San Antonio Express-News

San Antonio International Airport is on the cusp of securing the nonstop service to Washington, D.C., that local political and business leaders have been after for decades.? ? The U.S. Department of Transportation has tentatively cleared American Airlines to fly nonstop between San Antonio and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).? ? The route had been stymied by rules restricting the number of direct flights to Reagan National, but the department awarded five round trip flights for nonstop service at the Washington airport in an order issued Wednesday.? ? San Antonio business and government leaders say military personnel based here and the city’s medical, cybersecurity and information technology companies need easier access to the nation’s capital.? https://bit.ly/3Nr3BFs

Developers are proposing building apartments, retail space and parking at Hemisfair and in Southtown.

International Paper is closing one of its plants on San Antonio’s East Side. The future of the other facility is unclear.

The Texas-based space company has sued the California Coastal Commission over its rejection of a plan to increase SpaceX launches from the state.

District 9 Councilman John Courage was the first candidate to announce his intention to run for mayor.? ? Elected to his seat in 2017 and serving his final term, the City Council veteran will join us for an in-depth conversation at 11 a.m. on Oct. 23.? ? Register for this interactive live event in which viewers will be able to ask Courage questions and learn about his platform.? https://bit.ly/4f2ENPQ

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred dug into each other's most vulnerable points on the debate stage Tuesday night. The 60-minute showdown was their only planned debate ahead of the Nov. 5 election.? ? Allred, seeking to define himself for the first time to many Texas voters, took aim squarely at Cruz's Senate record, calling the two-term Republican the “exact opposite of me.” He described Cruz as a grandstanding partisan who helped strip Texas women of emergency abortion care.? ? He pointed to the senator's trip to Cancun during Winter Storm Uri and at one point described taking off his suit jacket on the House floor during the Jan. 6 riots in 2021 in preparation to defend the chamber from an angry mob while Cruz was “hiding in a supply closet.”? ? Cruz sought to brand Allred as “radical and extreme” and repeatedly accused the Dallas congressman of avoiding questions about his own voting record. The Texas Republican regularly compared Allred to Vice President Kamala Harris and claimed Allred had turned his back on the border crisis and the state's massive oil and gas industry.? https://bit.ly/4dNkiG0

An Austin man is accused of using “El Wemby” and “Wemby’s World” to sell merchandise featuring the player’s name and likeness.

A federal judge sentenced two former civilian Army employees for taking kickbacks from a Fiesta “Rey Feo” to rig contracts.

This is not a drill: The?first strong cold front of the fall will move through South Texas early Wednesday morning, forcing a temporary halt to our record-high temperatures and sending the coldest air we’ve had so far this fall into San Antonio.? ? By Thursday morning, you may even be reaching for a jacket before walking out the door.? ? The front will move through San Antonio before you even wake up this morning. It will send morning low temperatures into the low 60s and cause wind speeds to increase significantly.? ? Even colder weather is expected to the north. Many folks in the Hill Country will wake up to low temps in the 40s on Thursday morning.? https://bit.ly/4h9wZ0O

Managers in commercial airplanes division told severance packages will not be offered. Cuts in other divisions may be handled differently.