A new music fest is making its debut Gonzales, about an hour east of San Antonio, and with just three weeks until it kicks off, the Cattle Country Music Festival has released an updated lineup and ticket discounts. The gathering will take place the weekend of April 12-14 on a 400-acre ranch and feature a […]
This week’s most-read Current stories centered on hot-button topics. The top news story of the week covered the influx of web searches for VPNs in the wake of Pornhub blocking access to Texas after a court upheld a new state law requiring that all adult-oriented websites require age verification. New analysis revealed that San Antonio […]
The Texas town of Kyle is once again trying to break the world record for the largest gathering of people with the same name. The city, located just south of Austin, has invited Kyles from across the globe to attend its free Kyle Fair A Tex-Traveganza the weekend of May 17-19. The counting of the […]
There’s a hint of more than history at Camp Hot Wells, the glamping-style outdoor spa and almost literal watering hole that sits aside the ruins of San Antonio’s historic Hot Wells Resort. The hot sulphur well that once supplied the “gents” and “ladies” swimming pools at the late 19th-century hostelry was capped during the stabilization […]
Attorneys representing San Antonio asked the judge overseeing a lawsuit challenging the city’s recently created Reproductive Justice Fund to throw out the case, arguing there’s not yet been a decision on what services the money would cover, KSAT reports. The argument came during the first day of court hearings on the suit, which anti-abortion activists, […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned the illegal voting conviction of Crystal Mason, who was given a five-year prison sentence for casting a provisional ballot in the 2016 election while on supervised […]
Republican Party officials in Texas have declared war on the 86-year-old chairman of beloved San Antonio-based grocery chain H-E-B, accusing him of crimes against conservatism, including the heinous act of accepting food stamps. GOP officials in Brazoria, Harris, Trinity and Tyler counties passed resolutions last Saturday denouncing H-E-B and Butt for “advocating for policies contrary […]
We may be nearing April Fool’s Day, but convenience store chain 7-Eleven seems to be dead serious about its latest beverage release: Big Bite Hot Dog Sparkling Water. Yeah, we said it. And, yeah, we also gagged a little.
The cost of dining out has doubled over the past decade, according to federal statistics, but San Antonio appears to be bucking the trend. A new study ranked San Antonio as the eighth-most budget friendly city when it comes to dining out. Financial technology company SumUp looked into ticket prices at both inexpensive and higher-end […]
San Antonio and Texas have a drinking-and-driving problem. Over the past two years, the number of alcohol-related road accidents in Texas is down slightly, but the number of fatalities attributed to intoxication while operating a vehicle has gone up, according to recent Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) statistics.