Santa Anna News

It's been noted that there aren't enough Hispanics representing in Texas' textbooks.

The Alamo is one of the most visited historic sites in Texas. ENLARGE A view of the outside of the east wall of the Alamo.

As America debates whether to send more troops to Afghanistan in the ninth year of a war for ends we cannot discern, a riveting new history recalls times when Americans fought for vital national interests.

As America debates whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan, in the ninth year of a war for ends we cannot discern, a riveting new history recalls times when Americans fought for vital national interests.

I've always been a history buff at heart and more recently an avid gun enthusiast, but most importantly, a supporter of Second Amendment rights.

Beth Worley, who opened the Quilter's Patch 11 years ago with her friend, Rita Day, operates the long-arm quilting machine at the shop in Santa Anna.

The Enormous Mister Schmupsle by Joe Murray. This follow-up to Who Asked the Moon to Dinner? presents an alphabet adventure.

Originally published October 27, 2009 at 6:03 p.m., updated October 27, 2009 at 10:45 p.m. Corrections and Clarifications The Advocate wants to correct promptly any error in fact or clarify any misleading information we publish.

Late on the evening of May 14, 1846, President James K. Polk met with his top general, Winfield Scott, to discuss strategy and troop requirements for the looming Mexican War, authorized by Congress just two days earlier.

I have read that in 1813, Mexican forces attacked their own citizens in San Antonio, that Santa Anna participated in this siege as a young Mexican officer and that Dolorosa Street was named to memorialize the women of Bexar who were attacked.

Douglas Mangum has been excavating the San Jacinto Battlefield and adjacent areas to the site since 2003.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Stories on the Alamo inevitably stir deep emotions, and Jan Reid's personal reflection on the storied shrine in the September issue was no exception.

Evant middle blocker Heidi Callan, center, sets the ball over the net while Tori Gandy , Liliana Eufracio and Sarah Vann, back, look on during the Lady Elks 3-0 defeat of Santa Anna Tuesday.

Doc likes public option I'm a retired gynecologist and I support health-care reform as well as the public option.

The Senior Team Ropers Association Finals will mark their fifteenth year today through Sunday with a special team roping the first day and special golf cart races during the evening hours each day.

The lusty Gen. Santa Anna attempts to seduce Emily Morgan in Jump-Start Performance Co.'s entertaining 'High Yello Rose.' Jump-Start Performance Co.

"The Texas War of Independence" is the theme for the September Cowboy Action Shooting match of the Lincoln County Regulators.

Porcelain art, or china painting, is an age-old technique whereby paints are applied to porcelain in the same manner as paints are applied to canvas, paper or any other material.

Need to brush up on your Alamo history? Entrepreneur Mark Dewey has an app for that.

Julie Vacquera is Emily Morgan and Olupero Ayimenelo is Joe, a former slave, in "High Yello Rose." High Yello Rose Where: Jump-Start Theater, Building B, Blue Star Arts Complex, South Alamo at Probandt.