Local News in Bexar County, TX
Texas Historical Commission helps fund demolition
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:37:35 -0800
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The Texas Historical Commission will help pay to demolish a windowless, granite addition to an 1890s courthouse in San Antonio. The commission has awarded Bexar (bayr) County a $2.5 million grant toward demolishing the 1970s-era Gondeck Addition to the historic Bexar County Courthouse. The county has set aside more than $5 million to complete the project, possibly by 2014 ...
Death Sentences on the Decline in Texas
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:14:41 -0800
The number of death sentences handed down by juries in Texas has dropped in the last few years. Randy Beamer talks with Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed.
Bexar Co. Sheriff: Jail officers over-worked and burnt-out
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:37:24 -0800
SAN ANTONIO - The Bexar County Sheriff said his jail officers are so over-worked, he fears one of them might get hurt or worse. That's why Tuesday at a news conference; Sheriff Amedeo Ortiz announced he needs a larger jail staff. In the fiscal year 2011 county budget, a hundred sheriff office positions were cut – saving taxpayers more than $4-million. Ortiz invited the director of the Texas ...
S. Texas farmers' optimism rises rainfall
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:19:55 -0800
S. Texas farmers' optimism rises rainfall Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 06:40 p.m., Sunday, January 29, 2012 SAN ANTONIO - Recent showers have provided a boost for both plants and the spirits of area farmers that had been deflated by a record-breaking drought. J ...
South Texas farmers' optimism rises as rain falls
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:44:32 -0800
South Texas farmers' optimism rises as rain falls Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 07:17 p.m., Sunday, January 29, 2012 SAN ANTONIO - Recent showers have provided a boost for both plants and the spirits of area farmers that had been deflated by a record-breaking drought. J ...
Bexar expands recycling program
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:55:00 -0800
Bexar expands recycling program Express-News Copyright 2012 Express-News. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 12:12 a.m., Thursday, January 26, 2012 Paper recycling will be vastly increased in office buildings, while a pilot project tests container recycling in five major county parks.
20 dead roosters, $42,000 found in Bexar County cockfighting bust
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:15:26 -0800
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Investigators who broke up a cockfighting ring in South Texas have cited more than 70 people and seized about 140 roosters. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office also confiscated blades, cages, harnesses and about $42,000. A Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter was used in Sunday's raid in southwest Bexar County. The San Antonio Express-News reported Tuesday that deputies ...
Popular '90s drug now making a comeback in Texas
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:24:04 -0800
A recent Ecstasy bust in Houston has Bexar County investigators on the lookout -- especially because the drug can be hard to spot and at times even looks like children's vitamins. Authorities say the drug was being sold behind the scenes of businesses in a Houston strip mall in Little Saigon. The pills are often pressed into familiar faces, including "The Simpson's" characters, "Transformers ...
140 roosters rescued in Texas cockfighting ring
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:46:10 -0800
SAN ANTONIO – Investigators who broke up a cockfighting ring in South Texas have cited more than 70 people and seized about 140 roosters. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office also confiscated blades, cages, harnesses and about $42,000.
Investigators: Chop shops popping up in Bexar County
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:26:30 -0800
BEXAR COUNTY -- Cars stolen and stripped for cash were found in the latest "chop shop" bust in south Texas. Investigators said the practice is becoming more common in the San Antonio area. On Monday night, investigators stumbled across one operation south of the city, and on Tuesday morning they were back with a search warrant. They found even more car parts from stolen vehicles. Auto crime unit ...