WASHINGTON — Over 100,000 active duty service members in Texas could go without a paycheck. Even more civilians working for federal agencies in the state could be furloughed or have to work without pay.
The XFL and USFL leagues are in advanced merger talks, Axios reports — a transaction that could keep semi-pro springtime football, including the San Antonio Brahmas, alive in the short term. Even so, such a marriage may do little but prolong the inevitable demise of both leagues, one local expert said. “My point of view is […]
For a limited time only, Big Red and barbacoa fiends can get their fix at participating Taco Cabana locations in San Antonio and Austin. In a special value offer, diners can purchase two barbacoa tacos for $6.99 and receive a 12 oz. can of sweet, red Texas nectar — aka an ice-cold Big Red — […]
Last week, three San Antonio breweries took home honors at the annual Great American Beer Festival, one of the nation’s most prestigious beer competitions. Second Pitch Beer Co. and Longtab Brewing nabbed gold medals in the American Amber Lager and American-Belgo-Style Ale categories, respectively.
A 12-year-old San Antonio girl has won Lego’s Chief Dream Creators competition, an international contest that drew entries from around the globe. The Denmark-based toy brand called on kids from ages 6 to 12 to design dreamlike creatures with its interlocking bricks.
A New Braunfels High School student was arrested on allegations that he tried to steal a pistol from a school resource officer, the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung reports. The 17-year-old also faces a charge that he tried to stab another student with a pencil, according to the news outlet. At around 1:30 p.m.
Bulverde-based singer-songwriter Jerry David DeCicca will perform a release show at San Antonio’s Crazy Rhythms Records on Wednesday night for his latest album, New Shadows. The show is the kickoff for a multi-city “record store tour” that includes stops in Lockhart, Dallas, Austin and Houston. DeCicca has released music for more than 20 years under […]
Authorities have arrested a Catholic priest who served in at least eight San Antonio-area churches on allegations that he sexually abused a woman in her 70s, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a Tuesday briefing. Rev. George Mbugua Ndungu, also known as Father Wanjiru, now faces charges of aggravated sexual assault, a first-degree felony, […]
Name: James Mireles Title: Owner and operator of Pulp Coffee Roasters in partnership with his wife Liza
A federal judge on Tuesday declared Texas’ new law banning some types of drag performances unconstitutional and forbade state officials from enforcing it, the Texas Tribune reports. U.S. District Judge David Hittner ruled that Senate Bill 12, which barred performers from suggestive dancing and wearing prosthetic enhancements in front of minors, hinders Texans’ First Amendment […]