BCSO searching for missing 68-year-old man last seen leaving hospital on far West Side

SAN ANTONIO – The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a missing 68-year-old man last seen leaving CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Westover Hills on Monday, April 8. Emilio Cordova Mendoza Jr. was transported to the hospital via ambulance for a medical episode. Recommended Videos Shortly after arriving, hospital staff said Mendoza left the property on … Read more

Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93

NEW YORK – Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93. MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil. Recommended Videos MacNeil … Read more

Teen driver charged with murder in shooting death connected to botched shoe sale, BCSO says

SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Sheriff’s Office homicide investigators arrested a second person in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old man last week. Diego Salazar, 17, was arrested Friday afternoon, believed to be the driver who took murder suspect Daniel Hernandez to Ricky De Los Santos’ home in the 2000 block of S. … Read more

Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87

Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died. She was 87. Coppola died Friday surrounded by family at home in Rutherford, California, her family announced in a statement. No cause … Read more