San Antonio's Pat O'Brien's to close after more than two decades serving downtown visitors

Pour out a Hurricane drink for San Antonio's Pat O'Brien's. The Alamo Plaza location of the famed New Orleans bar will close Aug. 31, KSAT reports, citing a statement from company owner Cory Neal. Neal said the bar, a downtown fixture for 22 years, succumbed to a potent cocktail of post-COVID challe

South Texas DA who charged woman with murder for abortion allegedly paid for mistress to have the procedure

A South Texas District Attorney who wrongly charged a woman with murder after her self-induced miscarriage paid for his mistress to have an abortion in the '90s, the Houston Chronicle reports, citing accusations in federal court records. Three years ago, Starr County District Attorney Gocha Ramirez

Video shows A-list actor Austin Butler serving drinks at Austin bar

Hollywood A-lister Austin Butler served up drinks at an Austin watering hole Wednesday night after an advance screening of his new film Caught Stealing. Viral videos showed the Elvis star taking drink orders — and mastering the art of eye contact — from behind the bar at Dirty Bill's off of West 6th

Justice Department presses Texas for list of registered voters and the officials who check it

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Texas’ top election official has received a U.S. Justice Department request for access to the state’s list of registered voters, another in a series of letters g