Alamo Heights News
At least 10 police officers shot a man multiple times Friday night, San Antonio Police Chief Jesse Salame said, after the man pointed a shotgun at officers near a bar west of downtown. The man, who has not yet been identified, is in critical condition and was in the operating roo...
San Antonio is exploring ways to address crime at motels after an analysis found some crimes are disproportionately common at the properties.
A pedestrian was critically injured after she was struck by a vehicle exiting Loop 410, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The crash happened around 8 p.m. Friday in the 1000 block of Southeast Loop 410. Police said the pedestrian, described as a woman, was walking o...
Two people were taken into custody Thursday after the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office found a dead dog and six others starving at a Northwest Side home. Court records show Sarah Thompson, 30, and Julian Salazar, 32, face six counts of animal cruelty, which are considered Class A mi...
Two people inside a vehicle were shot — one critically injured — after someone opened fire at them on the North Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The shooting happened just before 7 a.m. Sunday in the 400 block of Cherry Ridge Drive, near Vance Jackson Road. S...
City Manager Erik Walsh selected 27-year SAPD veteran Jesse Salame as San Antonio’s next police chief following a nationwide search.
Precinct 3 Constable Mark Vojvodich wasn’t deterred by commissioners’ first rejection of his request to buy two BMW police motorcycles. He brought the proposal back for another vote....
San Antonio police said a man was rushed to a local hospital Wednesday morning after being hit by a pickup truck on the West Side. The incident happened around 6:45 a.m. at the intersection of South Acme Road and Old Highway 90. According to a preliminary report, the man had atte...
A man died Sunday morning after he was ejected from a motorcycle in a downtown crash, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded around 11:18 a.m. on Interstate 35 southbound near the West César E Chávez Boulevard exit. Upon arrival, the officers found the man, who has y...
A San Antonio police officer shot and killed a man who “aggressively advanced” toward him with two large knives, SAPD acting chief Jesse Salame said. Officers responded to a call for a disturbance involving a gun just before midnight on Monday in the 6700 block of Spring Front Dr...
A medical episode behind the wheel led to a chain-reaction crash on U.S. Highway 281 near Bitters Road on Saturday afternoon, according to San Antonio police. Surveillance video from a nearby business captured the moment a Toyota Highlander driver lost control on the access road,...
A murder investigation is underway after San Antonio police say officers found a 62-year-old man dead during an assault call on the Northeast Side. Officers were dispatched to the scene just after midnight Sunday in the 5100 block of Crestway Road. Upon arrival, officers located ...
Three people were hospitalized after a six-vehicle crash on the West Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department. Officers responded to the crash around 11 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Culebra Road and Village Park. According to an SAPD preliminary report, a 29-yea...
This little-known command center is marking 30 years of trauma transfers, medical helicopters emergency response and more across South Texas. This little-known command center in San Antonio responds to emergencies across South Texas was first posted on August 16, 2026 at 11:00 am...
Two children were seriously injured in a three-vehicle crash after one of the drivers suffered a medical episode and lost control of a vehicle, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The crash happened just before 3:30 p.m. Saturday on the northbound lanes of U.S. Highwa...
Three San Antonio teenagers, who were initially arrested in connection with a May 18 aggravated robbery case , were officially indicted Thursday on a similar crime they were accused of committing two weeks earlier. Authorities said both incidents happened 14 days apart — on May 4...
A deadly crash in Stone Oak was not a surprise for some neighbors along Hardy Oak Boulevard, who say speeding is common. On Aug. 3, San Antonio police said 19-year-old Jaqueline Flores was going 87 mph in a 40-mph zone when she hit driver Valerie Keeney, 64. Jeannie Wilkins Bises...
San Antonio’s proposed 2027 budget increases spending for police, fire and Animal Care Services while emphasizing existing investments.
The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they're a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests.
The AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed around 1:30 p.m. in a field and started a fire, which has since been contained.
