Jury finds 19-year-old man not guilty on all charges in hookah lounge robbery, fatal shooting

SAN ANTONIO – A jury on Friday found a 19-year-old man not guilty on all charges in connection with the robbery and fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man outside a Northeast Side hookah lounge. Jury deliberated for nearly five hours before delivering their decision in the capital murder trial of Jonathan Tijerina. The panel also … Read more

COMMENTARY: UTSA AD Lisa Campos is on FIRE with her head coaching hires

She’s hiring, and convincing, already established coaches that they can win in San Antonio, and win at the highest conference levels. SAN ANTONIO — I’d guess that UTSA Athletics Director Lisa Campos doesn’t need my approval for anything. She’s got a very healthy bank account. She’s doing just fine. But you know what, I’m gonna brag … Read more

From a media perspective, it was a tale of two Trump speeches — and long enough for both

From a media perspective, Donald Trump failed to stick the landing at the Republican convention that nominated him as its presidential candidate for a third time. His acceptance speech, which exceeded 90 minutes and stretched past midnight Eastern time into Friday, won him wide praise for its vivid recounting of last weekend’s assassination attempt yet … Read more

How is the global tech outage affecting San Antonio?

The overnight issues have had prolonged impacts across Texas and beyond. SAN ANTONIO — The world woke up Friday to technological chaos as flights were grounded, media outlets knocked offline, and hospital and government operations disrupted due to an update issue by Austin-based cybersecurity company CrowdStrike that affected Microsoft Windows customers.  San Antonio wasn’t spared, particularly … Read more

Two ‘very decomposed’ bodies found in back of 18-wheeler in northwest Houston

“Appears to be two bodies for sure. I mean, they’ve been there a very long time so they’re very decomposed, almost look like a mummy,” Lt. Willkens said. HOUSTON — Two people who were believed to have been experiencing homelessness were found dead in the back of an 18-wheeler in northwest Houston early Thursday morning, … Read more