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 grant application d...
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Downtown’s historic Esquire Tavern has changed hands, and the new owner is a familiar face: longtime operator and beverage director Stephan Mendez. Mendez took ownership of both the Commerce Street landmark — home to Texas’ longest wooden bar top — and its basement haunt Downstairs from architect...
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 charge, which is cons...
The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration officer Tuesday marks at least the eighth death during the Trump administration's immigration enforcement campaign, and the first fatality amid a newly intensified push by the administration to carry out its mass deportations agenda.Dep...
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 President Donald...
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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 police chief, ef...
Jesus “Jesse” Salame Jr. will serve as acting San Antonio police chief as the city searches for a permanent replacement for William McManus.Assistant Chief Jesse Salame named acting San Antonio police chief was first posted on July 8, 2026 at 1:15 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this f...
NATO’s summit in Turkey on Wednesday had threatened to go off the rails even before U.S. President Donald Trump and his counterparts sat down to work. But the leaders renewed their vow to defend each other should any of them come under attack.It came despite a fresh storm of old Trump criticism t...
The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee is split over whether inflation is likely to stay elevated or whether it will cool once the Iran war winds down, according to minutes released Wednesday. In the first set of minutes released under new chair Kevin Warsh, “many” of the Fed's 19 officials...
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 grant application d...
Writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million awarded to her after a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump’s lawyers immediately appealed to stop the payment.The president has already deposited the money in an account. The...
An 18-hole mini golf course is scheduled to open Friday at the Pearl in San Antonio.Pearl Putt will open at 10 a.m. near the Stable Hall, a news release said. Its design is inspired by Alamo City landmarks, according to the release.Visitors can chip a ball around the Alamo, Tower of the Americas,...
The San Antonio Police Department is investigating what led up to several crosses being 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 Road....
One expert described the Republican governor's plan as "starving all of your state services" while locking cities into economic stagnation. The post Experts warn Gov. Greg Abbott’s property tax plan could bankrupt Texas, hobble cities appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Houston leaders on Wednesday said they have received little information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement about the fatal shooting of an immigrant Tuesday, while his eldest son publicly praised his father and demanded an investigation. “He wanted nothing else in life but to provide fo...
A Mexican national fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston had no criminal convictions during his decades living in the U.S. and was driving a crew to a homebuilding site when he was killed, his family and a Texas congresswoman said Wednesday.Lorenzo Salgado Arau...
An investigation is underway after deputies found a man’s body on Wednesday afternoon in southeast Bexar County, according to the sheriff’s office. In a news conference, BCSO Sheriff Javier Salazar said deputies responded to the 12000 block of East Loop 1604 after a man working on utilities in th...
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 for a person fee...
After a federal immigration officer shot and killed a man in Houston, his son is speaking out. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on Tuesday morning shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican citizen who had lived in the United States for decades, on his way to work. In...
A three-judge panel on Wednesday denied a request from the Kennedy Center's board to restore President Donald Trump's name to the institution while the board appeals an earlier ruling that dubbed the name change illegal and had it rescinded.It's another setback for the board of trustees, of which...
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 Bent Tree subdivi...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is directly asking Sen. Mitch McConnell, the state's most powerful figure in Congress, to disclose more about his condition after three weeks of silence from the 84-year-old since he was hospitalized in Washington. The letter released Wednesday from Beshear, a Democrat ...
Game balls for World Cup matches have become stars in their own right during the tournament.The ball has made headlines with its embedded technology and raised questions among fans, including: Why is everyone expected to promptly toss the ball back onto the pitch?It's a question more out of curio...
Residents and hotel guests were slowly allowed back onto cordoned off Manhattan streets on Wednesday after columns buckled and floors sagged at an under-construction apartment building, triggering widespread evacuations and street closures over concerns that it might collapse. Crews worked throug...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSLIGHT SAHARAN DUST: Slight haze to the sky today, tomorrow MOISTURE SURGE: A round of deep moisture moves in late FridaySCATTERED RAIN SATURDAY: Best odds at rain are Saturday afternoon (40%)FORECASTDRY, HAZY TODAY After a few days of hit-or-miss rainfall, a drier forecast take...
Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate and longtime defender of Israel, warned Wednesday that the country has become increasingly isolated as its leadership has turned it into a “territorial pariah,” in a speech at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday. Emanuel’s condemnation of I...
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. In a preliminar...
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democrat running for Texas governor, on Monday pledged to dole out a $1,500 “corruption tax refund” check to every Texan if she’s elected in November. The Austin rep’s “populist” economic policy platform aims to restore trust in a Republican-controlled state governme...
The Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services held a public hearing Tuesday to gather information that will shape future legislation on THC products sold in the state. Lawmakers made arguments against THC that harkened back to the days of the “Just Say No” campaigns of the ’80s regardin...
A pedestrian was rushed to a hospital in critical condition after they were hit by a vehicle on the Northwest Side, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to the crash just before 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 2400 block of Babcock Road, which is located near Wurzbach Road. According to an S...
The “Ferytale” continues at Wimbledon.Arthur Fery grew up five minutes from the All England Club and now the 114th-ranked player is a semifinalist at the grass-court Grand Slam.The 23-year-old British player, who needed a wild-card invitation to enter the tournament, beat ninth-seeded Flavio Cobo...
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The preliminary hearing for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk was set to resume Wednesday afternoon, with defense attorneys expected to keep questioning the reliability of DNA testing that prosecutors say links the defendant to the suspected murder weapon.Prosecutors...
The San Antonio Botanical Garden is welcoming pups back for its Dog Days of Summer event.Visitors can bring their dogs to explore the garden daily from 8 a.m. to noon through Aug. 31. The event provides people a chance to enjoy the garden with their four-legged companions during the cooler mornin...
Fraudsters are increasingly using the ATM-like machines for fast access to money that’s difficult to trace.
Even as the sun started to set, the day's heat was still hanging in the air as Annie Woods walked back out to harvest squash and zucchini on her 50-acre farm.Prolonged and intense heat is part of a climate change-driven pattern of weather extremes that has also led to intense flooding and prolong...
With children spending more time outdoors during summer break, parents are urged to watch closely for signs of overheating. Last month, the City of San Antonio reported that nine children suffered heat-related illnesses.Children depend on parents and guardians to help them stay cool, hydrated and...
San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus is set to retire Friday, and the city is searching for his replacement. In an interview with KSAT’s Myra Arthur, McManus said he wants his successor to be someone who is “humble” and “knows the department.”The city posted the opening for his job...
Some families in the San Antonio area say they are feeling increased pressure as federal immigration enforcement continues and new government data shows nearly 1,500 ICE arrests across the region since January.The concerns come after recent reports of federal agents at Hardberger Park on the Nort...
The economic collapse of Venezuela has pushed its healthcare system to the brink. The disaster is now adding to the stress.
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