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Three men hospitalized after fight leads to shooting at West Side apartment complex
SAN ANTONIO -Three men are hospitalized after being shot during a fight outside a West Side apartment building. The shooting happened just after midnight Thursday at an apartment complex off South Zarzamora Street near Brady Boulevard. Police said the two men were found shot outside the apartment building. Witnesses told...
Texas flips LHP Dylan Volantis from USC, adds big-time arm to 2024 baseball recruiting class
Texas baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle and pitching coach Max Weiner pulled off a big-time flip on Wednesday, securing a verbal commitment from 2024 left-handed pitcher Dylan Volantis (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Westlake). A source told Horns247 Wednesday night that Volantis, who was previously committed to USC, is headed to the Forty Acres and will join the Longhorns for the 2025 campaign, Schlossnagle's first season as head coach and the program's first as an SEC member.
Palladius Capital Sells 672-Bed Community Near Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas — Palladius Capital Management has sold The Oasis, a 672-bed student housing community located near the Texas State University campus in San Marcos, for an undisclosed price. The company acquired the property in 2022 and completed capital improvements, which included updates to all 240 units and upgrades to the community’s common areas and exteriors. The property was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale and is fully pre-leased for the upcoming academic year. The Oasis offers a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Shared amenities include three swimming pools with cabana seating, grilling areas, a 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, gaming area, 24-hour study rooms and a coffee bar. Chris Epp of Walker & Dunlop represented Palladius in the disposition of The Oasis to an undisclosed buyer.
A look into Austin's proposed budget, as APD and AFD spend millions in OT because of vacancies
AUSTIN, Texas — On Wednesday, the Austin City Council took a closer look at the proposed $5.9 billion budget for the 2024-25 Fiscal Year. During a work session, they brought up questions they wanted to address about the General Fund. Police and Fire overtime. First responders’ overtime budgets were...
Kendra Scott, Junk Gypsy team up for unveiling and grand opening event
, , , At the new Wimberley location of Junk Gypsy, Kendra Scott, CEO of her Austin-based billion dollar jewelry brand, inaugurated a yellow-rosethemed boot last Friday in front of a large crowd of fans and well-wishers. After comments by Carl Rabenault and Nancy Elliot of WimberleyArts.org, the boot was unveiled. The entrepreneurial superstar and philanthropist told listeners that she had a special affection for yellow roses, which, she added, were used in the suffrage movement to signal support for the Nineteenth Amendment. She applauded artist, Leah Lu- cus who is the senior vice president of design at Kendra Scott, for...
Japanese rock band FLOW coming to San Antonio in August
SAN ANTONIO – The Japanese rock band FLOW is coming to San Antonio during their “FLOW WORLD TOUR- ANIME SHIBARI 2024-2025.”. The band will be playing songs from their many contributions to anime, according to The Espee. Some of their works include “Naruto’s” “GO!!!”, “Code Geass: Lelouch of...
2024's best meteor shower has started. Find a dark spot in San Antonio and face north.
Part of what makes seeing a shooting star an out-of-the-ordinary experience is its simplicity. You don’t need fancy telescope equipment — just a lot of patience and maybe a blanket to lie on. You can see some shooting stars this summer created by the comet Swift-Tuttle. The Earth...
Public Warned to Stay Out of Upper Guadalupe River near Spring Branch
Comal County advises the public to expect debris in the Guadalupe River at Rebecca Creek Road bridge and the FM 311 bridge west of Canyon Lake near Spring Branch. The river was expected to crest at around 12.06 feet by 2 p.m. today, with flow rates of around 8,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) at the two bridges.
Spurs point guard of the future may have just signed an extension with Pacers
If there's anything the San Antonio Spurs have shown fans, it's that they are very patient and are willing to allow things to fall into place over time. That's the whole point of building through the draft and the reason they have so many draft picks and pick swaps over the next 7 years. In this case, an exciting young player perfect for the Silver and Black is already in the league, but the timing for his acquisition just wasn't right. But that doesn't mean that it won't be.
Floodgates opened upstream as Lake Travis rises
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) has opened floodgates at two dams upstream from Lake Travis as water levels rise following recent heavy rainfall in Central Texas. As of Wednesday morning, two floodgates were open at Wirtz Dam on Lake LBJ, while five floodgates were operating at Max Starcke Dam on Lake Marble Falls. The water is flowing downstream into Lake Travis, which is expected to rise in the coming days.
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