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FRIDAY: Spotty afternoon rain, then near 100° this weekend
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Slight chance of rain or lightning affecting the beginning of games WEEKEND: Near 100° NEXT WEEK: Staying hot FORECAST Once again, we’ll play the rain lottery today. There’s a 20% chance for rain from 4 pm to 8 pm. While most of us will s...
No. 7 Miami gains school-record 856 yards, rolls past Florida A&M 77-7
No. 7 Miami set a school record for yards and tied the mark for points in a game, with quarterbacks Darian Mensah and Luke Nickel each throwing three touchdown passes in a 77-7 victory over lower-division Florida A&M on Thursday night. The Hurricanes finished with 856 yards, brea...
Special education head at Education Department abruptly resigns
The leader of the Education Department's special education office told employees she is resigning after less than four months in the role and as the agency overall is morphing and shrinking....
Not much for rain today, isolated action possible tomorrow
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS 30% CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY: Brief, afternoon downpours HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Slight chance of rain or lightning affecting games EL NINO STRENGTHENS: ‘Very strong’ El Nino still on track for winter FORECAST We’re still playing the “rain lottery” on Friday with r...
Associated Press journalists who witnessed Sept. 11 remember what they saw, 25 years later
Karen Matthews was getting her 3-year-old daughter ready for preschool in her Manhattan apartment on Sept. 11, 2001, when she heard a loud boom, unlike anything she’d ever heard before. Holding her child, she went outside. Around her, people stared up at a gash in the north tower...
Parents should start special needs evaluations now for next year's TEFA funds, expert advises
The school year may have just started, but parents hoping to qualify for higher Texas Education Freedom Accounts funding for a child with special needs next year may need to act soon. The state’s new TEFA offers students about $10,000 for non-public school education and services....
Fall youth sports are back at the YMCA — and there’s still time to join
Sponsored by: As families settle into a new school year, fall is the perfect time for kids to get moving, try something new, and build friendships along the way. At the YMCA of Greater San Antonio, youth sports give children the opportunity to develop athletic skills while also l...
In reversal, James Talarico says he opposes trans athletes in girls’ sports “if it risks safety or fairness”
DALLAS — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico on Wednesday said he opposed transgender student-athletes competing in girls’ sports “if it endangers safety or fairness,” reversing course on previous positions he took while in the Texas House opposing restrictions on trans...
Texas Comptroller requests $2 billion to expand school voucher program
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines has requested legislators double the money behind the state’s private school voucher program to $2 billion. More than 100,000 students sit on the waitlist, but critics argue there is little evidence vouchers are delivering on their promises to justi...
Teen dating abuse warning signs: What San Antonio parents need to know this back-to-school season
Back-to-school season brings new friendships, and sometimes new romantic relationships. Local advocacy groups say parents should be ready to have honest conversations with their kids about what a healthy relationship looks like. Mandy Majors, founder of nextTalk, says the parent ...
Pershing Elementary School jumps from F to B in Texas Education Agency ratings
Pershing Elementary School on the East Side has made a dramatic academic comeback, jumping from an F to a B in the latest Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability ratings — and missing an A by just one point. The school earned an 89% in the ratings released in August. The TEA’...
Center for Health Empowerment in South Texas Celebrates Grand Opening
The Center for Health Empowerment in South Texas (CHEST) officially opened CHEST South on Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, facility tours, and a community resource fair. The new location is called CHEST South in anticipation of creating similar partnerships in other close...
AC coolers goes out at Holmes High School as temperatures hit upper 90s
Air conditioning problems at Holmes High School disrupted several after-school activities, according to messages sent to families. A Northside Independent School District spokesperson said the school’s chillers went down Tuesday morning. Technicians restored the system around 1 p...
12’s Top 12: Week 3, 2026
Check out the latest 12’s Top 12 rankings across San Antonio and South Central Texas. KSAT 12 Sports has you covered for the high school football season each and every week! Make sure to watch KSAT Sports Now with Larry Ramirez, Mary Rominger and Ashley Gonzalez weeknights at 9:3...
COVID-19 cases on the rise across all age groups, local healthcare expert says
Dr. Jason Bowling, the chief epidemiologist at University Health, said there is an increase in COVID-19 cases across all age groups. Bowling, who is also an infectious disease specialist and professor with UT Health, said a likely factor contributing to the uptick is that student...
As Texas expands public pre-K, longtime childcare providers struggle to keep their place
Texas is trying to expand access to preschool by encouraging school districts to partner with private child care centers. But some longtime Dallas providers say the school district that's supposed to be their partner is also becoming their competition....
BGC Scores and Schedule: Week 3, 2026
Below you will find the schedule and live scores for high school football games on Sept. 10-12 in San Antonio, South Texas and the Hill Country area. Game scores below will be updated at the end of quarters and, in some cases, halves. @import url('https://t.gmg.io/bgcscores/css/k...
Most states prompt schools to teach about 9/11, but the details differ, AP finds
For three days this summer, teachers converged at the Flight 93 National Memorial in remote western Pennsylvania to talk about 9/11 . How best to educate a new generation about the attacks 25 years ago ? Which details are appropriate for young kids? What do victims' families want...
Americans' satisfaction with schools is at a low point, new Gallup poll shows
Americans' satisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the country has hit a low point, driven by a growing political divide and concerns that schools are not preparing children for college and future jobs. Just 32% of American adults say they are “completely” or “somewhat...
