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On Thursday, March 11, a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of the Hwy 281 Super Street project will be held at 10:30 a.m. near Encino Rio.  A temporary solution to relieve congestion on the busy highway, the Super Street is expected to be completed by late September.

Thomas Steigerwald, a talented young pianist and student of the Musical Arts Center, will compete at the Music Teachers National Association championship finals in Albuquerque, New Mexico March 20-22.  The 16-year-old Uvalde resident and 2009 Senior Piano Performance Competition winner advanced to the championship finals after competing against hundreds of piano students at several lev

Jared Urbina, an eighth-grader at Bush Middle School, was named the winner of Saturday’s 57th Annual San Antonio Express-News Regional Spelling Bee.  The 14-year-old will go on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. June 2-4.

Concordia Lutheran Church hosted its first Drive-Thru Passion Saturday, March 6.  Free and open to the public, the event included 10 stations depicting the story of Easter, from the birth of Jesus and the miracles he performed to his crucifixion and resurrection.  

At 6 p.m. tonight, San Antonio’s Planning and Development Services Department will host its first public meeting to discuss the North Sector Plan, a proposed long-range guide to the preferred growth, conservation and redevelopment of the city’s northern half.  Once adopted, the Sector Plan will become a component in the city’s Master Plan.

With multiple generations gathered together to laugh, learn, read and play, Saturday’s Biblio Hi-Techa Reading Rally was exactly the type of scene community leaders envision for the future Parman Public Library.  Held at the entrance of the library’s 10-acre site, the energetic community event was designed to raise awareness about the new branch and the many amenities that

Tuesday’s primary election had a less than stellar turnout, with only 12.47 percent of the 887,915 registered voters in Bexar County casting a ballot.  With nearly 84 percent of the vote, former Bexar County commissioner and city councilman Lyle Larson easily defeated opponent Denise Barnhill in his race for the  District 122 state representatives seat vacated b

Polls will be open until 7 p.m.

The White House and the Department of Education has announced the first annual Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge, inviting public schools across the country to compete to have President Obama speak at their graduation this spring.