CRIME

‘Didn’t deserve that’: Mother killed in a hit-and-run, loved ones ask community for help

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Jessica Vela was killed crossing Harry Wurzbach Road on May 30. Police believe the suspect was driving white Lincoln MKX. SAN ANTONIO — On Wednesday, a family laid a mother of four to rest. Police say Jessica Vela, 39, was killed in a hit-and-run on Harry Wurzbach Road near Timberlane Drive on the northeast side. … Read more

Sheriff: 26 migrants rescued, several in custody after human-smuggling operation is busted in south Bexar County

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Deputies say they discovered the human smuggling victims in a “stifling hot” wooden structure that didn’t have AC. SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County officials say 26 human-smuggling victims were found and seven others taken into custody when law enforcement busted an operation on the far south side Thursday afternoon.  On a day when temperatures were … Read more

GoFundMe raises more than $200,000 after 3-year-old boy killed in double stabbing outside North Olmsted Giant Eagle

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North Olmsted police said it was shortly after 3 p.m. Monday when Julian and his mother, 38-year-old Margot Wood, were stabbed in the parking lot of the Giant Eagle. NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio — A GoFundMe has raised more than $200,000 for the family of 3-year-old Julian Wood, who was killed in a double stabbing outside … Read more