Larry Alexander grew up when World War II was still fresh in people's memories, when neighborhood boys played "war" and it wasn't a card game, and when heroes might be men who lived on the block. So ...

Alamo Scouts meet about twice each month and attend boot camp each summer. Area residents grew familiar with the sight of teenagers clad in black berets, black boots, black T-shirts emblazoned with a ...

The Alamo Scouts actually have very few dropouts. Even after graduation many come back in leadership roles. Three girls even make a four-hour trip from Minnesota several times a year to participate in ...

Thanks to a school district foundation and an Alamo Heights Boy Scout, a garden will provide students of a Midtown school with new learning opportunities. Six garden beds- one for each grade level - ...

Most of you don't know this, but I am writing a new book. Like "Biggest Brother," my biography of Maj. Richard Winters of "Band Of Brothers" fame, this is set in World War II. It's about a group of ...