Castro will take a stronger hand in schools
share: digg facebook twitter Mayor Julián Castro will take an active role in local school board elections and superintendent appointments, he said in an interview Saturday outside SA2020’s final community workshop, one in which education was heralded as key to the city’s future.
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Stewart’s clutch play lifts UIW to double-OT win
share: digg facebook twitter Stewart hit a 25-foot jumper at the first-overtime buzzer to keep the Cardinals alive, then scored seven points in the second extra session as No. 9 Incarnate Word outlasted Midwestern State 90-83 in a Lone Star Conference South Division contest. Midwestern State (14-4, 2-2) had won the previous four meetings between the teams, including each of the past two seasons …
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Thumb injury doesn’t keep Hill out
share: digg facebook twitter NEW ORLEANS — An hour before the Spurs’ 96-72 loss to the Hornets on Saturday, guard George Hill emerged from the locker room at New Orleans Arena and headed for the court. Nearby, coach Gregg Popovich interrupted his pregame briefing with reporters to engage in some investigative journalism of his own. Considering the nature of his injury — a sprained right thumb …
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