTIL 600 AM CDT.

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Related Topix: Weather, Caldwell County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Luling, TX

Sat Jun 01, 2013

Austin American-Statesman

Achievements: This week's community achievements

Vianey Villalpando and Nikki Sanchez are among nine young women from Hays County high schools who will represent San Marcos American Legion Auxiliary Unit 144 at the 2013 session of Bluebonnet Girls State at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin June 16-22. Approximately 500 girls will attend the American Legion Auxiliary's government-in-action ... (more)

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Related Topix: Texas Lutheran University

Thu May 30, 2013

KVUE.com

Man charged with murder after beating victim dies

A man who allegedly beat a woman and left her near a dumpster is now charged with murder after his victim died of her injuries about a month after the incident.

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Related Topix: San Marcos, TX

Free Press

Beaten woman found near roadside dumpster dies, suspect charged with murder

A woman who police say was found unconscious and lying next to a garbage dumpster in Kyle, has died as result of the injuries she sustained during an alleged aggravated robbery.

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Related Topix: Kyle, TX, Austin, TX

Your News Now

Austin man charged with murder of San Marcos woman

Authorities have charged 22-year-old Jamie Beltran Granados with murder in the robbery and death of 32-year-old Mary Katherine Mayfield.

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Related Topix: San Marcos, TX, Austin, TX

The Family Badge

Murder trial begins nearly 40 years after woman's death

"The decision to seek the death penalty is not something you take lightly. It weighs on you, everybody involved in the case," said First Asst.

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Wed May 29, 2013

Free Press

News Minute May 29th, 2013

Campaign Finance Reports are released for Joe Bacon and Chad Beninghoff. See how much each has spent on the Kyle City Council election.

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Free Press

Kyle council, ESD 5 talk sales tax sharing

On the heels of an overwhelmingly supported Sales and Use Tax election in Hays County Emergency Services District 8, Kyle council members and ESD 5 commissioners trucked along with discussions to put a similar proposition before voters this November.

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Related Topix: Kyle, TX, Buda, TX

Sat May 25, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Travis County may be subsidizing constable work for out-of-county towns

When Travis County constables from two precincts head out several mornings a week in their recognizable cruisers, they might not always be working for the local taxpayers who pay their salaries.

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Related Topix: Travis County, TX, Texas, Bastrop County, TX, Kyle, TX

Fri May 24, 2013

Free Press

Happy 50th Anniversary Manchaca Optimists

The Manchaca Optimist Club celebrated its 50th anniversary Friday evening at the sports complex on FM 1626 at Bliss Spillar Road in far southwest Travis County.

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Related Topix: Manchaca, TX, Travis County, TX

Thu May 23, 2013

Free Press

News Minute May 23rd, 2013

In this News Minute, we take a look at two separate 18-wheeler rollovers in Hays County.

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Related Topix: San Marcos, TX