SAN ANTONIO – SAISD Superintendent Jaime Aquino told staff members in a memo that “Apologies aren’t enough” for the human error and faulty equipment that led to a district-wide shutdown this week — it’s cost two district leaders their jobs. Aquino said he accepted the resignations of Ken Thompson, Deputy Superintendent of Operations, and Mike … Read more
CIBOLO, Texas – Cibolo police are investigating after an officer fired his service weapon during a scuffle with suspects behind a convenience store. A Cibolo PD spokesperson said officers were called out to the Pic-N-Pac convenience store for reports that a man was displaying some concerning behavior at one of the store’s gas pumps. When … Read more
A man driving a stolen van full of stolen merchandise led New Braunfels police on a chase into San Antonio. He is a 70-year-old man from Arizona.
The capital murder trial of Jilson Avelar-Rodriguez is scheduled to resume at 10 a.m. Friday.
SAN ANTONIO – A woman was arrested for arson nearly three years after she is alleged to have committed the crime. Shane Benton, 32, is charged with arson of a habitation/place of assembly for an incident in April of 2021. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Benton and her cousin were dating the same man. … Read more
UVALDE – In a report released Thursday by the Department of Justice into the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde on May 24, 2022, investigators noted that “there were at least 10 stimulus events” where officers should have taken steps to stop the gunman. The report, which was done at the request of then-Mayor Don … Read more
A man driving a stolen U-Haul van from New Braunfels is in custody after he led officers on a chase to an apartment complex on the city’s Northwest Side early Friday morning, according to San Antonio police.