Finesilver Curve reopens to traffic hours after overturned 18-wheeler carrying bees shuts down connector ramp in downtown San Antonio

The crash blocked I‑35 to I‑10 west ramp Friday morning as crews worked to clear the roadway. It reopened around 8 p.m. SAN ANTONIO — An overturned 18-wheeler shut down a key connector ramp in central San Antonio for hours Friday, causing traffic to be diverted at one of downtown’s busiest highway interchanges. A San … Read more

San Antonio’s first freeze is (finally) set to arrive Sunday morning. How cold will it be?

San Antonio has rarely gone deeper into the winter season without a freeze than this year. SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio residents have spent most of this unseasonably warm winter sticking to their light sweaters while the heavier jackets keep to the closet collecting dust. But it might finally be time to pull them out: … Read more

3 arrested, 1 wanted in Bexar County human smuggling and vehicle theft case involving ‘cloned vehicles’

The raids were “pretty dramatic,” Sheriff Salazar said. During one of the raids, the suspects allegedly jumped rooftop to rooftop on houses before being arrested. BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — Three suspects have been arrested after allegedly stealing vehicles and using them for human smuggling, Bexar County authorities said. One is still on the run.  At … Read more

Sheriff: Online solicitation suspect contacted undercover agent in the middle of Secret Service class on catching online predators

The class was being held in another part of the country, BCSO said. Authorities then contacted local law enforcement, who started to investigate. SAN ANTONIO — A man has been accused of soliciting a minor online after chatting and trying to meet up with who he thought was a 14-year-old, according to Bexar County officials.  … Read more

How teaching middle school in one of San Antonio’s poorest neighborhoods spurred James Talarico’s US Senate bid

Talarico’s two years as a public school teacher is central to his Democratic Senate campaign after driving his political rise through the Texas House. TEXAS, USA — In his second year teaching sixth-grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio, James Talarico, then 23, remembers getting a new student who came with a … Read more