Although the display at Fiesta Texas was a public event, private use of pyrotechnics remains illegal within San Antonio city limits. Credit: Shutterstock / Dana.S

Appropriate to the Independence Day holiday, the Current‘s two most-read stories last week concerned blowing things up with gunpowder.

Our top-read article concerned video of the over-the-top July Fourth fireworks display at Six Flags Fiesta Texas going viral online. (If you haven’t checked it out yet, it’s nutzo in the best of ways.) Following shortly behind was a roundup of all the spots staging fireworks displays in San Antonio for the big holiday.

Also racking up big numbers were our interview with San Antonio-native funnyman Jeff Hiller of the HBO series Somebody Somewhere and weird news about a woman rolling in a pile of horse manure on 6th Street in Austin. Go figure.

10. East Side San Antonio ZIP code among those with highest home-value increases in Texas

9. OnlyFans model freaks out Twitter by rolling in pile of horse shit on Austin’s 6th Street

8. San Antonio’s VIA gets $3 million in federal grants for low-emission vans

7. New exhibitions at San Antonio’s Artpace examine histories both public and personal

6. Victor Wembanyama’s security reportedly slapped Britney Spears at Vegas restaurant

5. AI generates image of what average San Antonio home looks like — and it’s weird

4. Actor Jeff Hiller talks growing up in San Antonio and his HBO series Somebody Somewhere

3. San Antonio Police Department fires probationary officer after arrest

2. Where to catch Fourth of July fireworks in and around San Antonio in 2023

1. Video of crazy San Antonio fireworks display at Fiesta Texas goes viral

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This article appears in Jun 28 – Jul 11, 2023.