Editor’s note: This story was published through a partnership between KSAT and Live From the Southside, a new local- and Latina-owned magazine that works to improve & expand community relationships through promoting events, stories and businesses. The Brooks Green Loop, a transformative project aiming to link Salado Creek to the San Antonio Mission Reach via … Read more
KARNES COUNTY, Texas – According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), an earthquake touched down in Falls City on Wednesday night. The USGS said a 3.2-magnitude earthquake shook the town, located 40 miles southeast of downtown San Antonio, just after 8 p.m. Karnes County (Google Maps) As of 10 p.m, Wednesday, no damage or … Read more
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – Tex Amestoy said when he first moved to the northwest side of Bexar County, Talley Road was just two lanes. “There was nothing out here,” Amestoy said. “This was all country out here.” Nearly 20 years later, Amestoy said this area, near Alamo Ranch, has exploded. He said he’s worried that … Read more
HELOTES, Texas – The Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance has until Monday, Feb. 12, to file an official request to contest the case to block a wastewater permit made to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Annalisa Peace with the GEAA says it may take weeks or months to know if the case will be granted, … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – A man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting and killing another man at a traffic light. Christopher Powell, 36, was found guilty of murder by a Bexar County jury on Feb. 2. Powell’s sentencing begins Wednesday. On April 9, 2021, Powell and the victim were arguing with each … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Have you looked at your 2024 calendar? February is one day longer this year. “The time it takes for the Earth to go around the sun is about 365.25 days,” said Angela Speck, Professor and Department Chair for Physics and Astronomy at UTSA. Yet, our man-made calendar measures one year as exactly … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – A 61-year-old woman is behind bars after fatally shooting her husband in the head, San Antonio police say. The shooting happened around 6 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, in the 3200 block of Northridge Drive. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Melissa Johnson Byrd, 61, thought she had shot an intruder, but … Read more