During medieval times, armor conveyed status and sophistication while also protecting the wearer. Both members of the aristocracy and battlefield warriors wore it to project a knightly image.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. West Texas oil billionaires Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks entered the 2024 primary election cycle wounded.
San Antonio’s nationally lauded Second Pitch Beer Co. will close permanently this Saturday, its owners citing months of lost revenue and other financial pressures as the reason. “In July of last year, the bottom just fell out for bars and restaurants. People stopped going out and spending money, and we just haven’t been able to […]
San Antonio City Council members have so far shared widely divergent views of a recent analysis that recommended sending their salaries into the six-figure range. Several said the raise shouldn’t be that high while at least one said the pay could go higher and another said such a hefty salary would be “insensitive” to low-income […]
Editor’s Note: Bad Takes is a column of opinion and analysis. Late last year, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain led his 400,000-strong union to a historic contract victory after an unprecedented simultaneous strike on the Big Three automakers.
This week’s most-read Current food news was all about new bars and restaurants coming to San Antonio. Homegrown dining concepts Fully Belly Cafe + Bar and Wayne’s Wings are opening new locations, while new bars Hoops and Halftime Sports Tavern made their debut with local drinkers. Rounding things out, Korean fried-chicken chain Pelicana is coming […]
Music and politics dominated the Current’s most-read stories this week. Super Tuesday voting whisked incumbent State Rep. Steve Allison out of his slot on the Republican ticket, while a relatively unknown and virulently anti-Trump protest candidate did well in the Rio Grande Valley. Meanwhile, a new music fest headed to Market Square and the release […]
After 15 months on the market, the Alamo Heights mansion of disgraced San Antonio attorney Chris Pettit finally has a bidder, according to the Express-News. The CEO of San Antonio-based door manufacturer Steves & Sons Inc., Edward Galt Steves, placed a $2.3 million bid to buy the 6,500-square-foot property dubbed the “Wedding Cake House,” the […]
A tragic humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, the climate crisis is worsening, the federal government is on the precipice of a shutdown, yet U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has time to be aggrieved about this? In his latest throe of mock outrage, Texas’ junior senator is demanding that MSNBC commentators Jen Psaki and Rachel Maddow apologize for […]
Months after a U.S. Justice Department report found “cascading failures” in law enforcement’s response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, an internal report commissioned by Uvalde City Council cleared the city’s police officers of wrongdoing. Released Thursday, the analysis drew outrage from parents of the 19 children killed in the massacre, according to […]