VIDEO: Family of 5 migrants crosses Rio Grande as congressional delegation holds nearby press conference at Texas border

A family of five migrants was captured by KSAT photojournalist Gavin Nesbitt crossing the Rio Grande Wednesday as U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional Republicans held a nearby press conference about immigration. The two adults and three children could be seen from the staging area of the press conference crossing into Eagle Pass, … Read more

SAFD fire chief steps down over ‘inappropriate and offensive comments’

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Fire Department Chief Charles Hood is slated to announce his retirement, multiple SAFD sources confirmed to KSAT Wednesday. City Manager Erik Walsh announced Hood’s sudden change of employment status after KSAT’s report. Hood, the city’s first African American fire chief, has led a department with more than 1,900 employees and … Read more

BCSO van involved in crash on far West Side ran red light, witnesses say

SAN ANTONIO – A crash involving a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office van sent two people, including a prisoner, to the hospital Wednesday morning. The crash occurred just after 10:30 a.m. at the Highway 90 and Loop 1604 intersection. According to a BCSO spokesperson, a BCSO van was transporting a prisoner traveling westbound when it collided … Read more

Records: SAPD fires officer after drunken night that included groping woman, damaging home in New Braunfels

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – A San Antonio police officer was fired late last year, months after records showed he groped a woman and damaged a home in New Braunfels while intoxicated. Officer Jeremias Duque Jr., a four-year veteran of SAPD, was handed an indefinite suspension on Nov. 30. Duque, while at a home in New … Read more