In the closing arguments of the impeachment trial of Attorney General Ken Paxton, Rep. Jeff Leach, a former Paxton ally who was now making the case against him, told his Senate colleagues that their next vote would be “the hardest vote, the most difficult vote, the heaviest vote” that they would ever cast. After 13 […]
With Halloween a little over a month away, a Northwest San Antonio car wash is getting into the spirit by transforming itself into a drive-through haunted house. Super Sudz Car Wash, located at 6780 Bandera Road, will trade scrubbers for spooks on weekends beginning Oct. 6, according to its website.
The San Antonio Philharmonic last Friday performed a free, standing-room-only Diez y Seis concert at the Lanier High School Auditorium. The first-of-its-kind performance at the public school followed a move by the orchestra — created last year from the ashes of the San Antonio Symphony — into a new home office at the West Side’s Avenida Guadalupe, […]
San Antonio craft brewers Alamo Beer Co. and VIVA Beer have struck a merger deal amid a wave of consolidation sweeping the industry, the Business Journal reports. “In the last few months, it became apparent it would be better to merge,” Alamo Beer CEO and founder Eugene Simor told the publication. “VIVA is now part […]
Texas’ entire Democratic congressional delegation has asked the White House to pause the state’s ongoing removal of people from the Medicaid rolls, saying a botched process has dropped children, seniors and others who should still have access to the federal program. The 13 lawmakers — including San Antonio U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro, Greg Casar and […]
Four San Antonio-area state parks will offer prime viewing of Oct. 14’s historic solar eclipse, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials. The Alamo City sits in the path of totality for two solar eclipses, one next month and another next spring.
From Big Bend in the west to bayous in the east, Texas is a place of diverse landscapes. In addition to its varied scenery, the state also boasts one of the nation’s most diverse populations, according to a new study. Indeed, the Lone Star State is the second-ranked state for diversity, falling only behind California, […]
Local enthusiasts of mysterious and morbid Gothic literature will have the chance to spread their wings at The Raven’s Ball this Saturday, Sept. 23, in remembrance of the “Master of Macabre,” writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe. Two weeks ahead of the 174th anniversary of the author’s puzzling death, guests can share in a night […]
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The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) earlier this month put all 104 of its prisons under lockdown, a move that occurred as families of the incarcerated argue that this summer’s extreme heat is killing state inmates. Experts warn that the crackdown, which began Sept. 6, will only exacerbate already inhumane conditions inside Texas prisons.