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A San Antonio Riverwalk official announced the theme and Grand Marshal for the annual Holiday River Parade during a Tuesday news conference at the Witte Museum.The Witte Museum, who celebrated its 100
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Oscar-nominated actor and screenwriter Jesse Eisenberg believes it might be a pipe dream, but he does have a dream to play one of the most celebrated San Antonians of all time.During a roundtable discussion over the weekend at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic, Ei...
The Spurs started free agency by adding Tobias Harris to the rotation Monday, adding a versatile scoring threat and a reliable rebounding wing to the rotation. ESPN Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania, citing unnamed sources, reported Tobias’ two-year contract is worth $31 million. San Antonio ent...
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A San Antonio Riverwalk official announced the theme and Grand Marshal for the annual Holiday River Parade during a Tuesday news conference at the Witte Museum.The Witte Museum, who celebrated its 100th birthday this year, was revealed as the Grand Marshal for the Holiday River Parade, River Walk...
Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved a request by Spurs Sports & Entertainment to allow the team to play one additional “home game” somewhere other than the Frost Bank Center. The approval clears the Spurs to play four home games away from the county-owned Frost Bank Center each o...
Toyota Motor North America officials said Monday that the company is investing $3.6 billion to bring production of its midsize Tacoma pickup truck to San Antonio from Mexico — a shift that would create 2,000 new jobs at its existing plant on the South Side. That move comes at a cost, though. In e...
The U.S. Department of Justice cannot have the names and personal contact information for every person who worked during the 2020 election in Georgia’s Fulton County, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.The Justice Department in April served a grand jury subpoena seeking the names and personal contact ...
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, is promising to send each Texas household a $1,500 check drawn from the state’s rainy day fund if she defeats Gov. Greg Abbott this November.“Texans are just struggling to take care of basics right now,” Hinojosa said in an interview ...
A man was arrested Monday in connection with a Southwest Side robbery that escalated into a shootout and left two teenagers dead, according to an arrest warrant. Christian Nathaniel Lopez, 19, faces one count of capital murder by terroristic threat and one count of tampering with physical evidenc...
You can watch “Texas Eats NOW” Mondays through Saturdays at 10 a.m. - Saturdays and Sundays at 11 p.m. on KSAT 12, KSAT.com, and KSAT Plus, our free streaming app. Today on Texas Eats NOW: TONG’S THAI RESTAURANT1146 Austin Hwy, San Antonio, TX 78209Tong’s Thai Restaurant is a longtime San Antonio...
If you can’t believe how quickly summer is passing, and you’re daydreaming about open roads, playlists, and pit stops for snacks… GMSA is back to fuel the fun.Introducing the July 2026 GMSA Road Trip Ready Sweepstakes, and one lucky winner will receive a $500 gift card to help cover summer travel...
Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud. “Free and fair elections are a cornerstone of a thriving republic, and with the authority granted to my office...
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.General. By submitting an entry to the GMSA July 2026 Road Trip Ready Sweepstakes (“Sweepstakes”), brought to you by KSAT (“Sponsor”), entrant acknowledges and agrees that entrant has read, understa...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is primarily targeting immigrants with no criminal record in Texas arrests, according to recent data released by the Deportation Data Project. According to a data set released in March by professors at the UC Berkeley School of Law, the agency’s arre...
This week’s live music highlights offer a reminder that San Antonio’s music scene doesn’t need to choose between punk grit and indie nostalgia. Hometown rabble-rousers Piñata Protest are launching a tour with a hometown festival worthy of a victory lap, while post-hardcore veterans Sparta are com...
Lionel Messi let the tears flow at the final whistle, succumbing to emotion after Argentina conjured up an incredible two-goal comeback to beat Egypt 3-2 on Tuesday and advance to the World Cup quarterfinals.Argentina's three goals came in the final 11 minutes of regulation and injury time. Messi...
George E. Johnson Sr., a pioneer in Black hair care whose multimillion dollar business was the first Black-owned company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange, has died at age 99, according to his family.Johnson died Monday at his home in downtown Chicago. A cause of death was not released....
