Texas inmate faces execution for 2001 abduction and strangulation of 5-year-old girl
A Texas inmate convicted of strangling a 5-year-old girl taken from an El Paso store and then burning her body nearly 22 years ago is facing execution.
Month: November 2023
After a massive spay/neuter event, local non-profit’s trailer disappears
The morning of the Big Fix, a massive spay and neuter event by the non-profit SNIPSA, they discovered a critical piece of their equipment disappeared. SAN ANTONIO — On what was supposed to be a day of giving on San Antonio’s west side, thieves decided to take instead. The morning of the Big Fix, a … Read more
FBI raids north-side home where police say a man was tortured and killed in 2022
Federal agents have not said if Wednesday’s early-morning raid is connected to the 2022 murder of a 30-year-old man that unfolded there. SAN ANTONIO — Neighbors along the 2400 block of Basse Road on the north side were awakened by loud booms and the sight of federal agents on their street Wednesday morning—the result of … Read more
‘That’s all I have left of him’ | Uvalde Mother pleads with thief who stole items honoring her slain son
Felicha Martinez said someone broke into her car while she was at Cowboys Dance Hall Monday night and took several items honoring her son, Xavier Lopez. SAN ANTONIO — A mother of a Robb Elementary victim said someone stole her purse which had irreplaceable items inside, including her son’s toy that he had given her … Read more
‘We’re going to knock on doors’: Neighborhood rallies to save SAISD school from closure
SAN ANTONIO – John J. Pershing Elementary School parent Jacene Rodriguez said there are deep roots for the school in her community. “I came here when I was little. My mom came here and it’s just a family school,” she said. Her home is just on the other side of I-35. Rodriguez said having to … Read more
San Antonio police searching for hit-and-run suspect who hit woman on West Side
San Antonio police are searching for a suspect accused of hitting and killing a woman riding a bicycle on the West Side late last month.
Justin Torres and Ned Blackhawk are among the winners of National Book Awards
NEW YORK – Justin Torres’ novel “Blackouts,” a daring and illustrated narrative that blends history and imagination in its recounting of a censored study of gay sexuality, has won the National Book Award for fiction. On Wednesday night, the nonfiction prize was awarded to Ned Blackhawk’s “The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking … Read more