A game of golf between friends turned violent at a San Antonio course last week, a local nurse sued a surgeon and the hospital she worked for alleging the surgeon grabbed her neck and shoved her, and TV funnyman John Oliver dared Buc-ee’s to sue him. Here are the most-read stories this week:
Golf course dispute between friends ends in stabbing
A round at The Quarry Golf Course in San Antonio ended in violence when an argument between two longtime friends escalated. Police said a 56-year-old man allegedly hit a 37-year-old with a blunt object, then stabbed him, sending the victim to a hospital. The course said the dispute stemmed from a golf match and noted neither man was a member. Investigators classified the case as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The friends did not plan on pursuing charges against each other, the course’s manager said.
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San Antonio nurse sues surgeon, hospital over alleged neck grab
San Antonio nurse Lilibeth Peña sued orthopedic surgeon Dr. David Fox and Baptist Health System, alleging he grabbed her neck, yanked her head upward and pushed her into an equipment cart during a dispute over a brief medication delay at Northeast Baptist Hospital. The Texas Medical Board had found Fox acted unprofessionally by mimicking strangulation and ordered a nondisciplinary remedial plan with communication and leadership training plus a $500 administrative cost. The suit claims the hospital ignored prior warnings about Fox’s behavior and treated Peña adversely after she reported the incident, leading to her resignation. Fox, whose representative had no comment, neither admitted nor denied the board’s findings.
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Proposed Texas mega power line puts family farms on the line
CPS Energy and American Electric Power advanced plans for the Howard Solstice, a $1.4 billion high-voltage line from San Antonio to Fort Stockton, with routes that could cut through Constanzo Farm and other operations. Fourth-generation farmer Michael Adamek, who supplied H-E-B under a decades-old handshake deal, said eminent domain and construction would destroy fields, raise food-safety risks from increased bird activity and drive up costs. He noted prior CPS attempts to site infrastructure on or near his land and said relocation was not feasible due to irrigation, wells and aquifer rights. Neighbor Ernest Cantu said the project would wipe out his vineyard and olive orchard, leaving only flood-prone scraps. A Senate panel heard testimony as regulators weighed routes and timelines, while CPS said it would negotiate but stood ready to use eminent domain…