A month after news broke of Latina soldier Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz’s apparent death by suicide at Texas’ Fort Hood, Military.com reports that yet another female soldier from the base was found dead the same day. Despite Army officials being aware of the second fatality, they released no public statement on it, according to Military.com.
More details have emerged about the tenants of an upcoming 10-stall food hall in San Antonio’s River North neighborhood. Make Ready Market confirmed the addition of more food- and drink-focused tenants, including Asian fried chicken concept Thai Bird, bar concept Garaje Cantina, Idle Beer Hall & Brewery and a burger joint called EET UP from the owners […]
The City of San Antonio is facing a class action lawsuit filed by two female former maintenance workers that allege they were continuously sexually harassed by their male supervisors at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. In a suit filed in Bexar County district court, the plaintiffs maintain that they were victims of gender discrimination, […]
The Texas Senate on Monday gave final approval to a $308 billion spending plan for the next two years, sending budget leaders into high-stakes negotiations with their counterparts in the House over property taxes and other divisive issues — with just weeks to go before the legislative session ends. Senators voted 31-0 to spend $141.2 […]
Texas-based Balcones Distilling will be featured in a new single distillery series from award-winning independent bottler Lost Lantern. Lost Lantern will debut its Balcones collaboration, Gentle Giant Texas Single Malt, on April 26. It’s part of a limited-run series that blends multiple casks sourced from a single distillery for each release.
Police-reform activists and one of Councilman Clayton Perry’s own colleagues on the dais are calling him a hypocrite for opposing Prop. A despite receiving a lenient sentencing for a DWI hit-and-run incident.
Grammy award-winning R&B singer-songwriter Erykah Badu is kicking off her Unfollow Me tour at San Antonio’s AT&T Center on Sunday, June 11. Hip-hop performer Yasiin Bey will open the concert. Tickets for the show go on sale Thursday at 2:22 p.m.
Local seventh grader Daniel Grinman Rivera recently took first place in the national STEM competition We (Heart) Veterans Pin Design Challenge. The competition challenges students in grades four through 12 to design 3D printed pins in honor of U.S. military veterans. The We (Heart) Veterans Pin Design Challenge is a partnership between the Army Educational Outreach Program […]
Online speculation that a serial killer is stalking the streets of Austin was reignited over the weekend after the discovery of another corpse in Lady Bird Lake. At 1:21 p.m. Saturday, authorities received a call about a body floating in the lake near Longhorn Dam, Austin police said during a press conference.
San Antonians who think fondly on childhood thirsts quenched by gallon jugs of brightly colored Tampico punch can now reactivate that memory in a decidedly more adult fashion. Oklahoma City-based craft brewery COOP Ale Works — the same company behind 2021’s Sonic Drive In hard seltzers — has launched alcoholic Tampico Hard Punch in Texas.