Faculty groups say the Texas Tech University System's new curriculum policies are unconstitutional and unlawfully restrict classroom instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation. But university leaders have called the changes "common sense."
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Movies such as 1985’s The Goonies and 1987’s The Monster Squad put kids at the center of the adventure. But it wasn’t until San Antonio native Robert Rodriguez’s 2001 hit Spy Kids that young heroes transformed into bona fide action stars. The idea was so unique, Dimension Films jumped at the opp...
A Bexar County commissioner is criticizing fellow county leaders after an agenda item focused on the county jail and mental health resources was postponed until August — arguing the delay comes as the jail continues to face overcrowding and other ongoing challenges.Commissioner Grant Moody told K...
San Antonio criminal defense attorney Jason Wolff has collected enough verified signatures to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate for Bexar County District Attorney. “I got word from the Texas Secretary of State that it is official,” Wolff said in an Independence Day TikTok ...
Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays has pitched eight no-hit innings against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.Cease set down the first 14 San Francisco hitters before he walked Willy Adames with two outs in the fifth. Cease also walked Drew Gilbert leading off the sixth and Rafael Devers wi...
Residents in the Bent Tree neighborhood in Kendall County say they always thought the gates around their quiet subdivision would keep trouble out. Instead, they woke up to gunfire around 5 a.m. Wednesday, when at least one Kendall County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who they say was arm...
The NCAA wants to know what the University of Cincinnati knew about former quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his gambling issues during his two seasons with the program.According to reports by multiple media outlets, the NCAA has sent an official letter of inquiry to the school regarding Sorsby, who...
Mexico is preparing legal action after a Mexican national was fatally shot Tuesday during what ICE described as a targeted enforcement operation in Houston. President Claudia Sheinbaum called the shooting part of a broader pattern of mistreatment of Mexican migrants.
The Vatican last week issued a decree excommunicating priests part of the Society of Saint Pius X. The SSPX has several chapels in the state.
Faculty groups say the Texas Tech University System's new curriculum policies are unconstitutional and unlawfully restrict classroom instruction on race, gender identity and sexual orientation. But university leaders have called the changes "common sense."
In his first public comments on the matter, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said his office is monitoring the shooting but stressed that Houston police officers were not involved in the incident.
The Texas Stock Exchange officially launched this week as part of a phased roll-out. Live, public trading begins July 10.
A crisis nursery is seen as a valuable asset to protect local children from harm without more intrusive state involvement.
President Donald Trump flew home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet he arrived in, a surprise swap that came as the U.S. and Iran once again began trading strikes.Trump offered little c...
San Antonio police arrested a woman accused of stealing an ambulance while two paramedics treated a patient in the back. Woman accused of stealing ambulance while medics treated patient in downtown San Antonio was first posted on July 8, 2026 at 3:14 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of thi...
The United States Postal Service temporarily suspended services at a North Side post office after a woman crashed her car into the building Wednesday morning, according to a USPS spokesperson.Officers dispatched for a reported collision just before 11 a.m. at the Lockhill Post Office in the 12900...
New Braunfels’ Whitewater Amphitheater filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Tuesday in a move that halts the music venue’s scheduled foreclosure sale, the Express-News reports. Kona Coast Venture Ltd., the outdoor concert site’s operator, filed the petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in S...
Two New World screwworm cases in dogs are among more than 30 confirmed instances in Texas and New Mexico, prompting warnings Wednesday from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to remain vigilant to protect their animals.The parasite reappeared in cattle in the U.S. in June, mo...
Bexar County commissioners approved a $10 million investment Tuesday to renovate a military facility that will support the Defense Health Agency’s operations at Fort Sam Houston. The project is expected to help the Falls Church, Virginia-based agency consolidate several leased spaces into the Sou...
Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Wednesday cast doubt that the city’s police department could open a criminal investigation into the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — killed a day earlier by a federal immigration agent — as family and advocates pressured city leaders to spearhead an independent ...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSLIGHT SAHARAN DUST: Slight haze to the sky today, tomorrow MOISTURE SURGE: A round of deep moisture moves in late FridaySCATTERED RAIN SATURDAY: Best odds at rain are Saturday afternoon (40%)FORECASTMOSTLY DRY, HAZY TODAY A few showers developed on the sea breeze this afternoon...
Jesus “Jesse” Salame Jr. will serve as acting San Antonio police chief as the city searches for a permanent replacement for William McManus.
Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard will miss the start of the season after he had surgery on his left shoulder on Wednesday.Team physician Michael Terry said Bedard is expected "to make a full recovery in an approximate timeline of four months.” The NHL hasn't announced its regular-season sc...
Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, making it the largest such outbreak in state history and one of the nation’s largest in years.No deaths have been reported and the source of the cyclospora infections hasn't bee...
Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup's star-studded, Super Bowl-style halftime show, joining fellow headliners Madonna, Shakira and BTS, FIFA announced Wednesday. Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus — a choir of elementary school studen...
As Marta Kostyuk played on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday, her compatriots in Ukraine were dealing with another deadly attack by Russia on Kyiv.It's been the same for much of Kostyuk’s run to the semifinals.On Monday, after Russian missiles struck residential buildings close to where Kost...
Downtown’s historic Esquire Tavern has changed hands, and the new owner is a familiar face: longtime operator and beverage director Stephan Mendez. Mendez took ownership of both the Commerce Street landmark — home to Texas’ longest wooden bar top — and its basement haunt Downstairs from architect...
San Antonio police officers said they arrested a woman after she appeared to be on “inhalants” while caring for a 5-year-old boy on Monday afternoon. Victoria Lauren Sandoval, 35, was booked Tuesday morning into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a child endangerment charge, which is cons...
The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration officer Tuesday marks at least the eighth death during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign, and the first fatality amid a newly intensified push by the administration to carry out its mass deportations agenda.Dep...
The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the Persian Gulf. Oil prices rose to their highest point in weeks after President Donald...
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The City of San Antonio appointed a familiar face to be its acting police chief when longtime Chief William McManus steps aside later this week. In a Wednesday statement, the city said Jesse Salame — a 26-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department — is set to be the acting police chief, ef...
Jesus “Jesse” Salame Jr. will serve as acting San Antonio police chief as the city searches for a permanent replacement for William McManus.Assistant Chief Jesse Salame named acting San Antonio police chief was first posted on July 8, 2026 at 1:15 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this f...
NATO’s summit in Turkey on Wednesday had threatened to go off the rails even before U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterparts sat down to work. But the leaders renewed their vow to defend each other should any of them come under attack.It came despite a fresh storm of old Trump criticism t...
The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee is split over whether inflation is likely to stay elevated or whether it will cool once the Iran war winds down, according to minutes released Wednesday. In the first set of minutes released under new chair Kevin Warsh, “many” of the Fed's 19 officials...
President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don't make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls.Letters to states and grant application d...
The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately asked a court to block the payment while they appeal.The president has already deposited ...
An 18-hole mini golf course is scheduled to open Friday at the Pearl in San Antonio.Pearl Putt will open at 10 a.m. near the Stable Hall, a news release said. Its design is inspired by Alamo City landmarks, according to the release.Visitors can chip a ball around the Alamo, Tower of the Americas,...
The San Antonio Police Department is investigating how several crosses were damaged at the Quintana Road memorial Wednesday, the latest incident in a string of reported disturbances at the site.The memorial honors the 53 migrants killed in a 2022 smuggling tragedy along Quintana Road.KSAT crews c...
One expert described the Republican governor's plan as "starving all of your state services" while locking cities into economic stagnation. The post Experts warn Gov. Greg Abbott’s property tax plan could bankrupt Texas, hobble cities appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Houston leaders on Wednesday said they have received little information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the fatal shooting of an immigrant Tuesday, while his eldest son publicly praised his father and demanded an investigation. “He wanted nothing else in life but to provide fo...
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