The San Antonio Express-News

4 days ago | expressnews.com | Dan Gearino

It's a rough time to be in the automobile industry. President Donald Trump's tariffs are punching holes in plans that took years to develop regarding global supply chains and managing the long-term shift to electric vehicles. And then, on April 14, Trump suggested he might pause a 25% tariff on imported cars that took effect on April 3 and a 25% tariff on imported auto parts that is scheduled to take effect in early May.

5 days ago | expressnews.com | David Hinojosa

Smithson Valley senior Mia Perez is wrapping up her high school career at the same place where her college career will begin with three gold medals in hand. Perez, a Texas signee, won the girls 800 and 1,600-meter runs and anchored the Rangers' win in the 4x400 relay at the Region IV-5A/6A meet held Saturday at Heroes Stadium. Perez's time in the 800 (2 minutes, 9.24 seconds) was nearly as good as her state best 2:09.02 she recorded at March's Texas Distance Festival at Southlake Carroll.

5 days ago | expressnews.com | Scott Huddleston

Rightsizing, temperature-control failures and the possibility of a state takeover are key issues in two contested races in the San Antonio Independent School District. Downtown area voters will decide a heated San Antonio ISD board race between incumbent Sarah L. Sorensen, who cast dissenting votes against recent school closures, and challenger Mike Villarreal, a former Democratic state legislator.

5 days ago | expressnews.com | Sig Christenson

During the Iraq War, the Pentagon began offering service members extra days off to reconnect with their families. It was an acknowledgement that troops needed a break from repeated deployments and the grind of being in an organization always at war somewhere in the world. Military leaders hoped it might help ease a stubbornly high rate of suicide among service members. Now, the Trump administration is curtailing the benefit in the name of making the Air Force tougher and deadlier.

5 days ago | expressnews.com | David Hinojosa

John Williams III's meteoric rise took another big step up Friday morning as the Steele senior shattered nine-day old city record in the triple jump with a mark of 50 feet, 9 1/4 inches to win at the Region IV-6A/5A championships at Heroes Stadium. He won the event by nearly five feet and had set the previous city record (49-11 ¾) at last week's area meet. He also surpassed the regional record (50-3 3/4) set last year by Round Rock's Xavier Drumgoole, who is now at Stanford.