Hard Rock says it’s planning to build a 189-room hotel and conference center on Lake Texoma

It’s part of a 2,700-acre master-planned community designed to include a casino, golf course and more on the Oklahoma side of the lake. OKLAHOMA, USA — Hard Rock International says it plans to begin construction on a 189-room hotel and conference center along Lake Texoma near the Texas-Oklahoma border in March in partnership with Pointe … Read more

Coldest night of the arctic blast is coming to San Antonio. Here’s how low temperatures will go.

A warming streak will be short-lived until another arctic blast returns in time for the weekend and rain by early next week. SAN ANTONIO — The time has come for San Antonio to experience the coldest night of the arctic blast, Tuesday heading into Wednesday.  How cold will it get? If the temperature holds as … Read more

‘I started doing drugs when I was 8′: Now-sober San Antonio man helping people at shelters get into recovery

SAN ANTONIO – As the homeless shelters pack with people escaping the cold, substance use recovery teams are seeing an opportunity. Volunteers can now offer resources to a larger network of people at Corazon Ministries’ Day Center. Jesus Perez spends almost every day connecting with unsheltered people at the same day center where he used … Read more

Two people, dog trapped after broken sprinkler leads to sheetrock collapse in NW Bexar County

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Firefighters rescued two people and a dog who became trapped in a third-floor apartment on Tuesday, according to the Leon Springs Fire Department. Crews with ESD 8 and Helotes Fire Department were the first to arrive at the apartment complex in the 8900 block of Napa Landing, just west of Interstate … Read more

‘A lot of blood’: Witnesses describe crime scene of double murder in first day of trial

SAN ANTONIO – Witness after witness described a bloody crime scene on the first day of the capital murder trial of Jilson Avelar-Rodriguez. Avelar-Rodriguez is accused in the fatal shooting of Nicholas Milanovich, 23, and Julia Wright, 21, on Sept. 30, 2018. “He saw them both laying in the bed helpless, asleep and bang, bang, … Read more

Community collaboration, partnerships aim to help San Antonio’s homeless population amid freezing temps

SAN ANTONIO – Haven for Hope, San Antonio’s largest homeless shelter, has been over capacity in recent nights as dangerously cold temperatures grip the area. Designed to sleep 1,422 people –– with an overflow capacity of 290 for a total of 1,712 –– Haven for Hope hosted 1,734 people on Sunday night and 1,711 on … Read more