SAN ANTONIO – You hear about diabetes all the time in South Texas. But did you know it’s linked to cancer? According to UT Health San Antonio, 16% of San Antonians have diabetes, which is higher than the national rate of 10%. A 2021 study in the medical journal “Cancers” found up to 18% of … Read more
The older brother of 4-year-old Benjamin Cervera loves art and drawing trees. But the picture he painted of his stepmother, Miranda Casarez, in a Bexar County courtroom on Thursday was dark.
A lot of kids love Lunchables, and parents like the convenience. But after tests turned up concerning levels of lead and sodium in various lunch kits, Consumer Reports says that convenience may come at a cost. “Lunchables and similar kinds of lunch kits are simply not healthy for kids,” said Consumer Reports’ Keven Loria. Consumer … Read more
Dean DeSoto, owner of Community Alliance for Traffic Safety, said he is “very worried” about gun violence after a road rage-related shooting that left a 10-year-old boy wounded.
SAN ANTONIO – A motion filed by the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office to recuse itself from Erik Cantu’s evading arrest cases has been postponed until later this month. In a hearing on Thursday, 187th District Court Judge Stephanie Boyd told the DA’s office that they needed to detail the reasons for the recusal and … Read more
DEL RIO, Texas – A San Antonio man was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for trafficking methamphetamine into the U.S. from Mexico. According to court documents, US Border Patrol agents at the Eagle Pass Border Patrol Station in October 2019 found 64.671 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in after-market compartments built into a vehicle. … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio will soon see a big green bus on the road with a mission to promote sustainable agriculture in mind. Big Green, a nonprofit encouraging Americans to grow their food, announced its Big Green Bus Tour last Thursday. The nonprofit’s founders are business partners and entrepreneurs Hugo Matheson and Kimbal Musk. … Read more