Alamo City residents looking for a cheap night out picked the right spot to put down roots. SA is among the cheapest cities in the nation for a night on the town, according to a new study. An average night out in San Antonio costs about $134.56, landing the Alamo City as the nation’s second-most […]
A former Hays County sheriff’s deputy who allegedly shot and killed an inmate who tried to escape while being treated at a hospital was charged with deadly conduct by a grand jury on Thursday, the Express-News reports. Then-Deputy Isaiah Garcia was guarding suspect Joshua Wright on Dec. 12 at the Ascension Seton Hays Hospital in […]
Easter Sunday is fast approaching. While some prefer to brunch at home on the holiday, others like to let someone else handle the prep, cleanup and other headaches. These eight San Antonio spots are offering Easter menus and packages for family gathering.
Development of a public park adjacent the East Side’s historic Hays Street Bridge finally appears to be moving ahead. On Thursday, San Antonio City Council approved $2.5 million in funding for the long-awaited Berkley V. & Vincent M. Dawson Park.
This week’s top Current food news covered the expected openings and closures, not to mention a disappointing take on one of San Antonio’s favorite snacks. Let’s jump in. Our most-read food story of the week noted that Arizona-based P.F. Chang had opened its third San Antonio-area location.
Austin news doesn’t always move the needle for San Antonio readers — unless, apparently, it involves wild-ass online rumors about a deranged serial killer. This week’s most-read Current story, far and away, was a piece looking at the capital city’s online panic about a potential killer stalking the area around Lake Lady Bird. The internet […]
Big-name actors from HBO’s Game of Thrones along with Marvel Comics’ Captain Marvel and Hawkeye franchises will bring their star power to the 2023 Superhero Comic Con & Car Show, promoters of the annual event have revealed. Kit Harington, who played Jon Snow on groundbreaking fantasy series GOT, will join Brie Larson and Hailee Steinfeld — […]
Gov. Greg Abbott’s prized school voucher bill could be dead on arrival after the Texas House voted Thursday to approve a measure that would ban state money from being spent on public education. Although the Texas Senate passed the bill Thursday on a partisan 18-13 vote, the House on the same day adopted a budget amendment proposed […]
When actor and one-time San Antonio resident Brian Villalobos got a call from director Patrick William Smith a couple years ago asking him if he would be interested in auditioning for a TV series he was making, the pitch included a description of the show as “Indiana Jones meets The Office.” If that wasn’t intriguing […]
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest offered me a bonanza of opportunities for foraging in the wild. We knew where spongy-looking morel mushrooms popped up in the spring, where the best places were to harvest the tiny wild blackberries and the even tinier, almost floral-tasting, wild strawberries.