This week's digest covers five positive community, business, and development stories from Greater San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country: Cibolo landing $68 million for a railroad overpass, a tunnel boring machine arriving at Morgan's Wonderland, a new H-E-B opening on the East Side, the UTSA Basketball and Volleyball Training Center grand opening, and the Boerne ISD board being named the 2026 Texas Outstanding School Board. Every fact, figure, and date below was checked against the named source on October 16, 2026, and each source is linked with its publication date. I keep the list to verified, constructive local news, and I skip crime and politically divisive stories entirely.
How this digest is built
I research each week's news live and only publish stories I can confirm from a named local source or official page, with the source and its date linked on every item. If I cannot verify a date, price, or detail, it does not make the list. The area I cover each week is Greater San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country: Bexar, Comal, Kendall, and Guadalupe counties. This week's verified stories land in Cibolo, San Antonio, and Boerne.
The top stories
Each item below is a two-sentence summary with a link to the full story at the source.
Cibolo secures $68 million in state and federal funding for the FM 78 railroad overpass
City officials announced state and federal funding to build a bridge over the train tracks at FM 78 and Country Lane in Cibolo, moving the long-planned project into the planning and design phase. The roughly $68 million overpass is designed to end the train-related traffic tie-ups that regularly stall drivers on the route through town.
A 900,000-pound tunnel boring machine arrives at Morgan's Wonderland
A 900,000-pound tunnel boring machine from The Boring Company arrived at Morgan's Inclusion Campus in Northeast San Antonio on October 14, a key milestone for the planned Morgan's Inclusion Tunnel. The nearly mile-long underground transportation tunnel is planned for the accessibility-focused campus that includes Morgan's Wonderland.
New H-E-B near Converse opens October 28 with more than 400 jobs
The 125,000-square-foot H-E-B at Interstate 10 and Loop 1604 East on San Antonio's far East Side opens at 6 a.m. on October 28, 2026, with a True Texas BBQ restaurant and a drive-thru pharmacy. The store is expected to create more than 400 jobs for the corridor near Converse.
UTSA celebrates the grand opening of its $35 million Basketball and Volleyball Training Center
UTSA cut the ribbon on its new 53,048-square-foot Basketball and Volleyball Training Center on October 14, 2026, a facility that houses the daily operations of the men's and women's basketball and volleyball programs. The more than $35 million building sits on Barshop Boulevard next to the Roadrunner Athletics Center of Excellence on the main campus.
Boerne ISD's board named the 2026 Texas Outstanding School Board
The Boerne ISD board of trustees was named the 2026 Texas Outstanding School Board in an honor announced on October 9. The Boerne Star covered the recognition that day and followed with a photo feature on the trustees published October 14.
Why I publish this
Local news is a great window into how a place is changing. A railroad overpass funded, a tunnel project moving forward, a grocery store opening, or a school board recognized tells you more about daily life in an area than any market statistic can. If you are considering Cibolo, San Antonio, or Boerne, these are the kinds of details worth knowing, and the community guides go deeper: Cibolo, San Antonio, and Boerne.
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Sources
Every fact in this digest was checked against the sources below on October 16, 2026. Follow the original article for the latest updates.
- KSAT, Cibolo secures money to tackle train tie-ups at the tracks near FM 78 and Country Lane , October 13, 2026
- News 4 San Antonio, Elon Musk's Boring Company brings massive tunnel machine to Morgan's Wonderland , October 16, 2026
- KSAT, New H-E-B store near Converse set to open in late October , October 12, 2026
- UTSA Athletics, UTSA Athletics celebrates grand opening of Basketball and Volleyball Training Center , October 14, 2026
- Boerne Star, Boerne ISD board named 2026 Texas Outstanding School Board , October 9, 2026
