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He dreamed up Conan the Barbarian from his lonely town of Cross Plains, Texas. But where did Robert E. Howard find his inspiration for the sword-and- sorcery, weird tales that still resonate today? Howard dipped his pen in the inkwell of Texas history, tall tales and the boom and bust of the oil fields. How Conan is really a Texan.

Two hoax threats made to UTSA; State of Texas buys Menger, Crockett hotels; SpaceX successfully completes flight 10 of massive Starship

School districts across the state now have the option to offer American Indian/Native Studies as an elective course.

Texas is now making it easier for parents to exempt their children from school vaccination requirements. This comes just after the state saw the worst measles outbreak in a generation that took the lives of two children. Meanwhile Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is limiting eligibility for the covid vaccine—just as the virus is spreading once again.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in men and the five year survival rate is 97%.

Peter Mendelsund has two new books out. His latest novel is Weepers—about card-carrying members of a union of people who cry for a living. His memoir is Exhibitionist: 1 journal, 1 Depression and 100 Paintings. He had never painted—but the obsession with it may have saved his life.

SA councilwoman faces censure; San Antonio Spurs tout Project Marvel at rally; The Pearl hosts Mariachi Mondays this month

Also: SAWS upgrades customers to smart water meters; Eagle Pass ex-detective gets 10 years in prison for role in human smuggling; Navajo-owned Dine Development Corporation will move to Tech Port San Antonio

The Black Navarros project led by St. Mary's University and the San Antonio African American Community Archive & Museum explores slavery in Spanish colonial-era San Antonio, and how the city's prominent Navarro family played a role in slavery in Texas.

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