Butthole Surfers, Substitute Teacher Bidding War: Top 10 Headlines in San Antonio This Week | San Antonio News | San Antonio

Call us juveniles, but every time we use the word “asshole” in a title, it makes us happy. And we’re even happier when that story is one of our most-read stories of the week – as happened with writer Bill Baird’s highly documented oral history of the infamous psychedelic punk band, the Butthole Surfers.

But the weird noise rock wasn’t the only thing intriguing Fluent readers this week. Many also clicked on our story about increasing pay rates for substitute teachers in school districts across South Africa and a local doctor and inventor scoring a $250,000 investment from Dallas Mavs owner Marc Cuban , in the show. shark tank.

Throw in health news about local Hispanic celebrity Elvis and the State of Texas letting air out of the tires during the long-planned Broadway revamp in San Antonio, and we’ve had a week of news very busy.

10. Bad Bunny jumps into the Alamodome in San Antonio in September

9. State of Texas votes to block long-planned Broadway Corridor development in San Antonio

8. Texas school district latest to fall victim to GOP-led ‘hairy’ hysteria

7. Bad takes: COVID-19 misinformation disseminator Joe Rogan is a perfect fit for Texas. Sadly.

6. San Antonio ISD fires middle school math teacher over video purporting to show her hitting student

5. City of San Antonio to donate over 2,000 fruit and nut trees at events scheduled through March

4. Hispanic San Antonio street artist Elvis released from hospital after battle with COVID-19

3. San Antonio inventor of the “hiccup straw” secures $250,000 investment from Marc Cuban on shark tank

2. Before ‘Pepper’ and MTV: An Oral History of the Butthole Surfers’ San Antonio Years

1. Alamo Heights ISD joins San Antonio’s substitute teacher bidding war. Here’s what the districts pay.

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