Trump White House faces scrutiny over billion-dollar border wall contracts in Texas’ Big Bend region

This article is co-published with Big Bend Sentinel and ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control. When Tommy Fisher set out to build a section of border wall in South Texas during the first Trump administration, the project quickly became e

Everything we saw as Triumph, April Wine helped San Antonio relive the Joe Anthony days

Triumph and April Wine — a pair of Canadian bands who were San Antonio regulars during the city’s hard rocking ’70s and ’80s — performed Thursday night at Frost Bank Center. The show was part of a reunion tour by Triumph, which hasn’t done any extensive road dates since 1993. Local fans may remember

It costs taxpayers $15 million a month to detain immigrant families at Dilley

The Dilley Immigration Processing Center near San Antonio costs taxpayers roughly $15 million a month to operate, according to a Houston Chronicle investigation. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pays $13.1 million monthly to run the facility — plus another $2.5 million for medical care

Philippine restaurant chain Jollibee eyeing San Antonio for 15 new units

Fifteen more Jollibee fast-food restaurants are expected to pop up in the San Antonio as the Philippine fast-service restaurant targets Texas as one of its key growth markets. Following the success of a San Antonio location opened in late 2020 and three Dallas-Fort Worth stores, the brand is now hun