BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – The Southwest Independent School District Board of Trustees approved a 2% raise for all full-time employees on Wednesday as part of their compensation plan for the upcoming school year, the district said in a press release. Along with the 2% raise, the district approved a $1,000 retention bonus for eligible employees. … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – The head of Bexar County’s government said people are working around-the-clock to fix the rocky rollout of the county’s new criminal justice management system. Odyssey Case Manager was rolled out on May 30, but it has resulted in a host of issues. Incorrect verdicts and expunged records have appeared in the system, … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – A fire on the Southwest Side damaged two homes to the point they are no longer livable, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. SAFD received a call for a fire in the 100 block of Peach Valley Drive, not far from JBSA-Lackland, around 3 p.m. Wednesday. Recommended Videos Crews arrived to … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – We’re learning more about the major software change within the Bexar County Judicial System that’s caused huge problems and issues with a human cost. Ten days ago, Bexar County installed a new court management system called Odyssey to help simplify online records. Since then, former inmates, their families and attorneys say this … Read more
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s effort to protect access to in vitro fertilization was blocked on Wednesday as Democrats instead rallied around their own version of the legislation. The bill, first introduced last month by Cruz and fellow conservative Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama, would have withheld Medicaid funding from any state that passes a ban on … Read more
Medina County authorities are pursuing a wanted man and request the public to avoid the Hondo Nature Trail area.
SAN ANTONIO – A 17-year-old man was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday for the shooting death of a man outside a bar. According to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, Albert Gonzalez and his brother, Bryan Gonzalez, confronted Enrique Santiago Gasca-Sanchez at a bar on the South Side on Dec. 6, 2021. … Read more