Former San Antonio cop who fed homeless man shit-filled sandwich gets big promotion

The former San Antonio police officer accused of feeding a homeless man a sandwich stuffed with dog feces is now the chief of police of the small South Texas town of Benavides. One-time SAPD officer Matthew Luckhurst was appointed top cop in the town of about 1,100 people on June 1, Benavides City C

PETA demands release of SeaWorld San Antonio’s dolphins as part of national campaign

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will rally outside SeaWorld San Antonio and the theme park company’s two other U.S. properties to demand it release its captive dolphins into saltwater sanctuaries. The coordinated protests aim to pressure SeaWorld to end its dolphin breeding progra

Texas’ fight against the New World screwworm will be nasty and brutish

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X and Bluesky. After spending four decades in exile south of the Rio Grande, the New World screwworm has finally wriggled

San Antonio tech company Rackspace slashing 15% of its workforce

Rackspace, the corporation frequently held up as one of San Antonio’s tech-industry shining stars, is slashing 15% of its workforce, or about 750 jobs of its international workforce. In a Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said it will hand out pink slips ov