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The United States Postal Service temporarily suspended services at a North Side post office after a woman crashed her car into the building Wednesday morning, according to a USPS spokesperson.Officers
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Residents in the Bent Tree neighborhood in Kendall County say they always thought the gates around their quiet subdivision would keep trouble out. Instead, they woke up to gunfire around 5 a.m. Wednesday, when at least one Kendall County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who they say was arm...
President Donald Trump flew home from a NATO summit in Turkey on an old baby blue Air Force One plane instead of the new Qatari-gifted and retrofitted red, white and navy blue jet he arrived in, a surprise swap that came as the U.S. and Iran once again began trading strikes.Trump offered little c...
San Antonio police arrested a woman accused of stealing an ambulance while two paramedics treated a patient in the back. Woman accused of stealing ambulance while medics treated patient in downtown San Antonio was first posted on July 8, 2026 at 3:14 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of thi...
The United States Postal Service temporarily suspended services at a North Side post office after a woman crashed her car into the building Wednesday morning, according to a USPS spokesperson.Officers dispatched for a reported collision just before 11 a.m. at the Lockhill Post Office in the 12900...
New Braunfels’ Whitewater Amphitheater filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization Tuesday in a move that halts the music venue’s scheduled foreclosure sale, the Express-News reports. Kona Coast Venture Ltd., the outdoor concert site’s operator, filed the petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in S...
Two New World screwworm cases in dogs are among more than 30 confirmed instances in Texas and New Mexico, prompting warnings Wednesday from veterinarians and humane societies that pet owners need to remain vigilant to protect their animals.The parasite reappeared in cattle in the U.S. in June, mo...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSLIGHT SAHARAN DUST: Slight haze to the sky today, tomorrow MOISTURE SURGE: A round of deep moisture moves in late FridaySCATTERED RAIN SATURDAY: Best odds at rain are Saturday afternoon (40%)FORECASTMOSTLY DRY, HAZY TODAY A few showers developed on the sea breeze this afternoon...
Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard will miss the start of the season after he had surgery on his left shoulder on Wednesday.Team physician Michael Terry said Bedard is expected "to make a full recovery in an approximate timeline of four months.” The NHL hasn't announced its regular-season sc...
Nearly 1,000 people in Michigan have been diagnosed with a parasitic infection that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea, making it the largest such outbreak in state history and one of the nation’s largest in years.No deaths have been reported and the source of the cyclospora infections hasn't bee...
Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup's star-studded, Super Bowl-style halftime show, joining fellow headliners Madonna, Shakira and BTS, FIFA announced Wednesday. Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus — a choir of elementary school studen...
Downtown’s historic Esquire Tavern has changed hands, and the new owner is a familiar face: longtime operator and beverage director Stephan Mendez. Mendez took ownership of both the Commerce Street landmark — home to Texas’ longest wooden bar top — and its basement haunt Downstairs from architect...
San Antonio police officers said they arrested a woman after she appeared to be on “inhalants” while caring for a 5-year-old boy on Monday afternoon. Victoria Lauren Sandoval, 35, was booked Tuesday morning into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a child endangerment charge, which is cons...
The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration officer Tuesday marks at least the eighth death during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign, and the first fatality amid a newly intensified push by the administration to carry out its mass deportations agenda.Dep...
The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the Persian Gulf. Oil prices rose to their highest point in weeks after President Donald...
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The City of San Antonio appointed a familiar face to be its acting police chief when longtime Chief William McManus steps aside later this week. In a Wednesday statement, the city said Jesse Salame — a 26-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department — is set to be the acting police chief, ef...
Jesus “Jesse” Salame Jr. will serve as acting San Antonio police chief as the city searches for a permanent replacement for William McManus.Assistant Chief Jesse Salame named acting San Antonio police chief was first posted on July 8, 2026 at 1:15 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this f...
NATO’s summit in Turkey on Wednesday had threatened to go off the rails even before U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterparts sat down to work. But the leaders renewed their vow to defend each other should any of them come under attack.It came despite a fresh storm of old Trump criticism t...
The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee is split over whether inflation is likely to stay elevated or whether it will cool once the Iran war winds down, according to minutes released Wednesday. In the first set of minutes released under new chair Kevin Warsh, “many” of the Fed's 19 officials...
