New Braunfels’ former city hall is about to get a major facelift, regulatory filings show. Wiggins Hospitality Group — the same entity that developed McAdoo’s Seafood Co. in a former New Braunfels post office more than a decade ago — will transform the one-time city building into an upscale restaurant and office space, according to a Texas […]
Officials with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office declared East Central High School “secure” after a Monday morning call about an active shooter prompted a law-enforcement response. In a Facebook post, BCSO said the office received a call “stating there was a shooter at East Central High School,” located in Southeast Bexar County. Deputies have since searched […]
It had been two years since filmmaker, cinematographer and San Antonio native Steve Acevedo (Love and Baseball) started shooting the documentary Parrot Heads about the loyal fan base of singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett when he got a call to pack his bags for Key West. The film’s director and co-writer, Bryce Wagoner, had landed an interview […]
An off-duty San Antonio police officer was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of drunken driving after his truck was found stuck on a North Side traffic median, KSAT reports. Authorities charged officer Eric Duffin with misdemeanor DWI, and the San Antonio Police department has temporarily suspended him without pay, according to the TV station. Duffin, […]
As the state’s public colleges work to dismantle their diversity, equity and inclusion offices in accordance with a new law, three university chancellors on Friday discussed at The Texas Tribune Festival how the law’s impact has interfered with hiring efforts. Senate Bill 17, which goes into effect at the beginning of next year, bans DEI […]
After an almost three-decade absence, meerkats have returned to the San Antonio Zoo with the birth of four adorable pups. The birth of the meerkats, also known as Suricata suricatta, coincides with the reopening of a special habitat for the animals inside Kronkosky’s Tiny Tot Nature Spot, zoo officials said.
It has been almost a week since the Texas Senate voted to acquit Attorney General Ken Paxton in his impeachment trial — and the recriminations are still flying among Republicans. Critics of the verdict, including House Speaker Dade Phelan, are continuing to accuse Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of rigging the trial, while Patrick is fiercely […]
Local officials are urging residents to prepare for downtown traffic and parking woes as P!nk and Guns N’ Roses play the Alamodome on consecutive nights early next week. P!nk’s Monday performance and GNR’s show on Tuesday are expected to draw around 35,000 people each.
The Roadrunners aren’t just performing well on the football field. The University of Texas at San Antonio jumped 92 spots in this year’s U.S. News and World Report college rankings. The magazine named UTSA the No. 280 college in the nation and also the country’s 151st-best public university.
I still remember stumbling in late to a press screening of Stop Making Sense, arriving right when David Byrne was stumbling around the stage his damn self. It was 1999, and the beloved Talking Heads concert film, directed by Oscar winner Jonathan Demme, was getting a 15th-anniversary re-release.