This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateIf you think Bexar County is big now, consider that it once stretched across half of Texas and extended all the way to Wyoming.The area now within the county limits was once home to 125 small, independent bands of Native American hunter-gatherers collectively called Coahuiltecans, according to the Bexar County website. During the late period of Mexican rule from 1821-1836, Texas was divided into four departments, with the region of Bexar stretching west to the Rio Grande.After independence from Mexico was secured at the Battle of...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateIf you think Bexar County is big now, consider that it once stretched across half of Texas and extended all the way to Wyoming.The area now within the county limits was once home to 125 small, independent bands of Native American hunter-gatherers collectively called Coahuiltecans, according to the Bexar County website. During the late period of Mexican rule from 1821-1836, Texas was divided into four departments, with the region of Bexar stretching west to the Rio Grande.After independence from Mexico was secured at the Battle of...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateBarriers will be placed by the city around the Alamo today in preparation for any unrest occurring after the election, but the historic site will remain open during the day its usual hours, officials said.On Monday, Clark-Guido, the joint venture construction partnership working on improvements in Alamo Plaza, began work with the city and CPS Energy to perform an electrical duct bank tie-in near Crockett Street and Alamo Street on the southwest area of the plaza, closing off the plaza to traffic and pedestrians temporarily between...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateBarriers will be placed by the city around the Alamo today in preparation for any unrest occurring after the election, but the historic site will remain open during the day its usual hours, officials said.On Monday, Clark-Guido, the joint venture construction partnership working on improvements in Alamo Plaza, began work with the city and CPS Energy to perform an electrical duct bank tie-in near Crockett Street and Alamo Street on the southwest area of the plaza, closing off the plaza to traffic and pedestrians temporarily between...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSan Antonians will have a say in preserving the remains of one of the oldest Black churches in Texas, a historic structure in the heart of downtown.The building’s foundation, a dramatic archaeological find, was discovered during construction — now on hold — of a critical section of the San Pedro Creek Culture Project, a major flood-control and beautification undertaking.San Antonio River Authority staff said they will launch a public comment process in November to find out whether the public thinks the entire foundation of the...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateSan Antonians will have a say in preserving the remains of one of the oldest Black churches in Texas, a historic structure in the heart of downtown.The building’s foundation, a dramatic archaeological find, was discovered during construction — now on hold — of a critical section of the San Pedro Creek Culture Project, a major flood-control and beautification undertaking.San Antonio River Authority staff said they will launch a public comment process in November to find out whether the public thinks the entire foundation of the...WW…

The lead representative for the local deputies’ union hammered away during a virtual collective bargaining session Wednesday on working conditions at the Bexar County Jail, comparing detention officers to workers in a coal mine.“You just keep working them, and working them, and working them, and we think that’s got to stop,” said attorney Ron DeLord, chief negotiator for the Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County. “We cannot agree to continue a process that allows workers to be worked to a point of exhaustion and have no personal life.”An attorney for the county said it was looking for...…The lead representative for the local deputies’ union hammered away during a virtual collective bargaining session Wednesday on working conditions at the Bexar County Jail, comparing detention officers to workers in a coal mine.“You just keep working them, and working them, and working them, and we think that’s got to stop,” said attorney Ron DeLord, chief negotiator for the Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County. “We cannot agree to continue a process that allows workers to be worked to a point of exhaustion and have no personal life.”An attorney for the county said it was looking for...WW…

