VPN Searches, McCombs Statue: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

This week’s most-read Current stories centered on hot-button topics.

The top news story of the week covered the influx of web searches for VPNs in the wake of Pornhub blocking access to Texas after a court upheld a new state law requiring that all adult-oriented websites require age verification. New analysis revealed that San Antonio had the fifth-highest rate of searches for virtual private networks during the week of March 10-17.

Also in this week’s top news was the report that Jourdanton High School is now displaying a Native American statue that was removed from a local Red McCombs Automotive dealership last July. While school officials promoted the display of the statue, Executive Director of the American Indians in Texas at the Spanish Colonial Mission Ramon Vasquez expressed displeasure that the 26-foot fiberglass figure of an Indigenous American man in a feathered headdress was put on display at a public institution.

10. Texas GOP officials condemn Charles Butt, chair of San Antonio’s H-E-B

9. San Antonio residents won’t accept Space X launch explanation for UFO sighting

8. Study: San Antonio ranks among worst U.S. metros for electric vehicle owners

7. Ted Cruz tries to troll old law-school classmate, confuses him with someone else

6. Alex Jones warns Texans the ‘deep state’ plans sinister shit for the solar eclipse

5. Cost of living comfortably in San Antonio jumped 43% from last year

4. Post where Austin bartender claims to have spoken with ‘Rainey Street Killer’ goes viral

3. With downtowns drying up, San Antonio owes more than empty promises about an NBA arena

2. McCombs dealership Native American statue now at San Antonio-area high school

1. San Antonio had fifth-highest rate of VPN searches after Pornhub cut off access in Texas

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This article appears in Mar 20 – Apr 2, 2024.