Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The three incumbents running for their seats on Texas’ highest criminal courtwere not well known political figures outside of the legal community.
Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation, one of the state’s three approved medical cannabis suppliers, has opened its first permanent prescription pickup location in San Antonio, officials said Friday. Located near Alamo Heights, the new storefront at 1464 Austin Highway, Suite 104, will operate 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
On Sunday, Feb. 4, 13 Republican governors flocked to Eagle Pass to stand in support of Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security showdown with the feds. It appears one of them may have hitched a ride on a private jet owned by an Austin contractor that has cashed in on the taxpayer windfall generated by Operation […]
The episode of YouTube series America’s Best Restaurants featuring Sofia’s Pizzeria is now online, giving viewers an inside look at San Antonio mini-chain’s food and success story. America’s Best Restaurants teased the episode all the way back in September, when its crew visited the Sofia’s location at 903 E. Bitters Road, Suite 301, for inclusion in the […]
Luxury accommodations company Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has unveiled the name of the 347-room property it’s building in central San Antonio: Kimpton Santo. Kimpton Santo, 423 S. Alamo, is situated between downtown and Southtown. The brand broke ground on the hotel Oct. 12. It will include both new construction and the reuse of an 1850s-era school […]
HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton remains on track to be tried for felony fraud this spring after the presiding judge shot down his attempts to have the charges thrown out. During a Friday court hearing in Houston, Harris County District Court Judge Andrea Beall rejected Paxton’s arguments that his right to a speedy […]
San Antonio’s historic Cool Crest Miniature Golf plans to open an onsite diner, providing eats to those playing through the course or drinking at its Metzger Biergarten. The 94-year-old business shared the news in a Thursday social media post, thanking the food truck operators who served food to patrons there in recent years. The new […]
In his latest bout of border grandstanding, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state is building a new base to house Texas National Guard troops stationed in Eagle Pass as part of Operation Lone Star, his pricy three-year-old crackdown on border crossings. The new facility, dubbed the “Forward Operating Base,” will house 1,800 to 2,300 […]
The franchise company that operates San Antonio’s Orange Leaf yogurt shops has more local outlets in the works and also plans to debut Smoothie Factory + Kitchen restaurants here, officials said Thursday. Dallas-based BRIX Holdings’ Alamo City growth comes as it inks 11 new franchise agreements, broadening its footprint in Texas and expanding into Nebraska, New York, Ohio […]
Authorities on Friday afternoon ended their search of a Northwest San Antonio greenbelt for evidence related to missing child Lina Khil, according to a police statement. “After two days of following up on a potential lead received, SAPD and our partners have exhausted all resources and have determined that the tip was not credible,” San […]