While many residents think of 311 as the place to report potholes or code violations, the service acts more like the city’s nonemergency front door.
Hemp businesses and consumers asked to block state regulations on THC, but their lawsuit remains pending.
The signal at Sun Gate Drive and Perrin Beitel Road provides safer access for drivers, pedestrians and VIA riders at a high-crash intersection.
San Antonio’s longest continuously operating LGBTQ+ nightclub will close for four to five months to install a required fire sprinkler system after securing financing for the project and other improvements....
The Bandera Electric Cooperative cited TxDOT data showing 550 crashes on Texas 46 since 2016, resulting in 13 deaths and 44 serious injuries.
At least four people including a child were wounded in a shooting Sunday night at an events complex close to the Space Needle in Seattle, a hospital spokesperson said. Police were investigating the shooting and urged people to avoid the area. Harborview Medical Center spokesperso...
CivCast is your one-stop shop for multiple bids in Bexar County. View various bids for Alamo Regional Mobility Authority and the Public Works Department....
San Antonio and the city’s police union reached a tentative labor agreement that now heads to union members and City Council for approval.
Prosecutors dropped the case against officer James Brennand after a judge denied a request to delay the trial while investigators examine new allegations involving key witness, Erik Cantu. The charge could be refiled....
For decades, homelessness in Texas has largely been treated as a local problem. Cities operate shelters. Counties run jails and public hospitals. Nonprofits provide housing and services. Police respond to complaints and emergencies. But at the Texas Capitol, state lawmakers are b...
For people living on the streets, even a small wound can become a serious medical emergency. A team of nurses is treating patients where they are — under bridges, near encampments and on city sidewalks....
One pet is dead after a fire Saturday afternoon at a Northwest Side condominium, the San Antonio Fire Department said.Firefighters responded to the residential fire just before 3 p.m. on Chapel Hill Court, located just off Babcock Road near the Medical Center.SAFD said the fire w...
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing, further underlining the tensions gripping the Mideast as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the regio...
Both engines flamed out on a small business jet that crashed on a Texas highway in June, preventing the pilots from being able to reach a nearby airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an preliminary investigation report released Friday.Pilots had looked for a f...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and across the country have increasingly targeted people who are not already in law enforcement custody, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of federal data.In Houston, where the killing of an immigrant by an ICE agent has gar...
Houston Mayor John Whitmire vowed Friday to “pursue an independent and transparent” local investigation into Tuesday’s deadly ICE shooting but said federal control over evidence is proving difficult to overcome. Whitmire said he directed Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz to be “proac...
A Kirby city councilmember was escorted out of city hall by police after her fellow councilmembers voted to expel her without publicly explaining why, according to footage of the meeting posted by the city. Councilmember Susan Street was elected last year. The councilmembers repr...
Police are looking for at least two people caught on camera stealing an ATM early Friday morning.According to a preliminary report, the San Antonio Police Department responded to a burglary call at approximately 6:15 a.m. at a barbershop in the 2300 block of Quintana Road. An SAP...
Two adults were seriously injured Friday morning after a three-vehicle crash on the Southwest Side, the San Antonio Police Department said.A man driving a Chevrolet Camaro crashed into a woman driving a Chevrolet Cruze just before 11 a.m. as she turned onto Zarzamora Street from ...
British actor Micheal Ward was acquitted Friday of rape and other charges in a London court on allegations he sexually assaulted a woman in the back of a friend's Mercedes in 2023.Ward, 28, who starred in the Netflix crime drama “Top Boy,” sobbed after a jury in Snaresbrook Crown...
A pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night on the Southwest Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department.Officers said they were dispatched to the incident just before 10 p.m. in the 8600 block of Five Palms Drive, located near Old Pearsall Road.The pedestrian atte...
British police on Friday arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of murder in the killing of Ann Widdecombe, a former British member of Parliament and reality TV contestant. Widdecombe, 78, was found dead on Thursday in her Haytor Vale home on the edge of Dartmoor National Park i...
