TPR News Now: Thursday, July 2, 2026
SAPD Chief William McManus moves up his retirement; More community groups call for safety improvements to TX 46; Fire inspector gives firework safty tips
SAPD Chief William McManus moves up his retirement; More community groups call for safety improvements to TX 46; Fire inspector gives firework safty tips
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San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are seeking leads in connection with a far West Side shooting that “destroyed” a 32-year-old man’s eyes. The shooting happened around 3:45 p.m. on June 6, at the intersection of Culebra Road and Roft Road. The man stopped at the intersection’s red light while...
Millions of Americans are expected to take to the skies and roads for the Fourth of July holiday week, with AAA projecting 5.85 million travelers flying domestically.The San Antonio International Airport was off to a steady start on Thursday morning, as a KSAT crew captured travelers leaving San ...
San Antonio is gearing up for a packed Independence Day weekend, with tens of thousands expected to attend celebrations across the city, including fireworks shows, festivals, concerts, and family-friendly events.One of the biggest draws is expected to be Ye’s concert at the Alamodome. City offici...
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has issued a CLEAR Alert for a missing man last seen on the Southeast Side. Jason Lovelady, 43, was last seen around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of East Southcross Boulevard. Lovelady is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. DPS said h...
Lulu Gribbin was 15 when she survived a shark attack off the coast of Florida. She lost her left hand, part of her right leg and almost her life.What she didn’t know when she entered the water on that day in 2024 was that another woman had been bitten by a shark 90 minutes earlier and just 3 mile...
SAPD Chief William McManus moves up his retirement; More community groups call for safety improvements to TX 46; Fire inspector gives firework safty tips
Today @ 10:30 a.m., World-class magician brings his act to town, a local sommelier shares his tips wine picks for summer & what to do if you run into legal trouble over the holiday weekend.He’s been called one of the top comedy magicians in the magic world, Nathan Coe Marsh is bringing his hilari...
President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They're communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party's ascendant left are communists who want to “complet...
Kate, the Princess of Wales, met tennis fans lining up in Wimbledon's famous Queue on Thursday before attending a second-round match featuring British player Arthur Fery on one of the outer courts at the grass-court Grand Slam.The princess, who early last year announced her cancer was in remissio...
The rates of students exempt from required immunizations for conscientious or religious reasons increased statewide this past school year. Meanwhile, the percentage of students up to date on vaccinations — also known as coverage rates — varied by vaccine.Kindergarten vaccination rates across the ...
The de la Torre family serves up a hot dog that evokes memories of the Windy City on Lake Michigan, but here on Jones Maltsberger Road.‘Chicago Hot Dogs’ fires up grill for Independence Day dogs, San Antonio-style was first posted on July 2, 2026 at 5:00 am.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use o...
This article is co-published with KRIS 6 News and ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.The Corpus Christi region, in the midst of an ongoing water crisis, has experienced another setback: Design work has halted on a pipeline that’s s...
While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows. Of note in the latest report released...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSHOT, BUT NOT BLAZING HOT: East coast hotter than SA, 90s again todaySPOTTY SHOWER: Today, Friday, Saturday, minimal impacts SUNDAY/MONDAY: Rain chances rise *slightly*FORECASTNYC, PHILLY HOTTER THAN SASure, it’s hot. But, it could always be worse. Yesterday, much of the east co...
Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” again ratcheting up tensions over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies. The strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gu...
Russia likely used shadow ships to launch drones over Europe that repeatedly disrupted civilian aviation, as it monitored military sites and tested the air defenses of NATO nations, according to a report published Thursday by the International Institute of Strategic Studies think tank.The report,...
A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream.Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissi...
An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing nine, officials said.A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 kilometers (372 miles) northeast of the capital Bangkok, were on the pilgrimage. Five monks...
The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church. It also excommunicated its bishops and priests, and warned its faithful that they too face t...
Wall Street was mixed in light trading early Thursday as chip stocks fell further and oil prices dipped near their levels before the Iran war began.Futures for the S&P 500 were unchanged before the opening bell, while Dow Jones Industrial futures inched up 0.2%. Nasdaq futures were off 0.4%. Most...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence.After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed Giorgia Meloni had groveled for his attention, European leaders rallied to Meloni's side, thawing what had been a frosty relationshi...