The 47th CineFestival San Antonio returns July 9-12 with award-winning films, free screenings and one of its largest showcases of San Antonio filmmakers.CineFestival returns with its largest showcase yet of San Antonio filmmakers was first posted on July 7, 2026 at 12:50 pm.©2021 "San Antoni...
Last week, 530A Accounts, commonly known as “Trump Accounts,” opened for families to invest money in their children’s future. The accounts were launched on July 4 under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law last year. Families can open an account for their children as long as ...
Bexar County commissioners approved that the San Antonio Spurs can play up to four regular-season home games away from the Frost Bank Center for the next two seasons, which will likely include games in Austin and Europe. Though playing home games outside of their actual home arena has become a re...
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.Two weeks before this year’s primary elections, Texas Attorney General K...
A new accusation that Graham Platner once sexually assaulted a woman he was dating has rocked the U.S. Senate race in Maine and cast fresh doubt on Democrats’ path to a Senate majority.Republicans currently have a 53-47 advantage in the Senate, and Maine is viewed as a necessary win for Democrats...
San Antonio police said a 34-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries in a rollover crash near downtown. Officers responded to the crash just after 1:45 a.m. Tuesday on Interstate 10 near the off-ramp to Interstate 35 northbound. According to an SAPD preliminary report, the man was traveli...
Wall Street banks have high hopes for SpaceX but at the moment shares of Elon Musk's rocket market appear to be earthbound.Many of the investment firms that underwrote SpaceX's initial public offering issued their first research notes about the company Tuesday, and almost all recommended that inv...
For all the growth in American soccer over the past quarter-century, the U.S. men's national team remains stagnant.Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie fared no better at the World Cup in 2022 and 2026 than Tim Howard, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore did in 2010 and 2014.“We want ...
With recent polls suggesting he’s locked in a dead heat as he runs for Texas’ contested U.S. Senate seat, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton was once again spotted vacationing with his purported mistress. Over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Paxton was seen walking alongside Christi...
Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide in November 2025 after a high-speed chase with police, had early stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain abnormality linked to repeated head trauma, his family announced Tuesday.The Boston University CTE Center, wh...
Texas Democrats are distancing themselves from Graham Platner, a progressive running to flip a Maine U.S. Senate seat blue, after Politico released a bombshell report Monday in which a woman accused him of sexual assault. The Politico piece describes an encounter years ago in which Platner allege...
The former mayor of Mississippi's capital city and the former City Council president have pleaded guilty in a bribery scheme one week before they were set to face trial.Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and former Jackson City Council President Aaron Banks pleaded guilty Monday to one cou...
Texas can continue enforcing a law requiring app marketplace operators like Google and Apple to verify all users’ ages after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to intervene. Senate Bill 2420, which was supposed to take effect Jan. 1, establishes age verification requirements and mandates par...
A Manhattan high-rise remained unstable Tuesday after officials found that columns buckled and floors sagged while it was being converted to luxury apartments, forcing evacuations in and around the Midtown construction site.The former headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is in a busy corri...
A veteran San Antonio Police Department sergeant was fired for submitting inaccurate employee time forms after she reported concerns about a lieutenant’s conduct toward female employees, internal records obtained by KSAT Investigates show. The sequence of events that culminated with the February ...
A man was charged with manslaughter in connection with an accidental shooting on the West Side that left a teenager dead, according to San Antonio police. Luis Garza III, 18, was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a $40,000 bond, records show.The shooting happened around 4:50 ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to appoint former state Rep. Nate Schatzline as a senior adviser on election policy says as much about the direction of Texas Republican politics as it does about the state’s lack of seriousness about free and fair elections. Schatzline last week joined Abbott’s office...
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday became the latest and most notable lawmaker to pull support for Maine Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Graham Platner following an allegation of sexual assault, adding to a chorus of calls for him to step aside as party leaders scramble to determine the next steps.San...
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