Let the road rage commence. Drivers are likely to face traffic delays this weekend as the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) closes all southbound main lanes of I-35 in Northeast San Antonio. The closure of the busy stretch of interstate from Randolph Boulevard to Fratt Road will begin at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, and […]
HOUSTON — With early voting less than two months away, President Donald Trump appeared in Houston on Thursday to inject momentum and some much-needed cashin the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Ken Paxton, his close allywho is in a tight race with Democrat James Talarico. Trump’s first appearance for Paxton’s campaign comes in a week […]
The Night Heron, the rooftop dining and bar concept that downtown Tex-Mex institution Casa Rio teased nearly a year ago, is finally moving ahead. State records show the operators of Casa Rio, the River Walk’s oldest restaurant, will start work on the 4,000-square-foot addition on Sept. 21 with expected completion date in October 2027. The […]
The award-winning San Antonio Zoo is offering free admission to frontline workers throughout September. Between Sept. 1 and Sept. 30, frontline workers including doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters and EMTs can get free access to the San Antonio Zoo. All folks have to do is present a valid ID or badge at the zoo entrance. […]
Federal authorities raided general contractor Cadence McShane Construction Co. LLC’s San Antonio and Austin offices along with its Plano headquarters this Wednesday, the American City Business Journals newspaper chain reports. Cadence McShane has worked on a variety of high-profile San Antonio-area construction projects including The ’68 Apartments at Hemisfair and the Villas at The Rim, according […]
LUBBOCK — Cheyenne Buerger can look outside the window of his Stamford home and see a cherished commodity in Texas: thousands of acres of farmland. His family farmed the land for more than a century, and Buerger is the fourth generation to watch over the 6,000 acres of cotton, wheat and milo. Combined with a […]
Jorge Borrego, a Republican running to represent Texas’ hotly contested 118th House District, faced possible eviction from his rented San Antonio residence earlier this month over unpaid rent, court records show. On July 30, Invitation Homes 7LP filed an eviction complaint against Borrego at his home in a far West Side neighborhood. The issue was […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa has released a new attack ad accusing her opponent, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, of robbing Texans of their freedom by opening the door to mass surveillance through a major contract with Flock Safety. “Greg Abbott wants you to believe Texas is the ‘freedom capital of America,’” Hinojosa said via email. […]
The outcome of Texas’ gubernatorial race will determine the future of testing, school district takeovers and who oversees public education for nearly 5.5 million children. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, his Democratic opponent, diverge in their perspectives on how state leaders should oversee public schools. Those differences show up in their […]
Punk’s riot grrrl movement is often framed as a bicoastal phenomenon, defined by early-’90s breakthroughs such as the Pacific Northwest’s Bikini Kill or New York’s Lunachicks. Far from those epicenters, San Antonio has cultivated its own insurgent lineage, a brown-girl-loud strain of feminist punk rock called Fea. And the band is hardly representative of a […]