Judge drops Texas Pete request to dismiss false advertising lawsuit
The judge says the cowboy and lasso could be misleading.
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San Antonio’s Hemisfair to break ground on 200-room hotel, apartments
Big projects for San Antonio’s crown jewel are underway.
Bexar County crime lab says staffing challenges have impacted work to clear sexual assault kit backlog
The Bexar County crime lab’s director says they have about seven month’s worth of cases waiting to be tested.
Natural history museum closes because of chemicals in taxidermy collection
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A South Dakota museum has closed after almost 40 years over concerns that the chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and staff, the affiliated zoo announced Thursday. The Great Plains Zoo said Thursday that it is has closed the Delbridge Museum of Natural History in Sioux Falls. The zoo’s … Read more
Dealer gets 10 years in prison in death of actor Michael K. Williams
NEW YORK – A New York City drug dealer was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for providing “The Wire” actor Michael K. Williams with fentanyl-laced heroin, causing his death. Irvin Cartagena, 40, of Aibonito, Puerto Rico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams. Cartagena had pleaded guilty in April to conspiring to … Read more
High-speed chase ends in fiery crash, arrests of alleged robbers, police say
SAN ANTONIO — Two men suspected of robbing a Universal City shoe store led police on a high-speed chase before being taken into custody, authorities say. Windcrest police officers say the chase started when they noticed a car matching the suspects’ vehicle description. As officers arrived to the location, Anthony Jamal Ferguson and Hollis Alexander … Read more
Florida ethics commission chair can’t work simultaneously for Disney World governing district
The chair of Florida’s ethics commission has an ethics problem, but it’s due to working at The Mouse rather than being a rat. Glen Gilzean, the new administrator of Walt Disney World’s governing district, can’t continue to work in his new job and chair the Florida Commission on Ethics at the same time since Florida … Read more