Former spokesman sues CPS Energy over 2022 firing

SAN ANTONIO – A former bilingual communications specialist with CPS Energy fired last year for failing to cooperate with an investigation into his behavior has filed a federal lawsuit against the utility, court records show. Ruben Betancourt accuses officials with the utility of retaliation and claims they discriminated against him because of a disability, according … Read more

Land sold by group of nuns helped jump-start Alamo Ranch

ALAMO RANCH – Few, if any, planned communities can thank a religious order for jump-starting their developments, but 175 acres sold by the Cordi-Marian Missionary Sisters about 20 years ago, led to what is now the mega-subdivision Alamo Ranch. Sister Matilda Jaime, their administrator, said they had no idea what was to come. “Never. Never. … Read more

Man killed by SAPD officers shot 12 times, including 8 times in the back, autopsy shows

A man killed by San Antonio police officers last year near a West Side creek was shot 12 times, including eight times in the back, an autopsy report obtained Wednesday by KSAT Investigates shows. The release of the 14-page autopsy report by the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office comes after a grand jury earlier this … Read more