A former Syrian military official convicted of torturing prisoners during the rule of former President Bashar Assad was sentenced Thursday to 60 years in a U.S. prison. A jury in March found Samir Ousman Alsheikh guilty if one count of conspiracy to commit torture and three counts of torture whil...
safety
A woman wanted for her alleged involvement in a fatal crash in El Paso was taken into custody Thursday, the Eagle Pass Police Department said. Melanie Christine Cuellar, 29, had an active warrant out of El Paso for a collision involving death charge, according to Eagle Pass polic...
Local
The San Antonio Conservation Society says it canceled A Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, for 2027 after years of falling attendance and financial losses, a major shift for the longtime Fiesta event that helps fund the nonprofit’s programs and grants. Viewers who no longer atte...
government
The Bexar County Elections Office has posted the generic sample ballot for the Nov. 3 election. >> Click here to view the sample ballot The jam-packed ballot is four pages, showing every contest within the county. At the polls, voters will get a ballot that contains the races in ...
schools
NFL player Von Miller is expected to help provide free eye exams and pairs of glasses to kids in San Antonio next weekend on the city’s East Side. A nonprofit created by the Dallas Cowboys linebacker provided more than 11,000 low-income students with eye care across the United St...
safety
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY: A lucky few will see a downpour STAYING HOT: Mid to upper 90s FIRE UPDATE: Three fires now burning west of SA FORECAST We tied the record high temperature (98°) in San Antonio today, and it’s not going to change much in the days ahead. Plan for afterno...
parks
Barely three months had passed since the Carolina Hurricanes finally punched through a playoff roadblock to win another Stanley Cup when it was time to turn their attention forward to another season. The confidence and experience gained from that run? Invaluable. Dwelling on it b...
News
The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. “There...
government
Bo French, the rabble-rousing candidate for the Texas Railroad Commission, drew national attention this week for singling out a group of students of South Asian descent at a Longhorns game in a racist social media post, thrusting the little-understood regulatory agency into the s...
government
Facing a major budget deficit and a struggling economy, the San Antonio City Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase Thursday — the city's first in more than three decades. ‘We punted’: San Antonio approves first tax increase without mayor’s support was first posted on Sept...
business
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q announced Thursday it is providing space to the Elf Louise Christmas Project in its downtown warehouse to serve as the workshop hub for the holiday season, giving the longtime San Antonio holiday organization a central home as volunteers prepare gifts for fami...
business
Two major economic developments hit within 24 hours of each other Wednesday, and experts say San Antonio families could feel the effects at the gas pump, the grocery store and in their monthly bills. Diesel fuel crossed $6 a gallon nationally for the first time on record, accordi...