The November general election is one of the most anticipated in years, with the presidency at stake and both parties in bitter battles to take back the U.S. Senate and House. Partisan sentiment is running so high that yard signs saying “I’m so gonna vote” are a common sight in San Antonio neighborhoods.But the voting will take place amid a highly contagious pandemic, and that has officials and candidates concerned that fear of the coronavirus will cause many voters to stay home.Bexar County commissioners think they can help ease those fears. Among the ideas that will be discussed at a...…The November general election is one of the most anticipated in years, with the presidency at stake and both parties in bitter battles to take back the U.S. Senate and House. Partisan sentiment is running so high that yard signs saying “I’m so gonna vote” are a common sight in San Antonio neighborhoods.But the voting will take place amid a highly contagious pandemic, and that has officials and candidates concerned that fear of the coronavirus will cause many voters to stay home.Bexar County commissioners think they can help ease those fears. Among the ideas that will be discussed at a...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Leon Valley City Council has initiated another office forfeiture hearing against one of its members in the ongoing feud among leaders in this suburban community.That makes three elected members now facing the possibility of getting ousted from the council.Acting on concerns presented by City Manager Kelly Kuenstler, the council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to launch a hearing into the actions of Councilor Will Bradshaw under Section 3.12 of the City Charter.It’s the same proceeding that resulted in the removal last year of...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateThe Leon Valley City Council has initiated another office forfeiture hearing against one of its members in the ongoing feud among leaders in this suburban community.That makes three elected members now facing the possibility of getting ousted from the council.Acting on concerns presented by City Manager Kelly Kuenstler, the council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to launch a hearing into the actions of Councilor Will Bradshaw under Section 3.12 of the City Charter.It’s the same proceeding that resulted in the removal last year of...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHe was a leader in Atascosa County’s fight against COVID-19. He scrounged for personal protective gear for first responders and jail guards wherever he could find it. He joked that he’d used so much sanitizer, his hands were chapped.Then last week, David Prasifka, the county’s emergency management coordinator, tested positive for the very virus he’d worked so hard to keep at bay.Prasifka, 58, died Saturday of COVID-19 and the effects of leukemia, which had been diagnosed shortly before the virus. It wasn’t immediately known how he...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateHe was a leader in Atascosa County’s fight against COVID-19. He scrounged for personal protective gear for first responders and jail guards wherever he could find it. He joked that he’d used so much sanitizer, his hands were chapped.Then last week, David Prasifka, the county’s emergency management coordinator, tested positive for the very virus he’d worked so hard to keep at bay.Prasifka, 58, died Saturday of COVID-19 and the effects of leukemia, which had been diagnosed shortly before the virus. It wasn’t immediately known how he...WW…

The man who got into an altercation with Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff in a checkout line over the order requiring masks in stores said through his lawyer that Wolff was the aggressor and that he never assaulted him.Terry Toller, 47, turned himself in to authorities early Thursday. The charge against him was reduced from assault on a public servant, a felony, to disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500 upon conviction. Toller was given a citation and released.His lawyer, former Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood, said he would contest the...…The man who got into an altercation with Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff in a checkout line over the order requiring masks in stores said through his lawyer that Wolff was the aggressor and that he never assaulted him.Terry Toller, 47, turned himself in to authorities early Thursday. The charge against him was reduced from assault on a public servant, a felony, to disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500 upon conviction. Toller was given a citation and released.His lawyer, former Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood, said he would contest the...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFour years ago, city and state officials had re-imagined Alamo Plaza as a vehicle-free area, partly lowered and enclosed with handrails to mark the site of the historic Spanish-Indigenous mission and 1836 fort, with limited access during daytime hours.The plan had buy-in from the city, state General Land Office and deep-pocketed benefactors, who would help raise funds for the $450 million public-private project.Today, the ambitious plan is on life support. Alamo and Houston streets likely will remain open to traffic for several...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateFour years ago, city and state officials had re-imagined Alamo Plaza as a vehicle-free area, partly lowered and enclosed with handrails to mark the site of the historic Spanish-Indigenous mission and 1836 fort, with limited access during daytime hours.The plan had buy-in from the city, state General Land Office and deep-pocketed benefactors, who would help raise funds for the $450 million public-private project.Today, the ambitious plan is on life support. Alamo and Houston streets likely will remain open to traffic for several...WW…

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateVoter registration exploded in Texas the last two weeks before the deadline, leaving a record-setting 16.9 million eligible to cast ballots as early voting begins today.Bexar County was right up there with the other big guys, increasing its rolls by 12.6 percent over the hotly contested 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and now-President Donald Trump.Even before the polls open for in-person voting today, Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen said 41,000 Bexar residents already had submitted their...…This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateVoter registration exploded in Texas the last two weeks before the deadline, leaving a record-setting 16.9 million eligible to cast ballots as early voting begins today.Bexar County was right up there with the other big guys, increasing its rolls by 12.6 percent over the hotly contested 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and now-President Donald Trump.Even before the polls open for in-person voting today, Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque Callanen said 41,000 Bexar residents already had submitted their...WW…