A 37-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing a San Marcos police officer in December 2017.

Texas Democrats say San Marcos police should've done more to assist people on a Biden campaign bus after a caravan of Trump supporters followed it on Interstate 35, leading the Biden camp to cancel multiple campaign events Friday. But San Marcos police never made it to the scene. The campaign had decided to cancel the San Marcos event and drive straight through to Austin because of the caravan behind the bus. The Biden campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment. When asked whether San Marcos police should have alerted the Hays County sheriff’s office of the event, Lt. Dennis Gutierrez said no.

SAN MARCOS, TX The City of San Marcos is asking residents for input about who should be the citys next chief of police. City leadership published an anonymous survey to gauge city residents priorities in a candidate for the vacant position. San Marcos shuffled in a reorganization effort following the retirement of assistant city manager Collette Jamison. Stapp said the survey offers residents an opportunity to voice concerns and contribute to the departments vision going forward. The city of San Marcos said in a press release that it expects to hire a new chief by the years end and has worked with recruitment agency Ralph Andersen & Associates to help with the search.