UT baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle gets contract approved | Here’s how much he’ll make

Schlossnagle will eventually become the highest-paid baseball coach in the SEC. AUSTIN, Texas — Nearly two months after his introduction, Jim Schlossngale has his contract. University of Texas regents approved a multi-year deal for the baseball coach on Thursday after hiring him away from SEC rival Texas A&M. The 7-year, $15.4 million contract will broken … Read more

Texas Tech receives $5 million gift from Patrick, Brittany Mahomes for football stadium end zone project

The $5 million gift from the Mahomes’ goes towards the $242 million South End Zone and Dustin R. Womble Football Center project. LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech announced on Thursday that Patrick and Brittany Mahomes donated $5 million towards the university’s $242 million South End Zone and Dustin R. Womble Football Center project. In return for … Read more

Daniela Larreal Chirinos, 5-time Olympic cyclist for Venezuela, dies in Las Vegas at 51

Chirinos competed in five Olympic Summer Games, beginning with the 1992 Barcelona Olympics through the 2012 Games in London. LAS VEGAS — Daniela Larreal Chirinos, a five-time Olympic cyclist who competed for Venezuela over the course of a decade, has died. She was 51. Chirinos was found dead the afternoon of Aug. 15 at her … Read more

Children’s Ballet of San Antonio extends auditions for two holiday favorites

The Children’s Ballet of San Antonio is holding auditions this weekend for The Children’s Nutcracker and the Polar Express: The Musical. SAN ANTONIO — The Children’s Ballet of San Antonio is extending auditions to this weekend for two holiday favorites, The Children’s Nutcracker and the Polar Express: The Musical.   Auditions for the Children’s Nutcracker … Read more

Justice Department indicts suspect in connection to the deadliest human smuggling case in US history

They were the latest arrests after years of investigation into the deadliest tragedy of migrants smuggled across the border from Mexico. GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — Guatemalan police on Wednesday arrested a suspect accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in San Antonio after being abandoned … Read more