A bond tighter than family has taken this San Antonio musician around the world
Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Max Baca’s Los Texmaniacs are playing Gruene Hall this Friday. They rule the Conjunto music world, often headlining at the Tejano Conjunto Festival. The Grammy-winning group has toured the world for decades,...
This Texas county’s ‘dysfunctional’ court system puts people behind bars for months without criminal...
In parts of rural Texas, awaiting trial behind bars for months on end is a regular occurrence. Take, for example, Maverick County, where reporter Jolie McCullough found there’s a “dysfunctional” court system in which “basic tenets of American justice often do not apply.”. McCullough, a local...
San Antonio senior makes history after being accepted into Harvard University
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio senior is breaking barriers in the Alamo City after being accepted into a prestigious Ivy League university. Sarah Johnston, who attends IDEA South Flores College Preparatory, is now the school's first-ever student to be accepted to Harvard University. In total, Sarah was accepted to three...
Major Texas Retailer Closing All Stores On The Same Day
(Mix 93-1) Easter is coming up on Sunday, April 20th. Hopefully, there will be beautiful weather for this special day so that Texas families can spend time with one another, fellowship, share a meal, and hunt some Easter eggs with the kids. However, with the price of eggs, you may...
The Texas Hill Country Town Known As The ‘Cowboy Capital Of The World’ Is...
In the heart of Texas Hill Country, just 45 miles from the lush, botanical San Antonio, is Bandera, a charming town that has earned itself the name of "Cowboy Capital of the World." Epitomizing the spirit of the Wild West, Bandera offers visitors a glimpse into cowboy history and culture, whilst being surrounded by...
After 3 years of seeing the same man on the corner, she finally asked...
A man named Victor Hubbard had been standing on the same street corner for three years until Ginger Jones Sprouse finally decided to step in and learn more about him. The Texas woman learned that the man in his 30s was homeless and suffering from mental health issues. The heartbreaking reason he was always waiting at...
The Texas economy is outpacing the US, new data shows
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas economy is growing at a faster rate than the nation as a whole, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The bureau analyzed the state's real gross domestic product, which is the value of all goods and services produced. The...
Latest on the delayed murder case of Savanah Soto, Matthew Guerra
The father bailed out of jail after a year and a month before his trial date.
North Texas man sentenced to prison for smuggling illegal aliens in tractor trailer tank
SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) — A Euless man now has a sentence of six years in federal prison after he was found guilty in an illegal alien smuggling operation. Oland Maurice McKenzie, 43, was sentenced in Del Rio, and court documents show he was the driver of an 18-wheeler tractor trailer truck that was stopped on June...
Gunfight erupts at Northwest Side bar, leaving one dead and four hospitalized
SAN ANTONIO - One person is dead and four others were wounded after an overnight shooting at a Northwest Side bar. The deadly shooting happened around 12:45 a.m. Monday at the Aura Bar and Lounge off Ironside Drive near Wurzbach Road. Police said two groups of people were arguing on...
