Jack Morgan

1 week ago | tpr.org | Jack Morgan

Thousands of acres of Hill Country land have been set aside to create a new Texas State Natural Area. Texas Public Radio was able to get a preview from James Rice, who is superintendent at the 3,814-acre Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area. “All right, here we go. I’m going to show you where our main entrance is going to go,” Rice said. The Albert and Bessie Kronkosky State Natural Area is quite the mouthful, so the extremely hilly park seven miles west of Boerne is often called the ABK.

1 week ago | tpr.org | Jack Morgan

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. About 100 art lovers and relatives of artist Joe Lopez showed up at Pearl for the dedication of five new tile murals on Thursday morning. They are on walls just off Grayson Street, along the walkway into 1100 Springs Plaza. The City of San Antonio’s Krystal Jones cited the city’s long tradition with murals as she celebrated Lopez's artistic achievement.

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | Jack Morgan

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. The legal fight over the University of Texas at San Antonio's attempt to demolish the Institute of Texan Cultures building continued on Thursday, with the university's assertion in a hearing that the State of Texas — UTSA is a state university — has sovereign immunity over the facility. Therefore, it argued, the court has no say in the matter.

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | Jack Morgan

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Built as the Texas Pavilion for Hemisfair ’68, what most people know as the Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) is being demolished. Video posted on the group's Facebook page on Tuesday showed what appeared to be an outer wall pulled from the structure and rubble on the ground.

2 weeks ago | tpr.org | Jack Morgan

Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Basketball fans streamed into downtown San Antonio over the weekend for the Final Four, but it wasn’t the only highly competitive drama going on. Matt Canik is the event's director. “You know, I would say in terms of drama, Scrabble can bring as much drama as the Final Four can bring,” Canik said. Yes, Scrabble. They played at the limestone and stained-glass Coates Chapel at UTSA Southwest.