The San Antonio Police Department fired an officer for his failure to pat down a 19-year-old suspect who shot and killed himself last year at the Bexar County Jail, KSAT reports. Officer Abdiel Munoz lost his job July 29 following an internal affairs probe, according to the TV station. Investigators found that Munoz neglected his […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s latest lawsuit against an immigrants’ rights organization claims the Houston group violated federal rules that govern nonprofits’ political involvement by criticizing former President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Greg […]
Austin police suspect a serial killer is on the loose in that city. And no, it’s not the purported “Rainey Street Ripper” that’s been the source of much online speculation. Instead, this suspect may have sexually assaulted and killed two Central Texas women over the past five years, according to the Austin Police Department.
The 13th Floor Haunted House San Antonio has petrifying plans for the upcoming Halloween season, including two new themed areas to explore. The downtown attraction’s latest season kicks off Friday, Sept. 13, and it will be open select nights until Nov. 9. Voted one of the nation’s five most terrifying haunted houses by USA Today, […]
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is once again being dragged through the mockery mill on social media platform X. This time for retweeting an account whose username is, um, get this … “Ted Cruz Sucks Balls.” The apparent blunder happened Thursday when Cruz retweeted an admittedly bizarre video of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and […]
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For the 2024-2025 season, the San Antonio Spurs will play the team’s highest number of nationally televised games in at least three years. The Silver and Black are scheduled for 21 games that will receive U.S.-wide broadcast, per the team’s regular season schedule released Thursday. That’s up from 2022, when the team only played in four nationally televised […]
San Antonio b-boys and b-girls don’t need to have the, uh, mad skills demonstrated by Australian Olympic competitor Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, to show what they can do on the floor this weekend. Smoke Skybar is hosting a breakdancing competition this Saturday, and everyone’s invited, according to details posted on its Facebook page. As a […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton returned to court on Thursday to press his case against the Biden administration’s workforce protections for transgender employees.
Burger Boy’s highly anticipated location near the University of San Antonio’s main campus will officially open at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, according to an Instagram post from the homegrown fast-food chain. The first 10 dine-in and drive-thru customers at the 5622 UTSA Blvd. location will receive $50 Burger Boy gift cards, according to the […]