The city received an Achieving Community Together (ACT) award for excellence, Municipal Court week was proclaimed and Hays Caldwell Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse was recognized for their efforts during Red Ribbon Week.

San Marcos Police Chief Howard Williams has suspended the officer who brought national attention to the city in August 2008 after telling a couple rushing their dying poodle to a veternarian that their pet was “just a dog” during a traffic stop. Williams suspended Officer Paul Stephens last month, citing a pattern of dishonest behavior after an incident at Dillinger’s on the courthouse square.

San Marcos police arrested two San Antonio men after an overnight home invasion in which one person was shot and wounded.

San Marcos police arrested two men Wednesday evening and charged them with murder in connection with the city’s first homicide since January 2008.

San Marcos police are investigating the shooting death of a 30-year-old San Marcos man early Wednesday morning. It’s the first homicide in San Marcos since January 2008.

San Marcos police have charged three individuals involved in three recent robberies and are seeking an additional suspect from one of the robberies.

The San Marcos Police Department (SMPD) has released a composite sketch of the suspect wanted in an aggravated sexual assault the morning of July 9 on Burleson Street.

A woman awakened to a stranger sexually assaulting her in her bed at approximately 12:45 a.m. Thursday on Burleson Street in San Marcos. Police are asking for help to find the suspect.

San Marcos police have arrested a man who fired his shotgun into the ceiling as he robbed a Little Caesar’s on SH 80 Friday night.

Two San Marcos men have been arrested and charged in a shooting early Sunday morning at Gold Crown Billiards Bar just off the downtown square.