Good morning! On this day in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas while riding in an open limousine with Gov. John Connally, who was severely wounded in the shooting. Shortly after Kennedy was pronounced dead, Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson was sworn in as president.
San Antonio has unveiled a highly anticipated plan called “Project Marvel” to transform the downtown area with a new Spurs arena and multiple other developments. Check out the story below!
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Dubbed “Project Marvel,” the concept includes retail, housing, a convention center hotel, improvements to the Alamodome, and a land bridge over I-37. The project is estimated to cost between $3-4 billion, with potential funding sources including private investments, hotel taxes, and bond proposals.
The timeline for completing the new arena and expanding the convention center is five years, while the land bridge and Alamodome upgrades are expected to take up to 15 years.
Last month, San Antonio and Bexar County signed agreements with the Missions, a minor league baseball team, to build a new downtown ballpark and redevelop the surrounding area.
DPS Names New Director
Freeman F. Martin has been named the new director of the Texas Department of Public Safety. He is succeeding Steve McCraw, who is set to retire at the end of the year.
Currently serving as the senior deputy director, Martin has held numerous roles during his 34-year career with DPS, including trooper, Texas Ranger, and deputy director. He established an anti-gang unit in San Antonio and helped develop the Texas Rangers Major Crime Scene Response Team.
Martin helped lead the agency’s responses to significant incidents, including the Austin serial bomber case, the Sutherland Springs mass shooting, and Hurricane Harvey. Most recently, he played a key role in implementing Operation Lone Star, a multi-year state initiative aimed at combating illegal immigration.
Martin holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and graduated from Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.
‘Flying Spiders’ Descend On Southeast Texas
Silky white threads have filled Southeast Texas skies in recent weeks, sparking both fascination and discomfort among residents.
The natural phenomenon, known as “spider ballooning,” occurs when young spiders release silk to catch the wind, allowing them to disperse and find new habitats. Recent cold fronts have brought an influx of “flying” spiders to the region.
Residents have taken to social media to share their reactions to the occurrence, with some describing the spiderlings as “invisible snow,” “alien spores,” “Mother Nature’s dandruff,” and “fallout from Elon’s space test flight.”
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➤ Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to accept Mexico’s offer to divert water from the San Juan River to rectify a shortfall in its obligations under a 1944 treaty requiring water transfers to the United States. (See Details)
➤ Meanwhile, Abbott announced that the state is installing additional buoys in the Rio Grande in an effort to deter illegal border crossings. (More)
➤ Dallas: A federal jury ordered former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger to pay the family of Botham Jean nearly $100 million in damages for Jean’s wrongful death in 2018. Guyger is currently serving a 10-year murder sentence for killing Jean. (More)
➤ Houston: The city is investigating reports of a raw sewage leak and extensive black mold at the Pleasant Hill Village senior living complex in the Fifth Ward, operated by a community development corporation affiliated with a local church. (Watch Video)
➤ Several passengers on a Tuesday American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to DFW restrained a man with duct tape after he attempted to exit the plane mid-flight. (More)
➤ Coryell County: A father pulled over for speeding while rushing his 1-year-old daughter to the hospital was ticketed and forced to wait 30 minutes for an ambulance that never arrived. (Watch Video)
➤ Frisco ISD is opening enrollment to K-8 students who live outside the district in an effort to secure additional funding from the state. Earlier this month, voters rejected a $1.1 billion bond proposal and a measure to increase school property taxes by $0.0294. (See Details)
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➤ LandBridge, a Houston-based manager of land used for oil and gas development, acquired the 46,000-acre Wolf Bone Ranch in West Texas for $245 million. The company currently owns 272,000 acres in the Southern Delaware Basin. (More)
➤ The Pflugerville City Council approved contracts totaling $204 million for Phase 1 of a 29-acre development that will include a new city hall, recreation center, and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The project has been in the works for the last seven years. (Watch Video)
➤ California-based MGM Transformers is investing $20 million to expand its Waco facility by 430,000 square feet. The expansion is expected to create 700 jobs over the next five years. (More)
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➤ The Flower Mound High School marching band is one of eleven bands—and the only one from Texas—set to participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade next week in New York. (More)
➤ Chandler Simpson, the daughter of missing San Antonio real estate agent Suzanne Simpson, recently sat down for an interview with celebrity psychic medium Jonathan Mark. Mark claimed that Suzanne told him investigators were searching in the wrong places for her body. (More)
➤ Motorcycle officer Cpl. Dick Hill, 76, has worked for the Arlington Police Department since 1974, and he doesn’t plan to retire anytime soon. (Watch Video)
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San Antonio Unveils ‘Project Marvel’
