San Antonio plumbers prepping for ‘Brown Friday’ amid Thanksgiving holiday

SAN ANTONIO – Thanksgiving is a day of food, family, and football for most. However, historically, for plumbers, it means more business. The day after Thanksgiving for shoppers is Black Friday, but for plumbers, it’s the infamous “Brown Friday,” given the high demand for service. “We get a lot of stopped-up drains, so about 10 … Read more

Records show disparity in how often civil judges are available to assist presiding court

SAN ANTONIO – A months-long probe by KSAT Investigates found a wide disparity in how often Bexar County civil district court judges are available to assist the presiding court. The records raise questions about whether some judges have been forced to take on additional workload in a court system designed to farm out hearings each … Read more

Preventing or postponing dementia could lie in your gut, new local research shows

SAN ANTONIO – – Gail Youngdale, 80, lost her mother to Alzheimer’s. “After my mother died, my children started saying, ‘Mother you’re doing the same thing.’ Slowly, but surely, I noticed that my speech was different a little bit and I had forgotten some things that I didn’t want to forget,” Gail said. That was … Read more