President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don't make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls.Letters to states and grant application d...
The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately asked a court to block the payment while they appeal.The president has already deposited ...
An 18-hole mini golf course is scheduled to open Friday at the Pearl in San Antonio.Pearl Putt will open at 10 a.m. near the Stable Hall, a news release said. Its design is inspired by Alamo City landmarks, according to the release.Visitors can chip a ball around the Alamo, Tower of the Americas,...
The San Antonio Police Department is investigating how several crosses were damaged at the Quintana Road memorial Wednesday, the latest incident in a string of reported disturbances at the site.The memorial honors the 53 migrants killed in a 2022 smuggling tragedy along Quintana Road.KSAT crews c...
One expert described the Republican governor's plan as "starving all of your state services" while locking cities into economic stagnation. The post Experts warn Gov. Greg Abbott’s property tax plan could bankrupt Texas, hobble cities appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Houston leaders on Wednesday said they have received little information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the fatal shooting of an immigrant Tuesday, while his eldest son publicly praised his father and demanded an investigation. “He wanted nothing else in life but to provide fo...
A Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston had no criminal convictions during his decades living in the U.S. and was driving a crew to a homebuilding site when he was killed, his family and a Texas congresswoman said Wednesday.Lorenzo Salgado Arau...
An investigation is underway after deputies found a man’s body on Wednesday afternoon in southeast Bexar County, according to the sheriff’s office. In a news conference, BCSO Sheriff Javier Salazar said deputies responded to the 12000 block of East Loop 1604 after a man working on utilities in th...
San Antonio police said a 30-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday after allegedly stealing an ambulance in the downtown area. First responders were dispatched at approximately 10:30 a.m. to the Wells Fargo near the intersection of East Commerce Street and South St. Mary’s Street for a person fee...
After a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man in Houston, his son is speaking out. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Tuesday morning shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen who had lived in the United States for decades, on his way to work. In...
Boston’s Willson Contreras and Kansas City’s Jac Caglianone are the latest sluggers to commit to participating in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Philadelphia.The 34-year-old Contreras has 20 homers in 306 at-bats, which stands just a few shy of the career best of 24 he had for the Chicago Cubs i...
A three-judge panel on Wednesday denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to restore President Donald Trump's name to the institution while the board appeals an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal and had it rescinded.It's another setback for the board of trustees, of which...
The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office said at least one of its deputies shot and killed a person in a Boerne neighborhood early Wednesday morning. According to a KCSO social media post, the Boerne Police Department’s Communications Center received a 911 call from a resident in the Bent Tree subdivi...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is directly asking Sen. Mitch McConnell, the state's most powerful figure in Congress, to disclose more about his condition after three weeks of silence from the 84-year-old since he was hospitalized in Washington. The letter released Wednesday from Beshear, a Democrat ...
Game balls for World Cup matches have become stars in their own right during the tournament.The ball has made headlines with its embedded technology and raised questions among fans, including: Why is everyone expected to promptly toss the ball back onto the pitch?It's a question more out of curio...
The streets around a midtown Manhattan high-rise where structural damage forced evacuations gradually returned to life Wednesday, as residents and hotel guests were allowed back into nearby buildings, and workers fashioned temporary fixes to shore up the damage. After crews worked through the nig...
Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, warned Wednesday that the country has become increasingly isolated as its leadership has turned it into a “territorial pariah,” in a speech at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. Emanuel’s condemnation of I...
A man traveling at a high rate of speed Wednesday morning was “distracted” before he was killed in a crash with an 18-wheeler, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to the crash at approximately 6:15 a.m. on the Interstate 35 southbound main lanes near O’Connor Road. In a preliminar...
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democrat running for Texas governor, on Monday pledged to dole out a $1,500 “corruption tax refund” check to every Texan if she’s elected in November. The Austin rep’s “populist” economic policy platform aims to restore trust in a Republican-controlled state governme...
The Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services held a public hearing Tuesday to gather information that will shape future legislation on THC products sold in the state. Lawmakers made arguments against THC that harkened back to the days of the “Just Say No” campaigns of the ’80s regardin...
A pedestrian was rushed to a hospital in critical condition after they were hit by a vehicle on the Northwest Side, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to the crash just before 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 2400 block of Babcock Road, which is located near Wurzbach Road. According to an S...
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