Bexar County allocated $47,000 of its settlement from a lawsuit against opioid distributors and manufacturers to pay for nearly 2,000 doses of Narcan, a treatment that can reverse opioid overdoses. Most on-duty deputy sheriffs, who have been trained to administer the life-saving drug, will carry the doses in their pockets or in their vehicles, Bexar … Read more
SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies are equipped once more to handle opioid overdoses on the spot thanks to part of the $2.2 million in settlement funds the county received from major pharmacies. County Judge Peter Sakai said Tuesday that $47,000 was used to stock nearly 2,000 doses of Narcan, a lifesaving nasal … Read more
“We don’t make the laws we just enforce them.” Such statements have become nearly a cliché in police departments across the nation. But the statement is not always true. Some laws are enforced more readily than others. And over the years more than a few sheriffs have issued press releases saying they won’t enforce one … Read more
By ELI OKUN 01/20/2023 01:12 PM EST Updated 01/21/2023 12:59 AM EST Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) announces he’ll run for reelection in Richmond today. | John C. Clark/AP Photo BATTLE FOR THE SENATE — Democrats face a brutal Senate map in 2024, but they got two shots in the arm this morning: Sen. TIM KAINE … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The judge presiding in the murder trial of an Air Force major charged in the murder of his wife issued some rulings Friday on pretrial motions filed by the defense. Andre McDonald is accused in the 2019 slaying of his wife, Andreen McDonald, whose remains were found four months after she disappeared. … Read more
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputies had to get assistance from a police helicopter to find a driver who decided to run following a vehicle crash overnight. The incident happened just before 2 a.m. near the intersection of Panda Drive and Marlina Drive, not far from Loop 410 on the city’s Northwest … Read more
Comment on this story Comment Gift Article STOUGHTON, Mass. — After Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) flew dozens of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, immigration lawyer Rachel Self rushed to the church where the group was staying. Soon she was inundated with phone calls. The owner of a local seafood company offered to employ … Read more