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.
A San Antonio special education teacher plans to fulfill his lifelong dream this Monday by completing the storied Boston Marathon. Manny Olivo, who teaches at Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD, first qualified to run in the world’s oldest marathon when he was 18. However, travel expenses and college classes prevented him from participating all those years ago.
Chants of “Protect trans kids” echoed across the Capitol as hundreds of LGBTQ Texans and their supporters gathered Saturday afternoon to express anger and fear over a slate of rapidly moving bills targeting queer people. The mid-April heat matched the anger many felt toward Republican lawmakers who seek to ban transgender students from playing college […]
Meet Brandon Rodriguez. He’s a new journalist here at the Current, a native who returned home to San Antonio late last year as part of a journalist fellowship program. Since he’s been traipsing across the Pacific Northwest — and beyond — for the past 10 years, he’s never experienced the cultural phenomenon known as Fiesta […]
A Capitol staffer alleged in an internal complaint that state Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, had “sexual relations” with an intern two weeks ago. The new details of the allegation come from the complaint filed by a legislative staffer to the House General Investigating Committee.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has issued a five-day hold on restricting approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, following a federal court ruling in Amarillo a week ago that was to go into effect Friday at midnight. Alito’s administrative stay gives the full court time to consider the case on Wednesday and is not […]
Now this is some sweet news for the end of your week, San Antonio. Chocolatl Chocolates & Confections, a new SA-based online chocolatier, is now distributing eye-catching, hand-crafted bonbons and other sweet treats to Texas and beyond. Owned and operated by local pastry chef Alessia Benavides, Chocolatl launched in January of this year, after graduating […]
Wonderland of the Americas and Social Revolt will host a new pop culture event called I Want My Retro on Saturday, April 15 and Sunday, April 16. The free event will be headlined by Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox, best known as the stars of the hit 80’s show CHiPS. Other guests on the lineup […]
This week’s most-read Current food news ran the gamut from closures to openings to … urban foraging? You read that right: our readers wanted to see a little bit of everything this week. Let’s jump in.