With just 23 days before Christmas, Santa Claus has already kicked off his annual publicity tour to visit with children, pose for photographs and take final gift requests.  As usual, several stops will be within the San Antonio area to the absol

North East Independent School District received a grant totaling $208,898 from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) Clean School Bus Program. The grant will go toward retrofitting 136 NEISD school buses with technology to improve the air quality.

Citing troubling economic times and a desire to head in a new direction, Lee Ann Kramer has decided to close her Traditions Lifestyle store after 16 years in business.  “For me, it’s always sad to close one chapter of life you’ve been doing for a long time,” she says, while adding the transition is “kind of exciting.”

In the hopes of raising $5,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the San Antonio Rampage hockey players are trading in their skates and helmets for an apron and serving tray.  On Monday, Dec. 1 the entire team along with their mascot, T-Bone, is expected to spend an hour waiting tables at Boston’s Gourmet Pizza restaurant near Loop 1604 and Hwy 281.

Despite losing their anchor tenant and lots of foot traffic, a row of stores within a strip mall southeast of Evans Road and Hwy 281 are still faring well.  It’s business as usual for most of the roughly seven small stores remaining in the Encino Park retail plaza vacated by

Bexar County Commissioners Court approved an order last week declaring a burn ban that is in effect for 90 days. The ban restricts outdoor burning in unincorporated parts of the County.

Although the preschool’s Fall Festival held earlier this month was a special celebration, one gets the feeling the party never really stops at the Childrens Lighthouse Learning Center near Blanco and Wilderness Oak.  A sign near the receptionist desk simply reads “Where education and fun go hand in h