, Digital JournalistPublished: June 4, 2020, 5:10 pmUpdated: June 4, 2020, 6:51 pmTags: , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Digital JournalistPublished: June 4, 2020, 5:10 pmUpdated: June 4, 2020, 6:51 pmTags: , , , SAN ANTONIO – What started out as a welfare check Thursday morning at a home in Stone Oak has now transformed into a potentially explosive situation, according to San Antonio police.Officers were first dispatched for a welfare check at a residence in the 100 block of Red Willow after a friend of one of the residents notified police that he hadn’t...…, Digital JournalistPublished: June 4, 2020, 5:10 pmUpdated: June 4, 2020, 6:51 pmTags: , , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Digital JournalistPublished: June 4, 2020, 5:10 pmUpdated: June 4, 2020, 6:51 pmTags: , , , SAN ANTONIO – What started out as a welfare check Thursday morning at a home in Stone Oak has now transformed into a potentially explosive situation, according to San Antonio police.Officers were first dispatched for a welfare check at a residence in the 100 block of Red Willow after a friend of one of the residents notified police that he hadn’t...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Details surrounding the deaths of a family of six are continuing to unfold after their bodies were found in a Stone Oak home.San Antonio Police Chief William McManus on the case late Thursday, saying the family, including their pets, were found dead inside a vehicle in a garage at the home in the 100 block of Red Willow.While SAPD has yet to release certain information, including names, amid the investigation, here’s what we know so far:Officers were first dispatched to the home around 10:30 a.m. Thursday for a...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Details surrounding the deaths of a family of six are continuing to unfold after their bodies were found in a Stone Oak home.San Antonio Police Chief William McManus on the case late Thursday, saying the family, including their pets, were found dead inside a vehicle in a garage at the home in the 100 block of Red Willow.While SAPD has yet to release certain information, including names, amid the investigation, here’s what we know so far:Officers were first dispatched to the home around 10:30 a.m. Thursday for a...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – COVID-19 patients in San Antonio are being treated daily at the Freeman Coliseum with antibody therapy.“Most patients have an immediate positive response to the drug,” said Elliott Mandell, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer for University Health.Patients at the facility are receiving monoclonal antibody therapy called Bamlanivimab.“They are synthetic antibodies that are administered intravenously into your body that help fight off the virus in conjunction with your own antibodies,” Mandell said.In...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – COVID-19 patients in San Antonio are being treated daily at the Freeman Coliseum with antibody therapy.“Most patients have an immediate positive response to the drug,” said Elliott Mandell, senior vice president and chief pharmacy officer for University Health.Patients at the facility are receiving monoclonal antibody therapy called Bamlanivimab.“They are synthetic antibodies that are administered intravenously into your body that help fight off the virus in conjunction with your own antibodies,” Mandell said.In...WW…

, Video Journalist, PhotojournalistPublished: October 15, 2020, 10:19 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Video Journalist, PhotojournalistPublished: October 15, 2020, 10:19 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – Navistar is the latest company to bring more jobs to the growing South Side of San Antonio.The manufacturing facility, scheduled to open in spring 2022, is expected to add more than 600 jobs to the South Side.“We’re currently looking to hire for various positions -- and human resources, IT, general management, engineering and manufacturing at the San Antonio facility,”...…, Video Journalist, PhotojournalistPublished: October 15, 2020, 10:19 pmTags: , , Sign up for our Newsletters, Video Journalist, PhotojournalistPublished: October 15, 2020, 10:19 pmTags: , , SAN ANTONIO – Navistar is the latest company to bring more jobs to the growing South Side of San Antonio.The manufacturing facility, scheduled to open in spring 2022, is expected to add more than 600 jobs to the South Side.“We’re currently looking to hire for various positions -- and human resources, IT, general management, engineering and manufacturing at the San Antonio facility,”...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: San Antonio – United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County’s program will end in just a few weeks, and some are worried about what’s next.The program focuses on paying people to cover shifts at local non-profit organizations.“It was designed initially to pair out-of-work restaurant workers, food service workers with positions in food banks that were experiencing high demand for food and were also losing volunteers,” said Lady Ray Romano, senior vice president of Community Impact of United Way San Antonio and Bexar County.The...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: San Antonio – United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County’s program will end in just a few weeks, and some are worried about what’s next.The program focuses on paying people to cover shifts at local non-profit organizations.“It was designed initially to pair out-of-work restaurant workers, food service workers with positions in food banks that were experiencing high demand for food and were also losing volunteers,” said Lady Ray Romano, senior vice president of Community Impact of United Way San Antonio and Bexar County.The...