Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency on Thursday released its internal review of Border Patrol agents’ response to the May 2022 Uvalde school shooting in which an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students […]
Donald Trump and his surrogates have come up with all sorts of colorful ways to excuse his trouncing by Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s debate. But, so far, they all pale compared to the one cooked up by Texas evangelist Lance Wallnau. His explanation for why Harris spanked Trump so badly?
Blayne’s, the live music venue above St. Paul Square anchor Francis Bogside, will make its debut Thursday night rebranded as Frankie’s Roundup, a country and western nightspot. Frankie’s will feature a full bar, country music and barbecue served from the Francis Bogside kitchen. The revamped club is the first of several changes planned for the […]
City Council voted 9-2 Tuesday to move ahead with a $160 million minor-league baseball stadium development — even though it will mean the demolition of the Soap Factory Apartments, one of downtown’s few affordable rental options. Concern over the demolition delayed plans to decide on the project last Thursday. Council pushed back its vote after […]
A new dining event will bring elevated food and drink to an intimate setting overlooking the San Antonio River. The inaugural Top Shelf will take place Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Briscoe Western Art Museum’s Jack Guenther Pavilion. The Current-sponsored dining experience will offer an evening of first-class food and drink from area chefs and […]
After a body was found floating in a San Antonio sewage tank Saturday, online speculation has tried to link the discovery to a separate corpse found in Corpus Christi — and blame both deaths on a serial killer. Law enforcement officials in San Antonio and Corpus Christi have said there’s no evidence of foul play […]
Charity art event CowParade has extended its San Antonio application deadline to Sep. 16 in a bid to attract additional artists, event organizers said. The first San Antonio Cow Parade in more 20 years will begin exhibition next spring, displaying 75 life-size fiberglass cows around the city — each painted by local creators. Later, an […]
A free-speech watchdog group is accusing San Antonio’s Animal Care Services Department of violating the First Amendment by deleting Facebook comments critical of the department’s euthanasia practices. In a Tuesday letter, the nonpartisan Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) alleges ACS deleted 400 comments on its Facebook page this May. About 80% of those deleted comments […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’s highest criminal court on Wednesday declined to stop the execution next month of Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his 2-year-old daughter, but who has consistently challenged […]
Sign up for the We the Texans newsletter to receive twice-monthly updates on our year-long initiative dedicated to boosting civic engagement and chronicling how democracy is experienced in Texas. WASHINGTON — Two years ago, Joey Reed excoriated U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz for not doing more to help free his son Trevor, who was being held […]