by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Dec 1, 2024 | Local History, Spotlight
A younger Brett Stahl using county transit at the HempCity protest in front of the San Marcos jail in 1992. When I met Richard Lee, I felt like a wide-eyed child even though only 4 years separated us. He’d just opened Legal Marijuana: The Hemp Store in Houston with...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Nov 1, 2024 | Arts & Culture
Wade Vetiver, owner of Green Heron, stands before his bookstore and apothecary shop in its new digs in the Lindsey-Rogers historic district near downtown San Marcos. Photo by Ursula Rogers. Small local shops are havens for readers in Hays and Caldwell counties Books,...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Nov 1, 2024 | Criminalization
Bobby Harper, on the left, celebrating Christmas last year with a friend in the Stiles Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. His murder conviction might be top of the list for a new CIU to investigate. Photo courtesy of Ruah Ministries. What percentage of...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Nov 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Examiner’s publisher, Jordan Buckley, attends the hearing over magistration access at the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans alongside our legal team from the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University and the Deason Criminal Justice Reform...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Nov 1, 2024 | Policing
Pastor Wayne Miller, Malachi’s grandfather, stands in the sanctuary of his Lockhart church. Photo by Ursula Rogers. For the past 6 months, I have had the honor of working closely with the family of Malachi Williams, a 22-year-old Black man fatally shot in the back by...
