By Megan Wehring Senior News Reporter TXDot and local apartment complexes are working with Transportation Services to change bus routes for student safety. The Blanco River shuttle route has updated after a Texas State bus was involved in an accident … Continue reading University Bus Shuttles Detour Around Construction
By Juan Garcia Assistant News Director Would a president O’Rourke pardon Donald Trump? The question from moderator Garrett Haake seemed to linger for a moment before Beto O’Rourke answered with a simple “no.” The tension was evident every time impeachment … Continue reading Democratic Candidates One-on-One at Texas Tribune Fest
By Megan WehringSenior News Reporter University Police go more technology-friendly after providing a mobile service for students to feel safer on campus from a click of a button. Bobcat Guardian is a free mobile app that allows a student’s emergency … Continue reading A Texas State App is a Guardian for On-Campus Student Safety
By Juan GarciaAssistant News Director Last week, a Texas Tribune article revealed a flawed system by which the University was reporting crime figures. These inaccurate figures violated the Clery Act, a federal statute that requires universities to report crime and … Continue reading Texas State UPD Revising Crime Figures
By Justice GravesJunior News Reporter San Marcos River Foundation was established in 1985 with the purpose of caring and preserving the San Marcos River. The foundation focuses on ensuring and improving the water quality of aquifers and protecting the beauty of … Continue reading San Marcos River Foundation Welcomes New Executive Director
By Megan Wehring Senior News Reporter While the fall semester is underway, Texas State Parking Services is changing the way the university operates parking permits on campus. Students and faculty will now be required to register their license plate for … Continue reading Virtual Parking Permits: Texas State’s Newest Innovation
By Juan Garcia Assistant News Director The San Marcos City Manager’s office is implementing temporary changes to it’s leadership staff following the retirement of longtime Assistant City Manager Collette Jamison. Stephanie Reyes, the former City Manager Chief-of-Staff, was appointed to … Continue reading Changes in City Management
By Will WadsworthNews Director Public health activist and acclaimed author Mona Hanna-Attisha spoke to a crowded Evans auditorium last night about her experiences in Flint, Michigan and how she’s worked for public health initiatives in America over the past few … Continue reading Flint, Michigan Pediatrician Speaks at Texas State
By Will WadsworthNews Director Texas State University Provost Gene Bourgeois announced Saturday that artist-activist Common will be the next speaker in the university’s LBJ Distinguished Lecturer series. Bourgeois made the announcement at Strahan Arena before new students, faculty and distinguished … Continue reading Texas State Brings Common to Campus
By Juan Garcia and Arielle RaveneySenior and Junior News Reporter On Friday, immigrant reform organization Mano Amiga and local clergy hosted a candlelight vigil at the Hays County Historic Courthouse to express the community’s frustration with the treatment of immigrants … Continue reading Lights for Liberty Vigil
By Juan GarciaSenior News Reporter The Calaboose African American History Museum celebrated Juneteenth last Wednesday. The celebration featured a proclamation reading by San Marcos Mayor Jane Hughson that established June 2019 as “Juneteenth month” in the city. The museum also … Continue reading Calaboose Juneteenth Celebration
By Connor ChampagneSenior News Reporter The Texas State University System Board of Regents member and Texas State Student Leanna Mouton helps connect the state’s government with universities. Mouton serves as the front lines between university needs and Governor Greg Abbott. … Continue reading Texas State’s Student Board of Regents Member
By Connor Champagne Senior News Reporter Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar oversees the world’s 10th largest economy and serves as the state’s chief tax collector and treasurer. Hegar’s office is also in charge of monitoring the endangered species within the state. … Continue reading Texas Comptroller Visits Texas State
By Emily Martin and Hunter ButtnerNews Director and Senior News Reporteream229@txstate.edu and h_b138@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS – At The State of the City luncheon last Wednesday, San Marcos Mayor, Jane Hughson, as well as Superintendent of Schools for the CISD, Michael … Continue reading San Marcos Chamber of Commerce Hosts State of the City Luncheon
By Daniel Richter Web Content Contributor A recent petition has caught fire in San Marcos’s neighboring city, Dripping Springs, to rename the city ‘Pound Town.’ The petition is to rename the town after one of the founding families of Dripping … Continue reading The Future of Dripping Springs, TX: Pound Town
By Hunter ButtnerSenior News Reporterh_b138@txstate.edu Springtime in Texas means warm weather, cool nights and of course beautiful wildflowers. This year’s wildflower season has already shown great signs and field researchers believe that it will only get better. Many factors come … Continue reading Wildflowers in Texas are in Full Bloom
By Connor ChampagneSenior News Reporter The Junction Apartments in San Marcos is requesting six months worth of back pay from residents for water and sewage charges. The apartments told residents that they owed the unexpected fees at the end of … Continue reading The Junction Apartments Demand Compensation
By Emily Martin & Will Wadsworth News Director & Assistant News Director In this month’s In the Public Interest segment, KTSW News worked its way through Hays County to find out more about the contentious Permian Highway Pipeline project. Once … Continue reading Deep in the Heart of Texas: Natural Gas Cuts Its Way Through the Hill Country
By Gene Brown Junior News Reporter Texas State House Representative Erin Zwiener spoke a town hall meeting Thursday night in the LBJ student center. Zwiener addressed the legislative bill updates she had been working on. Many of the topics included … Continue reading Erin Zwiener Holds Town Hall
By Hunter Buttner Senior Reporter h_b138@txstate.edu SAN MARCOS– Ruben Becerra, first-time Hays County Judge, has hit the ground running with changes to government spending and looking into the criminal justice system. Becerra was sworn into office in January. Becerra said … Continue reading Becerra Begins Work as County Judge
