Antonio News

Texas is more than just desert and barbeque. And it's certainly more than the backwater stereotype portrayed on King of the Hill.

The San Antonio Independent School District will hold a magnet fair on Wednesday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. for fifth- and eighth-graders. The fair will give students and parents a chance to explore magnet programs offered in the district for middle and high school as an alternative to traditional academic settings.

A&R nominated for St. Paul Mayor St. Paul , Minnesota -- a 'St. Paul, MN performance artist Antonio "A&R" Richardson has been recognized and nominated by the Twin Cities Hip Hop Awards in the St.

With its recent $1 billion in renovations, the Holiday Inn brand has earned well-deserved publicity.

An Army psychiatrist was charged Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood that also injured more than two dozen soldiers and two civilian police officers, military officials said.

By Zachary S. Fagenson While current Miami-Dade unemployment has risen to 11.8%, the number of jobs here in education and healthcare last month hit their highest point in history.

San Antonio-based TXCO Resources Inc., an oil and gas exploration and production company now operating in bankruptcy, Tuesday released the timetable for the sale of most of its assets and an alternative plan should the asset sale fall through.

Minneapolis Target Corp. said Monday it is exploring a possible change in how it rewards shoppers who carry the retailer's credit cards.

Heather Murtagh/Daily Journal Sixteen-year-old Billi Antonio works with math teacher Binh Nguyen on homework after school at Woodside High School as part of a grant-funded program offering students extra help.

The hot-button issue of climate change spurred Bruce Smith, CEO of refiner Tesoro Corp., to leave his headquarters in San Antonio and come to the nation's capital this September to lobby Congress for the first time since he took the post 14 years ago.

Dear Heloise: Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your great and timely article giving guinea-pig guidance was just super! I wish this type of guidance would be required reading when dogs or cats become the pet of the day.

McLennan County moms are embracing a new program that allows them to donate potentially lifesaving blood from their baby.

THE displacement of villages in Colombia, the destruction of sacred Aboriginal sites, human rights abuses and health concerns are the ugly side of BHP Billiton, environmental and human rights activists say.

Over the course of the year, several NLC committees focused their agenda on the impact of sustainability on communities nationwide.

A new Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will open at the Village at Stone Oak during the fall of 2010, according to Developers Diversified Realty Corp., the owner of the shopping center.

"At a time when highway funds are scarce, this is great news for local motorists in one of the more congested areas of our city," Mayor Julian Castro said.

Texas' unemployment rate inched up to 8.3 percent in October while the state bucked a yearlong trend by adding jobs, officials said Friday.

Darnell White isn't a common high school principal. And Sam Houston isn't a common high school.

The lawyer acting for the second suspect arrested in connection with the murder of Alejandro Ponsoda, the Partido Popular Mayor of Polop de la Marina killed two years ago, claims that detectives in the case are investigating the possible involvement of a person in public office.

Most people would never suspect that I - a 53-year-old retired Navy veteran who is conservative to the core - would support the legalization of marijuana ["Texas High Ways," October 2009]. However, I do.