The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ’ conspiracy platform.More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars, The Onion on Thursday will debut a send-up under its own website with plans to give some of the revenue to fam...
It is a city bathed in the orange-and-blue afterglow of a Knicks championship, gushing with the joy of World Cup fans jamming its bars and its streets, enjoying a singular confetti-raining, fireworks-bursting, parade-rolling, smile-inducing moment that seems to make this place feel even more like...
New Jersey is launching a new fee on companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage instead of being covered by their employers. Other states are considering it, too.Democratic lawmakers and governors see it as a way to help pay for the joint federal and state insurance program that covers...
San Antonio police say they are aware of an ongoing issue with street racing along Southwest Military Drive after the death of a 17-year-old girl who was hit and killed in a crash over the weekend.Residents in the area said the issue stretches beyond one area.Jesse Espitia, whose sister Jeanette ...
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Employees at a Northwest Side tattoo shop are cleaning up on Wednesday after they said someone broke into the business earlier in the morning.CFS Tattoo Company, located along Huebner Road, said the break-in happened around 7 a.m., when SAPD received a call of a burglary at the building. There wa...
One year after devastating floods, the Hill Country community is coming together for an Independence Day weekend of remembrance, celebration and hope.
Rivers near New Braunfels attract thousands of people who like to float along rivers while enjoying food and drinks to cool off on hot summer days.However, there are regulations tubers must follow, unless they’re OK with potentially paying a $500 fine.There are two rivers in the City of New Braun...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSTEMPS: Near-average. Low- to mid-90sONE OR TWO SHOWERS: Thursday through Saturday, especially closer to the coast4TH OF JULY: Breezy around the time fore SLIGHTLY BETTER RAIN CHANCE: Sunday, Sunday night, & Monday FORECASTTHURSDAYSimilar weather! We’ll be on repeat. Highs in th...
The 2026 All-Star Futures Game roster was announced on Wednesday, and two San Antonio-area prospects will represent the Alamo City.Kayson Cunningham, a San Antonio native and 2025 Johnson High School graduate, was named to the roster.Per Major League Baseball, Cunningham is one of 50 players on t...
School may be out for the summer, but for one North Side student-athlete at TMI Episcopal, the work never stops.Philippe Jones is a rising junior and tennis player who fell in love with the sport in elementary school. That passion led Jones to create ‘Tennis 4 All,’ a nonprofit organization dedic...
Malik Tillman stepped up for a free kick with a bloody sock and a new right boot after being stepped on by an opponent as the United States scrambled to protect a one-goal lead, down a man in a World Cup knockout round.Tillman delivered the goal of his life, and one of the biggest ever by a U.S. ...
For many, the Fourth of July means spending time outdoors either on the patio, in the pool or around the grill. But with summer in full swing, mosquitoes may drop in for a bite or two.If you are looking to create a mosquito-free zone, you may want to consider products to place in the yard.The per...
Thousands of tubers are expected to pack New Braunfels waterways for the Fourth of July holiday weekend.The Guadalupe and Comal Rivers both run through New Braunfels and are popular summer attractions for tubers beating the heat. Friday and Saturday are expected to be the busiest days of the thre...
Russia hammered Kyiv in an 11-hour drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at least 20 civilians in the city and injuring scores more in what Moscow said was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities.Loud explosions shook the Ukrainian capital for hours...
On Friday, July 3rd, KSAT will air a one-hour special, marking one year since the devastating flood that ravaged the Hill Country over the July 4th weekend in 2025. Myra Arthur and Ernie Zuniga will host the recorded program from along the Guadalupe River. This is not meant to be an all-encompass...
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying four people in connection with a Northeast Side shooting investigation.The shooting happened on June 15 in the 7500 block of Glen Briar Drive, the sheriff’s office said. BCSO said the people involved in the shooting ...
The FBI has discounted some of the ransom notes that surfaced after the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie as nothing more than extortion attempts, but the agency said Wednesday it's still evaluating others that might be legitimate.The FBI did not specify how many ransom notes have been received, oth...
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