Former spokesman sues CPS Energy over 2022 firing

SAN ANTONIO – A former bilingual communications specialist with CPS Energy fired last year for failing to cooperate with an investigation into his behavior has filed a federal lawsuit against the utility, court records show. Ruben Betancourt accuses officials with the utility of retaliation and claims they discriminated against him because of a disability, according … Read more

Land sold by group of nuns helped jump-start Alamo Ranch

ALAMO RANCH – Few, if any, planned communities can thank a religious order for jump-starting their developments, but 175 acres sold by the Cordi-Marian Missionary Sisters about 20 years ago, led to what is now the mega-subdivision Alamo Ranch. Sister Matilda Jaime, their administrator, said they had no idea what was to come. “Never. Never. … Read more