Comal’s ISD’s Davenport HS percussion ranks #1 in state at UIL band competition

SAN ANTONIO – In its second year as a state finalist, the Davenport High School band and color guard is walking away from this year’s UIL marching band competition with several top honors. The band’s percussion section took home first overall in the 4A competition. The band and color guard placed sixth. The competition took … Read more

DA Gonzales plans to cut indictment backlog by one-third, despite staffing problems

SAN ANTONIO – Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Joe Gonzales believes moving money around his budget will help his department to cut its backlog of 6,083 yet-to-be-indicted felony cases by one-third or more, despite problems keeping enough prosecutors on staff. And though an internal email obtained by KSAT shows a division chief chastising attorneys for … Read more

Follow the money: How a political action committee disrupted the status quo within North East ISD

SAN ANTONIO – Late last month, North East Independent School District’s fractured board of trustees interviewed its top four candidates to replace the late Terri Williams as trustee for Single Member District 2. Williams passed away in August following a long illness. The battle to fill her seat has sent NEISD’s board into a tailspin, … Read more

School districts working to meet state requirement to get armed officers on every public campus

SAN ANTONIO – Many school districts across San Antonio are scrambling to hire certified officers, with Texas House Bill 3 now in effect. The bill requires armed security officers on all campuses during regular school hours. Southwest ISD swore in 13 new officers on Tuesday morning to meet the state requirement. “This is a really … Read more

Record deaths in Texas as Supreme Court decides whether some domestic violence perpetrators can have guns

SAN ANTONIO – The numbers are in, and they’re not good. In 2022, 216 Texans were killed by intimate partners — 12 of whom were in Bexar County. The overall statistic is the second-worst number since the Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) began collecting data. In the last decade, the number of homicides involving a gun … Read more

Do at-home LED face masks really work?

They may look like something out of a sci-fi movie, but light-therapy face masks are a booming beauty tool many people are using to get a healthy glow. “LED therapy will work interacting with the skin at different levels — stimulating the metabolism, the production of collagen and elastic fibers, and also, in case of … Read more