The Center for Conservation & Research at San Antonio Zoo (CCR) achieved yet another groundbreaking accomplishment, birthing 47 Oklahoma cave crayfish, according to zoo officials. The births marks the first-ever successful birth of the rare crawfish in captivity, a Monday news release states. The team bore witness to the deposition of eggs by a female […]
Apparently, Adam Sandler is big news in San Antonio. After all, a story announcing the actor and comedian will bring his latest stand-up tour to the AT&T Center was the Current’s most-read story in what amounts to an unusually busy news week. How big a deal is Sandler?
The Texas Kosher BBQ Championship, billed as the country’s largest such cooking contest, will return for its ninth season, dedicated to San Antonio barbecue aficionado and journalist Chuck Blount. The Sunday, Nov. 12 event will bring nearly two dozen teams of Jewish pitmasters to the Shavano Park area to cook up kosher takes on brisket, […]
San Antonio has the third-highest poverty rate of any large U.S. city, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. According to the latest data from the annual American Community Survey, 18.7% of San Antonio’s 1.4 million residents lived in poverty last year — up nearly 2% from 2021. The picture is worse […]
The impeachment case against suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton has gone to the jury. Texas Senators began deliberating 16 articles of impeachment around noon Friday. Paxton is accused of misusing the powers of the attorney general’s office to help his friend and donor Nate Paul, an Austin real estate investor who was under federal investigation.
This week’s most-read Current food news touched on local eateries that are worth TV hype and alleged bad behavior from one of San Antonio’s most prolific bar owners. Let’s jump in. Our top story alerted local foodies to an upcoming episode of Worth The Hype featuring four San Antonio-based restaurants, followed closely by news that the U.S. […]
San Antonians who exalt in weekend sportsballing during the cooler months can now troll their friends and family with Fireball Cinnamon Whisky’s new Footbawl Cards — “sympathy cards” with spicy messages and a 50mL shooter of Fireball tucked inside. You read that right: a way to talk trash and send your friends alcoholic trash, all […]
Dog moms and dads who pretend their fur baby is a service dog can now get slapped with a hefty fine of up to $1,000 if they get caught. HB 4164 — a new law that made bogus representation of dogs as service animals a misdemeanor and raised the potential fine amount to $1,000 — […]
The San Antonio Zoo is once again welcoming the spooky season with its annual Zoo Boo! event.
New data released by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission shows that the state has fallen behind processing Medicaid health insurance applications — likely leaving tens of thousands of Texans without coverage through no fault of their own. The data show that Texas currently has a backlog of more than 54,000 Medicaid applications that were submitted in […]