Olmos Park News

Mother Nature played a role in approval of roughly $350,000 in expenditures to maintain Olmos Park's street surfaces damaged by drought and replace an emergency radio network felled by lightning.

Dispatcher receives recognition Heather Ward, a police/fire dispatcher for Alamo Heights, Terrell Hills and Olmos Park, was recently named 2009 Telecommunicator of the Year by the Bexar Metro 9-1-1 District.

Olmos Park's McCullough Avenue traffic roundabout fountain the city's most visible landmark has been shut off, a victim of drought-related water restrictions.

Five Minutes With a ' Mark T. Lewis - 'Olmos Park retail' San Antonio Business Journal Take a stroll down McCullough Avenue in Olmos Park these days, and you'll see fingerprints of developer Mark T. Lewis at work.

Anybody wishing to vote in the upcoming mayoral and City Council elections must be registered by the end of the day Thursday to be eligible , according to the Bexar County Elections office.

A woman was carjacked outside a North Side restaurant early Friday. Police said around 6:00 a.m., the woman showed up early for work at Mary Lou's Cafe in the 4500 block of McCullough in Olmos Park.

A hazardous materials investigation that closed a shopping center in Olmos Park is over.

A large water fountain that was installed in Olmos Park to reduce traffic accidents seems to have become a magnet of sorts for some drivers.

Instead of taking the teenager home, officers said the 40-year-old man pulled into a dark area of Olmos Park and offered the teen money in exchange for sex.

Spectrum Clubs Inc. has acquired the Concord Athletic Club and Spa from Wellbridge Inc.

At least five people were injured in three separate house fires Monday. The first fire happened around 5 p.m. in the 1100 block of Muncey Street near New Braunfels Avenue and Interstate 35.

Two fires breaking out within minutes of each other amid high winds ravaged homes on opposite sides of the city Monday, causing minor injuries to four people, including two firefighters.

Olmos Park city officials are inching closer to their vision of a new City Hall, recently directing its builder to prepare cost estimates for a new complex depending on its envisioned elements.

State Rep. Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, pulled together 88 vote pledges in the first week of 2009 - more than enough to earn his election as speaker of the Texas House.

One man died and another man was critically injured Tuesday night after they tried to break into a house near Olmos Park and were met with gunfire.

Tanji Patton says learning about wine is a lifelong project. "Every vintage has its own story," she says.

Rep. Joe Straus, a Republican from San Antonio who was just elected to his third term in the Texas House of Representatives, told the Houston Chronicle on Saturday Jan.

A group of Republican insurgents selected Rep. Joe Straus, R- San Antonio, as their candidate to challenge long-serving House Speaker Tom Craddick, one of the most powerful leaders in state government.