Family members of a 46-year-old San Antonio woman shot and killed by a trio of police officers on Friday said they plan to sue the city, the Express-News reports. Alexis Tovar, 24, the sister of shooting victim Melissa Perez, said she retained the Packard Law Firm to represent her in the civil suit, which is […]
Over the weekend, social media users mocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his response to a satirical article about country music icon Garth Brooks being booed offstage during a Lone Star State performance. “Go woke.
San Antonio’s Busted Sandal Brewing Co. will open its newest outpost in the Hill Country town of Kerrville, this Saturday, July 1, according to company officials. The business took to Facebook over the weekend to announce grand opening details for its new taproom at 711 Water St. Dubbed Busted Sandal Favorite Saloon, the new spot […]
With a $150,000 contribution, San Antonio-based grocery chain H-E-B was among the top donors to the $4.7 million inauguration party that kicked off the third terms for Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the Texas Tribune reports. In total, 136 businesses and donors ponied up for the event, which raised slightly less than record-setting […]
Mercedes Bristol spent a recent Friday morning in her suburban San Antonio home sending emails, combing hair, answering calls and doing laundry for her grandson. She was tending both to her work as head of the nonprofit Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and getting her youngest grandson Paul Chavez ready for a mariachi concert in the […]
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has promised maximum transparency in the impeachment trial for suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton, but trial rules recently adopted by the Texas Senate came after an opaque process — and provide for plenty of secrecy going forward. Any pretrial motions, including requests from Paxton’s legal team to toss out articles of impeachment, […]
Writer-director Celine Song’s melancholic romantic drama Past Lives opens with a heck of a shot. The camera slowly zooms in on an Asian woman and two men — one Asian, one white — chatting at a bar.
A coalition of groups representing teachers, parents, students and neighborhoods this week demanded that San Antonio ISD let the public have final say over which campuses it closes during a newly announced project to “rightsize” its facilities. During a Thursday press conference, activists warned that closing or consolidating schools would lead to destabilizing effects in the […]
Three San Antonio police officers face murder charges after gunning down a woman early Friday in her own South Side apartment. “The shooting officers’ actions were not consistent with SAPD’s policy and training,” Police Chief William McManus said during a Friday night news conference.
With San Antonio still in the grips of Wembymania, hundreds of Spurs fans gathered at the city’s airport early Friday afternoon to welcome the 19-year-old French phenom to the Alamo City. After word got out that Victor Wembanyama, the Silver and Black’s No. 1 draft pick, was due to land at San Antonio International Airport’s North Terminal […]