Bexar County’s far West Side continues to see rapid growth, bringing new stores, emergency care access and other developments. Over the last five years, the area’s population has increased by nearly 21,000 people, along with the creation of approximately 20,000 new jobs, accordin...
Last December, after Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities that his agency would pursue, including protections against harmful chemic...
The City of San Antonio and the union representing its police officers traded proposals for officer pay Thursday, though a significant gap still remains.The union wants biannual raises to pump up officer pay by 20.5% over the course of a new three-year contract. The city has now ...
A Sotomayor High School running back, who recently committed to UTSA, was arrested after a robbery at a west Bexar County house party, according to an affidavit.Cameron Joseph Grady, 17, faces two counts of aggravated robbery, a first-degree felony, court records show.According t...
A wildfire roared through a remote expat community in southern Spain overnight, killing at least 12 people as victims tried to flee the flames in cars and on foot, authorities said Friday. Eight people were injured and 23 missing, Andalusia’s regional leader Juan Manuel Moreno sa...
San Antonio appointed its temporary police chief, but could he also be the permanent one?City Manager Erik Walsh tapped SAPD Assistant Chief Jesse Salame as acting San Antonio Police Chief on Wednesday after longtime SAPD Chief William McManus moved his planned retirement up by m...
A woman was arrested in west Bexar County for animal cruelty Thursday after the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said she admitted to taping a dog’s muzzle shut.BCSO deputies responded to a report about the small dog at an apartment complex around 9:30 a.m. in the 11700 block of Cul...
The San Antonio Fire Department is investigating exactly how a woman was able to drive off in one of its ambulances Wednesday, taking two staff members and a patient along with her on a 22-mile-long ride.Alecsis Skie Roberts, 30, was arrested by San Antonio police Wednesday after...
Spurs play-by-play announcer Jacob Tobey has left the NBA franchise after allegations of an affair involving the sister of a Spurs player surfaced and caught fire on social media, Front Office Sports reports. Tobey’s girlfriend accessed his Instagram account to allege he cheated ...
A woman who went joyriding in an ambulance Wednesday morning is now facing multiple charges, one day after San Antonio police caught up to and arrested her on the West Side. San Antonio police officers arrested Alecsis Skie Roberts, 30, on Military Drive near U.S. Highway 90. Acc...
A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said.Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded “an all-out search and rescue effort," urging a swift investigation of the incident and “st...
Three women jailed in Del Rio are accused of murder in the stabbing death of 32-year-old Caroline Pena, a mother of five whose killing has shaken the community.Pena was stabbed multiple times on June 25 after what witnesses described as an altercation at a home in the 800 block o...
Federal agents are launching a new push in San Antonio to stop illegal gun purchases that can put firearms in the hands of criminals, gangs and drug cartels.This week, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation kicked...
A South Side mother is mourning the loss of her 17-year-old daughter, Moncerrat “Monce” Maldonado, after San Antonio police say a man who was racing down Southwest Military Drive hit and killed her.Monce was walking home after her shift at El Pollo Loco when police say she was hi...
With its ensemble of doctors, nurses, interns and patients squeezed together into a small emergency department with scripts that play out in real time, “The Pitt” feels like a lab made to grow great performances. The Emmys rewarded it accordingly Wednesday. Thirteen of the 25 nom...
Technology and online platforms are increasingly being used to threaten the United Kingdom, including by hostile countries, extremists and far-right groups, senior British police officials said Thursday. There is a “continual battle” against threats online, said Vicki Evans, a se...
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.Back-and-forth attacks, including a day ea...
A man who police say was employed by Frost Bank shot and killed himself outside one of the company’s Northwest Side locations, according to authorities.Just after 9 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to the Frost Bank in the 11600 block of Bandera Road for a reported shooting.Upo...