Northside ISD to offer ChatGPT for Teachers with new OpenAI partnership
Northside Independent School District is partnering with OpenAI to bring ChatGPT for Teachers to educators across the district, joining a growing number of school systems using artificial intelligence as a classroom and productivity tool. NISD expects to begin rolling out the pro...
Hurricane Lowell expected to pass near one Hawaiian island and cause major rains statewide
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green closed schools and government offices on the westernmost islands of Kauai and Niihau and on Oahu for Tuesday as Hurricane Lowell was expected to pass nearby, bringing damaging winds, mudslides, possible tornadoes, dangerous rip currents and as much as 24 in...
Indonesia keeps several airports closed though volcanic eruption is easing
Indonesia kept several airports closed and shifted schools to remote learning Monday though the volcanic eruption that has halted 2,300 flights and coated areas with ash was subsiding. The continuous, 25-hour eruption of Anak Krakatau that produced a fountain of lava and a boom h...
Scholar Athlete of the Week: Genesis Medrano, Holy Cross High School
Meet KSAT 12’s newest Scholar Athlete of the Week: Genesis Medrano from Holy Cross High School. Genesis is a shortstop and pitcher on the varsity softball team and is an athletic trainer. She was named First-Team All-District three years in a row and was named First-Team All-Stat...
The Iranian school struck in the war's earliest attacks is now a memorial for children
This will never be a school again. Its bright blue gate is still painted with the symbols that once welcomed children: Iran’s map, oversized pencils and portraits of legends in science and literature. But now, the walkway beyond it guides visitors past rows of photographs. They s...
Building collapse in New Delhi kills 1 and traps dozens of others
A building collapsed in New Delhi on Sunday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others, officials said. The five-story building, which housed a boys’ hostel, collapsed in Satya Niketan, a densely populated neighborhood known for its private student accommodations ...
UTSA defeats UTRGV in Vaqueros' first game against FBS school
The Roadrunners defeated their new South Texas rival Saturday afternoon in a 45-16 win over UTRGV at the Alamodome. Saturday marked the Vaqueros’ first game against an opponent in the highest tier of college football , the Football Bowl Subdivision. UTRGV debuted its football pro...
Nearly 2,000 fall ill in suspected food poisoning linked to Indonesia's free school meals program
Nearly 2,000 people, most of them students, fell ill in suspected food poisoning outbreaks linked to President Prabowo Subianto ’s flagship Free Nutritious Meals program this week, raising fresh concerns about food safety as the government rapidly expands the multibillion-dollar ...
Mensah throws 5 TD passes, Toney sets record in No. 7 Miami's 45-6 win over Stanford
Darian Mensah and Malachi Toney took almost no time to show how lethal a combination they can be this season for Miami. Mensah threw five touchdown passes in his Miami debut, Toney set a school-record with 234 yards receiving and the seventh-ranked Hurricanes opened their season ...
After rescoring STAAR exams, 11 Texas districts seeing A-F grades improve
About a dozen districts will see a bump in school accountability ratings on Tuesday after a manual rescoring of thousands of STAAR tests improved some results. Texas Education Agency officials said Friday about 27,200 students received additional credit for their text responses t...
Reported gunshots near Boerne elementary school were dove hunters, sheriff’s office says
A report of gunshots near a Boerne elementary school on Friday afternoon prompted a temporary lockdown. However, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office said the shots came from hunters. The sheriff’s office said people were hunting dove at neighboring properties near Herff Elementar...
The Dallas Public Library is getting rid of English classes. A volunteer calls the cuts 'baffling'
The library is getting rid of its English as a second language classes as it deals with citywide budget cuts. One volunteer says there is no replacement, leaving undocumented students in particular with few options....
Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey
The Trump administration this week quietly released an update to a major survey on civil rights in schools that was scrubbed of all data related to nonbinary students or bullying based on gender identity. The numbers come from the Education Department's Civil Rights Data Collecti...
How to use cell phone safety features to protect against thieves
With families getting back to their back-to-school routines, protecting your cell phone devices is critical, especially if they end up in the wrong hands. There are specific safety features you can Google for your particular phone to better protect yourself and your information. ...
YWLA named among nation’s best high schools by U.S. News & World Report
The Young Women’s Leadership Academy is celebrating another major achievement after landing on this year’s U.S. News & World Report list of the best high schools in the country. The all-girls public school is also ranked the 11th-best high school in Texas and the second-best high...
Clemens High School junior selected for US Senate Page Program
Clemens High School junior Brook Merritt is preparing to trade her classroom in Texas for the U.S. Capitol after she was selected for the competitive U.S. Senate Page Program in Washington, D.C. Merritt is one of 30 high school students chosen to serve as Senate pages, a program ...
Psychedelic 'Furthur' bus rolls back into San Francisco for new Grateful Dead exhibit
Ken Kesey's school bus — once painted in bright, swirly colors and driven across the country on a psychedelic journey — is back in San Francisco after 60 years as the centerpiece of a new exhibition celebrating the legacy of the Grateful Dead, a band that rose from the city’s fam...
Reagan basketball coach John Hirst rings the bell, completes prostate cancer treatment
Reagan High School head basketball coach John Hirst is celebrating a major win off the court after completing his final radiation treatment for prostate cancer at UT MD Anderson. Hirst marked the milestone by ringing the bell, surrounded by his family and care team, according to ...
Michael Lombardi resigns as North Carolina football GM amid school investigation
North Carolina football general manager Michael Lombardi has resigned, ending the tenure of an immediate hire in Bill Belichick's NFL-to-college coaching transition who had been on on paid administrative leave as the subject of a school investigation . The school announced Lombar...
