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The match kicked off with a question from the moderator that had the audience on the edge of its seats.
“If a periodic wave on a string has its frequency doubled, the power carried in the wave is multiplied by what factor?”
For many, this might have led to a fumble. But for 17-year-old Jacob from Stargate Charter School, it was a perfect pass. Without missing a beat, the team captain buzzed in with confidence:
"Four."
Jose “Joel” Velez solemnly marched to the front of the Student Center ballroom, surrounded by tearful onlookers.
A young woman handed him a white rose, and he bowed his head in thanks. The rose was to honor his daughter, Iliana Velez, whose photo he proudly displayed on his shirt.
Each year, the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) welcomes hundreds of interns from across the country to contribute to its mission of expanding renewable energy. While internships are offered year-round, summer remains the peak season, with more than 500 total interns at the laboratory in summer 2024 alone.
A North American river otter was spotted at Spring Lake in San Marcos, signaling hope for community river advocates working to ensure the water’s quality and sustainability.
Tequila Rose is no stranger to the spotlight. With her iconic ’60s-inspired hair, vibrant dresses, heels and stage presence, the Texas State alum has been stealing the show since the birth of her alter ego in 2016.
The City Council will discuss increasing water/wastewater and electricity rates by 5% each this Tuesday during a regularly scheduled meeting.
If passed, the new rates will be implemented starting Oct. 1. The meeting will include a public hearing, during which citizens may speak or have a written statement read out loud. The proposed increases on the city level come at the same time that energy costs are skyrocketing for the Texas Grid as a whole.
Investigators continue to seek public help as the search for the individual responsible for causing the Iconic Village Apartments fire remains ongoing.
The fire broke loose in the early morning hours of July 20, 2018, killing five residents — Haley Frizzell, 19, Dru Estes, 20, David Angel Ortiz, 21, Belinda Moats, 21, and James Phillip Miranda, 23. Nearly 200 residents were also displaced.
Members of the San Marcos Indigenous community gathered alongside environmental activists outside City Hall to protest the development of a new film studio on a recharge zone in the La Cima Development, Tuesday, June 28.
Organized by the newly developed Protect The River advocacy group, the protest was in response to City Council’s announcement on June 7 that it would be providing thousands of dollars in tax breaks for a new film studio to develop on top of a vital area for the health of the San Marcos River.
Braving the Texas heat alongside more than a dozen national organizations fighting for the rights of immigrants, San Marcos social justice group Mano Amiga gathered outside Fort Bliss in El Paso to protest the government’s detention of children in unsafe and inhumane conditions.
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The Hays County Sheriff’s Office arrested Red Room Social Lounge employee Milton Heyliger for manslaughter on Wednesday.
The arrest follows an investigation by San Marcos Police Department (SMPD) into the death of 24-year-old Emmett Worsham after he was denied entry to the club on Dec. 12.
Riley Belcher sat among somber faces and silence in the center of the Texas Capitol.
She, along with other demonstrators, surrounded the inside and outside steps of the building with decorated posters, protesting the passing of Texas Senate Bill 8, one of the nation’s strictest anti-abortion laws. The bill was approved by Gov. Greg Abbott in May and went into effect on Sept. 1.
After thousands of community members were left without water or power earlier this year due to Winter Storm Uri, the Hays County Office of Emergency Services (OES) is urging residents to prepare for any potential weather events this winter season.
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