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Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. When Kimberly Manzano’s doctor first noticed some irregularities with her pregnancy, she turned to God, praying constantly for good news.
Despite outcry from parents and others, the San Antonio Independent School District’s trustees on Monday approved the closure of 15 schools and merge three pairs of campuses. The board sealed the decision with a 5-2 vote during a contentious meeting that wrapped up around 11 p.m. Board member Sarah Sorensen introduced separate amendments to remove six […]
Lights, camera, inclusion. A pair of Hollywood producers has reached a deal to make movie about Morgan’s Wonderland and its founding Hartman family, according to details released Tuesday by the all-inclusive San Antonio theme park. Sean Robins, a producer with production company SR-48 whose credits include Playing with Fire, All My Life and Tag, will […]
In the three-part docuseries A Town Called Victoria, filmmaker and former Houston-area resident Li Lu follows the members of a Muslim community in Victoria, Texas, in 2017 when their local mosque is destroyed by a fire. When officials discover that the fire was deliberately set and that Islamophobia was the reason their place of worship […]
A man is in the hospital after falling from the roof of a restaurant along the San Antonio River Walk while intoxicated over the weekend, according to the Express-News. Police were called to the 500 block of the River Walk at around 8 p.m. on Saturday after a diner reported that a man fell from […]
Sign up for The Brief, the Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A sweeping ban on COVID-19 vaccine requirements for all private businesses, including hospitals, is the latest blow to medically vulnerable Texans who rely on others’ immunization to shield themselves from highly transmissible viruses. […]
The San Antonio teenager shot multiple times by an on-duty police officer last year in a McDonald’s parking lot was arrested on a felony warrant over the weekend, according to KSAT. Erik Cantu Jr. was 17 years old when he was shot in the stomach, diaphragm, lungs, liver, bicep and forearm by then-SAPD officer James […]
Standup comedian Tom Segura will perform at San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center on March 8 as part his Come Together world tour. Segura, known for his witty storytelling and comedic narratives, will kick off the trek in Honolulu on Dec. 30. He’ll also stop in Corpus Christi Jan. 18, Dallas March 9 and Belton March 10.
Parents with students enrolled in the San Antonio Independent School District will learn the fate of their kids’ campuses during a highly anticipated Monday night board meeting. On Friday, SAISD officials revealed that four elementary schools — Collins, Garden, Pershing and Ogden — had been removed from a list of potential closures, bringing the total […]