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San Antonio Current
Published 3 hours agoAustin’s live music scene isn’t dead yet. Last weekend’s Levitation Festival proves it.
Is Austin no longer the “music capital of the world”? Or, as Mark Twain would say, have rumors of its death been greatly exaggerated? That’s a question much discussed by Central Texas music lovers after a succession of alarming announcements that could soon drastically change the…
San Antonio Current
Published 100 minutes agoMichelin star-winning restaurant group to debut concept in renovated River Walk hotel
One of the top players in San Antonio’s contemporary dining scene has joined forces with a historic River Walk hotel property, and the pair’s first concept, a downtown brasserie, will debut in December. Emmer & Rye Hospitality — the Austin-based restaurant group behind Pearl’s…
San Antonio Current
Published 59 minutes agoUT students attacked by Bo French call his comments ‘disgusting’ and too familiar
Students at the University of Texas at Austin said they were dismayed — but unsurprised — by the racist attacks lobbed at them online after a Republican candidate for statewide office suggested white Americans were being “displaced.” Bo French, the Republican running for a seat…
San Antonio Current
Published September 14U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz booed relentlessly at UT football game
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, was greeted by a chorus of boos at Saturday’s University of Texas football game in Austin. Indeed, the jeers swelled into such a cacophony that it was almost impossible to hear him speak during an interview segment over chants of “Ted, you suck.”…
Leo Wilson celebrates TWIA decision
AUSTIN– Last week, the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) rejected a policy change recommendation that could have affected over 50,000 coastal property owners with secondary residences.The T
Seguin Today
Published September 11Volleyball Beats Hardin-Simmons, 3-1
TLU Sports Information & Sports Marketing Contact: Bryce Hayes (830) 372-6877 For Immediate Release GEORGETOWN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Volleyball...
The Boerne Star
Published September 11Best-seller Mancusi to be featured at Boerne Book Fest
THE BOOKWORMMari Mancusi, a bestselling children’s book author out of Austin, will be featured at the Boerne Book Festival at 1 p.m. on Oct. 3 in the Patrick Heath Public Library’s community room. Man
The Boerne Star
Published September 11Governor touts industry-led training, jobs
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott toured the TEL Texas Technical Training and Research & Development Center in Austin last week, leading a roundtable discussion with students and business leaders to highl
KWBU Public Radio
Published August 26Central Texas Food Bank opens new Waco Hub, bringing services to nine northern counties.
The CTFB celebrated the opening of its brand new Waco Food Hub Tuesday morning, the first outside of Austin.