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Psychedelic sixties, Merry Pranksters bike focus of LBJ Museum exhibit | Features
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (203+ words) The trip was supported by Ken Kesey author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," one of the best-known literary spokesmen for the movement and later by Tom Wolfe's best selling book, "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," where he chronicled…...
Hays county gathers public input as water study moves forward
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (735+ words) Walt Smith speaks during a public stakeholder meeting on the countywide water study held last week in Dripping Springs. County officials are gathering public input as part of the ongoing study examining water supply, flooding and wastewater concerns across Hays…...
Legacy of WW1 hero Suttles lives on in San Marcos
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (255+ words) Every time I drive past the Maurice Suttles VFW Post on Hunter Road, I think about a seemingly small but significant part of our local history." Suttles, a local kid, who moved here from Waller County with his family, was…...
The colorful history of San Marcos" courthouse
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (609+ words) San Marcos" downtown square has a colorful history, and no detail was left unsaid at a recent Kiwanis Club meeting where Linda Coker described the many iterations of the courthouse and other tales associated with downtown. The first building in…...
Long lines don't deter Loli's patrons
1+ week, 40+ min ago (681+ words) Long lines in the drive-through and walk-up window form virtually every morning for favorites like the Lolita's Combo breakfast taco at Lolita's Caf" at 1501 Aquarena Springs Drive. Martha Carillo, and her co-owner and daughter Martha D. Rom'n, run the widely known…...
Herbert's Taco Hut celebrates 50 years of serving the community
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (524+ words) Pictured is the Grocery Store in the early years." Herbert's Taco Hut has been serving San Marcos for 50 years. "My father was ambitious," said co-owner and son of original owners, Anthony Rizk. "He had dreams of owning a restaurant and…...
Colton's Corner: Pac-12 needs to Take Back Texas in expansion
2+ week, 1+ day ago (395+ words) The big question surrounding the new Pac-12s potential ninth football playing member has opened the debate around the conferences expansion." While the flex game is an innovative idea for the conference, it is clearly a placeholder until the Pac-12 finds…...
Art, Culture and Ecology Intertwined: Earth Day features book signing, deep-dive education sessions
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1314+ words) Maria Rocha reads from her newly released children's book "Napako: Our Journey." Earth Day got some blowback from Mother Nature on Saturday, with intermittent rain and a few strong gusts of wind in the morning, but the event at the…...
Texas State Football: Bobcat future stars break out at showcase
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (831+ words) Head G. J. Kinne was proud of his team and their development during spring practice. The Bobcats will head into summer workouts before starting fall camp. The Maroon and Gold Spring Showcase gave a glimpse of the future of the Bobcat program…...
Extra funding for Mission Able paused while home repair concerns mediated
2+ week, 1+ day ago (534+ words) At its April 21 meeting, the San Marcos City Council considered allocating an additional $100, 000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to each of two local home repair nonprofits, but opted to delay funding for Mission Able pending additional information and a…...