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio health officials are preparing for the flu season amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and coming up with new ways to get people their flu shot while trying to limit the spread of both viruses.“What we will be giving is the quadrivalent flu shot, which protects everybody six months and older against two flu A and two flu B viruses,” said Dr. Anita Kurian, assistant director of the Metropolitan Health District.Metro Health will be hosting drive-thru flu shot clinics in San Antonio this fall.“They can...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio health officials are preparing for the flu season amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and coming up with new ways to get people their flu shot while trying to limit the spread of both viruses.“What we will be giving is the quadrivalent flu shot, which protects everybody six months and older against two flu A and two flu B viruses,” said Dr. Anita Kurian, assistant director of the Metropolitan Health District.Metro Health will be hosting drive-thru flu shot clinics in San Antonio this fall.“They can...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – The Rio Grande Valley continues to be hit hard with COVID-19 as hospitals run at capacity, so the San Antonio VA hospital is stepping in to help.“While we were already getting other patients from other hospitals in the region, we hadn’t heard from (the Valley),” said Christopher Sandles, medical center director and CEO of South Texas Veterans Health Care System.Sandles was concerned after reading about what was happening in Starr County.Starr County Memorial Hospital was full and formed an ethics committee that...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – The Rio Grande Valley continues to be hit hard with COVID-19 as hospitals run at capacity, so the San Antonio VA hospital is stepping in to help.“While we were already getting other patients from other hospitals in the region, we hadn’t heard from (the Valley),” said Christopher Sandles, medical center director and CEO of South Texas Veterans Health Care System.Sandles was concerned after reading about what was happening in Starr County.Starr County Memorial Hospital was full and formed an ethics committee that...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – There are approximately 35 military medical nurses currently serving at five San Antonio hospitals.U.S. Army Capt. Mieke Carifee is a registered nurse and has been helping at Baptist Medical Center in downtown for about two weeks.“I was stationed here originally, and my unit from Fort Carson was requested through FEMA to come and support the state of Texas. And so we were brought in to help support the local hospitals,” Carifee said.Carifee is working in the intensive care unit.“So here at the hospitals, it’s --...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – There are approximately 35 military medical nurses currently serving at five San Antonio hospitals.U.S. Army Capt. Mieke Carifee is a registered nurse and has been helping at Baptist Medical Center in downtown for about two weeks.“I was stationed here originally, and my unit from Fort Carson was requested through FEMA to come and support the state of Texas. And so we were brought in to help support the local hospitals,” Carifee said.Carifee is working in the intensive care unit.“So here at the hospitals, it’s --...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – The family of San Antonio cumbia singer Ernesto Cortez said he couldn’t breathe on his own anymore, and going to the hospital was his only option after he tested positive for COVID-19.“He’s been on the ventilator. He’s been fighting,” said Fernando Cortez, brother of Ernesto Cortez.Ernesto Cortez, 46, sings in local cumbia band Onda Caliente.“Everybody loves him. We miss him,” Fernando Cortez said.The singer has been at Baptist Hospital in downtown since June 18. His family says he started with a fever and then...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – The family of San Antonio cumbia singer Ernesto Cortez said he couldn’t breathe on his own anymore, and going to the hospital was his only option after he tested positive for COVID-19.“He’s been on the ventilator. He’s been fighting,” said Fernando Cortez, brother of Ernesto Cortez.Ernesto Cortez, 46, sings in local cumbia band Onda Caliente.“Everybody loves him. We miss him,” Fernando Cortez said.The singer has been at Baptist Hospital in downtown since June 18. His family says he started with a fever and then...WW…

WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Nursing homes are a concern as COVID-19 continues to spread in San Antonio.On Tuesday, Metro Health said 43 residents have died at local nursing homes since the start of the pandemic.According to , 1,236 nursing home residents and 179 residents at assisted living facilities have died due to COVID-19.A nursing home is considered a medical facility where people receive continual care.An assisted living facility is a social and medical hybrid, where people receive limited nursing care.Nursing homes and other long-term...…WEATHER ALERTTags: Sign up for our NewslettersTags: SAN ANTONIO – Nursing homes are a concern as COVID-19 continues to spread in San Antonio.On Tuesday, Metro Health said 43 residents have died at local nursing homes since the start of the pandemic.According to , 1,236 nursing home residents and 179 residents at assisted living facilities have died due to COVID-19.A nursing home is considered a medical facility where people receive continual care.An assisted living facility is a social and medical hybrid, where people receive limited nursing care.Nursing homes and other long-term...WW…