SAN MARCOS — The Hays County Commissioners Court approved a letter of support at its Jan. 7 meeting for a jail-based competency program. Letters of support from several county staff members were given to the court prior to the meeting, including from Hays County Criminal District Attorney Kelly Higg...

SAN MARCOS — A Hays County Grand Jury determined that the San Marcos Police Department officer who fatally shot 22-year-old Malachi Williams in the H-E-B parking lot, located at 641 East Hopkins St. in San Marcos, was justified in his actions. According to a news release, the Grand Jury received evi...

SAN MARCOS — A Hays County Grand Jury determined that the San Marcos Police Department Officer that fatally shot 22-year-old Malachi Williams in the H-E-B parking lot, located at 641 East Hopkins St. in San Marcos, was justified in his actions. According to a news release, the Grand Jury received ev...

SAN MARCOS  – The Hays County Commissioners Court heard from five departments on requests for the upcoming fiscal year during a budget workshop at its Aug. 6 meeting. Mental Health Court Judge Elaine Brown of County Court at Law #3 Mental Health Court began the workshop by noting that when the court...

SAN MARCOS — The Hays County District Attorney’s Office was notified on July 1 that 483rd District Judge Tanner Neidhardt began livestreaming the trial proceedings of a case. Questions and concerns from the prosecution led Neidhardt to discontinue and remove the livestream from YouTube. Nearly a mon...

SAN MARCOS  — The first group of people has successfully completed the new Hays County Pre-Trial Diversion Program for criminal cases. This program was launched in January 2024 and is designed to allow certain offenders to avoid the stigma and burden of a criminal record for low-level, non-violent o...

Update 6/27/24: The Hays County Sheriff’s Office has released video from the body cam worn by Isaiah Garcia in the Joshua Wright shooting. Note that the released recording is in a redacted form to provide for the privacy of other individuals not directly involved in the incident. In addition, the au...

SAN MARCOS — While prosecutors fight for justice, behind the scenes in Hays County there is another resource for victims, rooting for a vulnerable population in and out of the courtroom. Hays County is in the process of creating its Family Justice Division with a specialized domestic violence victim...

KYLE -- Jaquell Desean Ray, 18, was sentenced on Feb. 20 to 10 years in prison on a charge of murder in connection with the April 11, 2023, fentanyl overdose death of a 15 year old. Ray was sentenced by the judge of the 483rd District Court after entering a plea of guilty to murder in exchange for a...

Note: The following story includes topics that may be uncomfortable for readers. Please read with caution. “Every person, from the moment he pulled that trigger, has bent over backwards to make sure that SAN MARCOS — San Marcos Police Officer Kenneth Copeland woke up on the morning of Dec. 4, 2017, ...