ICE plans to outfit officers with electric shock gloves
The company that makes the gloves, Compliant Technologies, says they're a nonlethal tool to make individuals compliant during arrests.
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Fort Hood military helicopter crash kills 2, sparks grass fire in Salado
The AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crashed around 1:30 p.m. in a field and started a fire, which has since been contained.
More than 2,000 calls a day: Inside San Antonio’s 311 operation
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.
Texas THC ban continues as federal judge rejects emergency motion
Hemp businesses and consumers asked to block state regulations on THC, but their lawsuit remains pending.
New traffic signal aims to make dangerous Perrin Beitel intersection safer
The signal at Sun Gate Drive and Perrin Beitel Road provides safer access for drivers, pedestrians and VIA riders at a high-crash intersection.
Bonham Exchange to close for sprinkler installation, plans to reopen in four to five months
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....
Bandera Electric Cooperative joins calls to accelerate Texas 46 safety 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 4 people including a child wounded by gunfire at a Seattle festival, hospital says
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 Bid Alerts!
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, police union reach tentative agreement on new contract after months of negotiations
San Antonio and the city’s police union reached a tentative labor agreement that now heads to union members and City Council for approval.
Charges against former San Antonio police officer dismissed ahead of trial
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....
Texas lawmakers examine the state’s fragmented response to homelessness
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...
San Antonio street nurses bring wound care to people experiencing homelessness
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....
SAFD: Pet dead after Northwest Side condominium fire, no human injuries reported
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...
Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral saw open calls for his killing
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 before small jet crashed in June on Texas highway, NTSB report says
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...
ICE activity in Texas continues to climb as agency increases focus on street arrests
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 vows local investigation into ICE shooting but says feds aren’t sharing information
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...
Kirby councilmember removed from meeting by police after questioning city officials
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...
SAPD: At least 2 individuals accused of using ‘high-powered tools’ to steal ATM on Southwest Side
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...
2 drivers suffer potentially life-threatening injuries in Southwest Side crash, SAPD says
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 ...
UK actor Micheal Ward acquitted by London jury of rape and sexual assault charges
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...
Pedestrian hit, killed by vehicle on Southwest Side, SAPD says
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...
Police in the UK arrest a suspect in the killing of former Parliament member Ann Widdecombe
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...
New retail, emergency care projects follow rapid growth on far West Side
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...
EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to materialize, frustrating activists
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...
Wildfire devastates an expat community in southern Spain, killing at least 12 with 23 missing
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...
Soon-to-be acting SAPD chief eyes permanent job but says focus is on being ‘stable, steady leader’
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...
Pay still an issue as City of San Antonio, police union inch closer to new contract
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 ...
Affidavit: SA prep football star, UTSA commit arrested on felony robbery charges
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...
Woman accused of taping dog’s mouth shut arrested for animal cruelty, BCSO says
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...
Woman accused of stealing ambulance may have disabled anti-theft device, SAFD says
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...
Technology is driving an increase in attacks and threats to the UK, senior officials say
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...
Jacob Tobey reportedly exits as San Antonio Spurs announcer after affair allegation
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 ...
Woman accused of stealing ambulance on 22-mile West Side joyride also faces 3 kidnapping charges
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...
Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China's deadliest blazes in recent years
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...
Man records arrest of 2 murder suspects in Del Rio, later learns victim was his relative
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...
‘Not worth it’: Federal agents launch anti-gun trafficking campaign in San Antonio
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...
‘Everything is gone’: Family shares heartbreak after driver drag racing hits, kills 17-year-old girl
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...
US and Iran exchange intensifying fire across Mideast, threatening ceasefire deal
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...
The actors of 'The Pitt' own the Emmy acting categories with 13 nominated cast members
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...
Frost Bank employee fatally shoots himself outside Northwest Side bank, SAPD says
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...
Woman accused of stealing ambulance while medics treated patient in downtown San Antonio
San Antonio police arrested a woman accused of stealing an ambulance while two paramedics treated a patient in the back.
Crypto kiosks were used to scam $56 million from Texans last year. Lawmakers want regulation.
Maria was standing in front of a cryptocurrency ATM, $5,000 in hand and a moment away from being scammed. Fabricated court documents, supposedly sent by text from the Travis County Sheriff’s Office, threatened the 72-year-old with arrest if she didn’t feed the money into the “cry...
Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than US$9.1 billion to build its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada and its largest outside the United States.The facility will be built in Sturgeon County, Alberta, and powered by a natural ga...
New attacks raise questions about what comes next in the Iran war
President Donald Trump says he believes the ceasefire with Iran is over. He says he’s not sure he wants a deal anymore and says the U.S. should “finish the job.” But he also insists that continued attacks do not mean a return to war or long-term action.The confusion and uncertain...
Gunfire wakes residents in Kendall County after at least 1 deputy shoots, kills armed man
Residents in the Bent Tree neighborhood in Kendall County said 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 wh...
Mayor Whitmire: No Houston police involvement in fatal ICE shooting
In his first public comments on the matter, Houston Mayor John Whitmire said his office is monitoring the shooting but stressed that Houston police officers were not involved in the incident....
Lockhill Postal Office resumes operations after woman crashes vehicle into building
The Lockhill Postal Office on the North Side resumed normal operations Thursday after a woman allegedly crashed her car into the building Wednesday morning. Officers were dispatched for a reported collision just before 11 a.m. at the post office in the 12900 block of Huebner Road...
Houston mayor questions city’s authority to probe ICE shooting amid calls for independent investigation
Houston Mayor John Whitmire on Wednesday cast doubt that the city’s police department could open a criminal investigation into the shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo — killed a day earlier by a federal immigration agent — as family and advocates pressured city leaders to spearhea...
Assistant Chief Jesse Salame named acting San Antonio police chief
Jesus “Jesse” Salame Jr. will serve as acting San Antonio police chief as the city searches for a permanent replacement for William McManus.
SAPD: Person calls police on woman 'under the influence of inhalants' while caring for 5-year-old
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 char...
The tenuous state of a US-Iran ceasefire renews anxiety over high fuel prices
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...
City of San Antonio names Jesse Salame as SAPD's acting police chief
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...
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on states to change election practices
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 gr...
Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case; Trump appeals
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 appealed but were denied an emergency order to block the payment from be...
Crosses at Quintana Road memorial damaged again months after calls for improved security, lighting
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 ...
Woman accused of stealing ambulance downtown with first responders and patient inside, SAPD says
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...
Video shows KCSO deputies shoot, kill armed person ‘wearing only underwear’
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 ...
‘Distracted’ driver dies after crashing into 18-wheeler on Interstate 35, SAPD says
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...
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