Ticket prices, kickoff time and more as college football national title game comes to Houston

Here are some things you should know about the game before the No. 2 Washington Huskies take on the top-ranked Michigan Wolverines. HOUSTON — The College Football Playoff national championship game will be played in Houston on Monday. There are some things you should know about the game before the No. 2 Washington Huskies take … Read more

Man arrested in connection with hit-and-run that severely injured pedestrian

SAN ANTONIO – A man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run incident that left a pedestrian severely injured. Tyrill Antonio Benjamin, 33, was arrested on an outstanding warrant after the car believed to have fled the scene of the incident was located on the Northeast Side, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said. The … Read more

Glynis Johns, ‘Mary Poppins’ star who first sang Sondheim’s ‘Send in the Clowns,’ dies at 100

NEW YORK – Glynis Johns, a Tony Award-winning stage and screen star who played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic movie “Mary Poppins” and introduced the world to the bittersweet standard-to-be “Send in the Clowns” by Stephen Sondheim, has died. She was 100. Mitch Clem, her manager, said she died Thursday at an … Read more

Dozens of fireworks-related fires reported in Bexar County around New Year’s Eve, Day

SAN ANTONIO – Despite tips and recommendations from fire officials about safely handling fireworks around New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, firefighters responded to dozens of fireworks-related incidents in unincorporated Bexar County and the 26 suburban cities. According to the Bexar County Fire Marshal’s Office, Bexar County Fire Dispatch answered 2,970 emergency/9-1-1 calls and … Read more