UT-San Antonio baseball coach Pat Hallmark issued an apology Wednesday for verbally accosting and physically shoving Texas State University coach Steven Trout after the Roadrunners’ 19-4 trouncing of the Bobcats the day before. In videos circulating online, Hallmark is seen shoving Trout after the teams shook hands following the game. Another clip shared online shows […]
An Alamo Heights family detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will head home after a federal judge ordered their release from the South Texas Family Residential Center. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia on Wednesday ordered the federal government to release Maria Betania Uzcategui Castillo, her 11-year-old stepson Victor Labrador and her 8-year-old stepdaughter Victoria […]
From the jump, the battle for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination has featured a massive cash imbalance, with incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and his allies in Senate GOP leadership unleashing millions in ads to pull him to a first-place finish in the March primary over Attorney General Ken Paxton. That financial disparity has persisted […]
Parts of Texas immigration law are likely unconstitutional, federal judge signals During a hearing to block parts of a Texas law that would let state police arrest people suspected of having crossed the border illegally, a federal judge asserted he believed parts of it were unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra said Wednesday the […]
A rural Texas county on Tuesday approved a one-year pause on the construction of new data centers in unincorporated areas, citing public safety and public health concerns. The 3-2 vote by county commissioners in Hill County, roughly 55 miles south of Fort Worth, appears to be the first by a Texas county to issue a […]
Spurs Sports & Entertainment forged ahead this week with plans for a new $1.3 billion downtown arena by hiring a slew of local and national contractors for the project, officials with the NBA franchise said in a Wednesday. SS&E’s hiring spree comes as the City of San Antonio has so far spent some $10 million […]
The University of the Incarnate Word’s Extended Run Players (ERP) this Thursday and Friday will present Spoon River Anthology, excerpts from Edgar Lee Masters’ series of free-verse poems published in 1915. Spoon Riveris a fictional Midwestern town. However, each poem in the book represents a thinly veiled autobiography of people from Masters’ real hometown of […]
A bill introduced by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, would rename U.S. Highway 287, which runs through the Lone Star State, after President Donald Trump. The proposed legislation would rename the highway to Interstate 47 in honor of the 47th President. The interstate stretches from Port Aransas through Fort Worth and continues on through Oklahoma, […]
Five city council members have called for an audit of the San Antonio Police Department’s overtime spending, according to a memo obtained by the Current. District 4 Councilman Edward Mungia spearheaded the effort with council members Teri Castillo (D5), Sukh Kaur (D1), Jalen McKee-Rodriguez (D2) and Ric Galvan (D6) also signing on. “We believe an […]
Texas Democrats are drawing big guns this election cycle. Former President Barack Obama appeared Tuesday alongside U.S. Senate candidate state Rep. James Talarico and gubernatorial hopeful state Rep. Gina Hinojosa as they campaigned at an Austin taco shop, videos circulating online show. “Do you know our next governor and senator?” Obama asked patrons at the […]