San Antonio Express-News

Texas State Troopers No Longer Encouraged to Shoot Human Beings From Helicopters

The Texas Department of Public Safety got itself in a bit of a public relations mess last October when state troopers in a helicopter tracking a red pickup suspected of smuggling illegal immigrants opened fire, killing two Guatemalans and raising inevitable questions about the appropriateness of a l ... More >>

A Year Since Disclosure Law, Fracking Fluid Remains a Mystery

A year ago, a Texas law was supposed to bring the raw ingredients used in hydraulic fracturing out of the shadows and into the sunlight. The process, which involves blasting millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals into shale formations a mile below the surface, isn't subject to the federal ... More >>

30 Essential Texas Restaurants to Visit Before You Die

Gaming Lobby Has Already Poured Nearly $1 Million Into Push to Legalize Gambling in Texas

The state legislature won't convene for another couple of weeks but, as we've noted previously, the biennial push to legalize gambling in Texas is already well underway. With that push comes the flood of money to grease the legislative machine. Already, gambling interests have poured in nearly $1 m ... More >>

The Rangers Will Play the First-Ever Baseball Game in the Alamodome This Spring

San Antonio's Alamodome wasn't built for baseball. It didn't have a big league baseball team when it opened in 1993, and it still doesn't. In March, the Texas Rangers will fill that void, if only for a weekend. The club has inked a deal to bring the Rangers and the Triple-A Round Rock Express to th ... More >>

AFJ Names Three Texas Finalists in Awards Competition

The Association of Food Journalists has announced the finalists in its annual competition, and Texas fared well. Dallas, Texas, even. Leslie Brenner of The Dallas Morning News was nominated for best newspaper restaurant criticism for her continued coverage of our local restaurant scene. And at the ... More >>

City of Ate is the First Loser in the Association of Food Journalists Awards

Scott was really hoping for first place.​The Association of Food Journalists met in South Carolina over the weekend, presumably engaging in heated debates over critic anonymity and restaurant-review waiting periods and whether a large slab of bacon should be carved into Mount Rushmore. (Of cou ... More >>

For the Love of Balls: Why Don't Mexicans Spay or Neuter Their Pets?

KTCK's Mike Bacsik Learns the Hard Way Not to Tweet While Under the Influence

​This just in from KTCK-AM -- you know, The Ticket: Mike Bacsik, the former footnote in baseball history who became Norm Hitzges's producer-slash-co-host and weekend show host, has been suspended by the station. Why come? Well, for tweeting nine little words last night that the former Washington N ... More >>

Here Everything's Better, Assuming You Want An H-E-B And Live in Burleson

​Late last night, after grocery Aldi released its list of local locations and opening dates, a Friend of Unfair Park wondered how oh how we and everyone else missed this interview with H-E-B Chairman and CEO Charles Butt that ran in the San Antonio Express-News last weekend. In it, Butt addresses ... More >>

On The Range: Bar-Mex (Nachos, Chips And Stuff Like That)

Most of us--well, most non-Hispanics, anyway--have been eating nachos for many years without a clue as to where the term originated. You see, in Tejano culture, "Nacho" is merely the nickname for Ignacio, a rather common name in Spanish-speaking households. And according to Robb Walsh and his ... More >>

Look Who's Back On The Market, Fellas: Dixie Chick Emily Robison's Divorce Is Finalized.

The Caretaker

One mother's crusade to better the life of her mentally retarded son and the system that failed him

"Kids, We're Going to Kuwait. Mommy's Got a ... Um ... Job."

Till Death Do Us ... Oh, Whatever

A Local Teacher is Now Tied to the Largest Iraq Reconstruction Scandal Yet

Ringing Up Baby

Cashing in on the adoption biz is easy in Texas, where lax rules let almost anyone play. Take Jennalee Ryan, for instance...

Funny Money

Religious Right Still Righting Texas Liberals' Many Wrongs

Don't Be a Fool. Stay in School. Or Not.

They Aren't Booing. They're Just Cheering, "Borat, Borat, Borat."

Cashed Out

Texas' only casino hit by corruption charges

Crapped Out

After Pat Green's last album, few of his fans are feeling like Lucky Ones

Last Call

The career of Dallas sportswriter Jim Dent was skyrocketing, then booze and bad behavior caused a hard landing

12-year-old Killer

The story of Edwin Debrow Jr., one of the youngest Texans ever convicted of murder, in his own words

Bad Blow

Why are the DMN city columnists so lame? Belo wants them that way.

El Parche's Return

This is the story of Steve Jordan, one bad-ass pachuco

Brave New World

What's new, CueCat? A redesign, a rediscovery and re: layoffs.

The Unbelievers

Minister James Simmons says he awoke from a coma one day to find himself a gay amnesiac. Some of his Dallas parishioners aren't buying it.

Daddy Deadliest

Millionaire Allen Blackthorne had a unique scheme to regain custody of his kids--have his ex-wife murdered

Highwaymen

San Antonio conservatives and a professional road warrior try to hijack a DART rail election

Hit her. Really.

Britney Spears opens up and says, "Duh"

Fluff

Dented reputation; Please, stop calling. Please; Dot-dot-dot stuff

Let's talk about sects

Why didn't the Morning News' Lee Hancock win a Pulitzer? Because of Jasper, Ronald King, and karma.

The Nerd Behind the Throne

Karl Rove has masterminded all of Bush's political victories. Now he faces his toughest challenge: convincing you that the presidential front-runner owns his own soul

More is less

College professors say the Morning News charges an exorbitant price for database that isn't worth it

The net tightens

Investigators close in on a suspect in the disappearance of atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair

The Case of the Headless, Handless Corpse

A reporter's tip helped detectives identify a mutilated body dumped along the Trinity, but finding the man's name led to a deeper mystery -- the disappearance of atheist gadfly Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Letters

Smoke-filled room

When Dan Morales brokered Texas' $17.3 billion tobacco settlement, he blew away Governor Bush. He also made sure his friends got a few puffs.

Passed up

Cowboys QB Jason Garrett doesn't deserve to be a backup all his life

Buzz

Snoozepaper

Striving for mediocrity at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram