by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Dec 1, 2024 | Policing
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Nov. 15 affirmed a federal district court decision requiring that bail hearings in Caldwell County be open to the press and public. The Examiner filed the lawsuit in August 2023 alongside co-plaintiffs The Texas...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Dec 1, 2024 | Policing
Lamar Hankins, retired city attorney, in his San Marcos home. Photo by Ursula Rogers. Imagine that you are out watering your out-of-town neighbor’s flowers and a policeman shows up. He asks what you are doing and who you are. You respond with your name (Pastor...
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...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Oct 1, 2024 | Policing
The incident that put San Marcos Police Department officers in the spotlight in 2020 – and in the defendant’s chair in 2021 – made headlines again during a civil suit against participants in an attack on a Biden/Harris campaign bus. Proceedings in Cervini v Cisneros...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Oct 1, 2024 | Policing
The Hays Coalition for a Better Bond formed in September to inform and educate voters about a sudden decision the county commissioners made on Aug. 13 to put a road bond on the November ballot for $440 million. Speakers from the San Marcos River Foundation, Greater...
by Caldwell / Hays Examiner | Oct 1, 2024 | Policing
Hays County Democratic Party Chair John Hatch has filed a complaint with the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct against Robert Elwood Updegrove, candidate for Hays County Court-at-Law #3. The complaint alleges that “Wood” Updegrove is purposefully confusing...
