Kirby News

Regarding the June 22 Outlook article "A way to spare trees on Kirby / Plan widens streets, allows for striping": Trees for Houston is a wonderful organization with a worthy mission.

The red-tape X's on Kirby Drive broke my heart. Friday morning, Trees for Houston marked the 126 live oaks slated to disappear from Kirby - a last-ditch protest to rouse the shade-loving public and persuade the ...

June 17, 2008 Alfred and Karen Andreolli of St. Hedwig, Texas, and Janice Andreolli of San Antonio are proud to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Tamara Shae, to James Peter Meuth ...

Marcus F. Sells, beloved husband, father, grandfather and uncle, passed away in a San Antonio care center on Wednesday, May 28, 2008, at the age of 84.

“Keeping it with those lane widths is inadequate for our future needs and the lane widths don't comply with our design standards, which are really gauged towards mobility and safety”

A piece of the Kirby Drive drainage project - from Bissonnet north to U.S. 59 - could take two years longer than expected, cost the city extra moolah and involve property taking from Kirby business owners. via Houston Chronicle

San Antonio area construction projects. Loop 410 may make for a very interesting and long drive this weekend. via WOAI.com

Gov. Ann Richards signed the "Robin Hood" plan into law on April 15, 1991. On April 15, 1991, Gov. via Houston Chronicle

“They have tried to diminish the role of the caucus process from day one.”

At the cramped headquarters of the Bexar County Democratic Party on Wednesday, volunteers and staff worked feverishly to sort out exactly what had happened the night before. via MySA.com

“We hope to have pretty good success.”

Law enforcement officials around the state are urging residents with outstanding warrants to take care of them now or risk being led from their homes or workplaces in handcuffs. via MySA.com

“I heard this screeching of the tires, for a long, long time”

Fire and police crews examine the scene at a South Side car wash where a 10-year-old boy was killed when an SUV ran into a wall there. via MySA.com

“But we recognize that you can't save every one. We try to remediate the loss.”

Scores of stately live oaks lining upper Kirby Drive will hit the chipper in the coming months as work begins on a nearly $50 million project to widen the busy thoroughfare and install new sewers and ... via Houston Chronicle

“Our council is furious about this, and we think it is judicial extortion and completely inappropriate”

Starting as soon as next month, smaller municipalities in Bexar County will have to pay San Antonio to use its detention facilities between the time someone is booked and then taken to the county jail. via MySA.com

The new year got off to a violent start in our community. Just hours into 2008, a motorist was shot and killed as a result of a road rage incident in which one motorist swung a bat and another fired a handgun. via MySanAntonio.com

“He was trying to prevent someone from leaving the scene and getting into a pursuit”

Relatives of a man fatally shot by police have two questions: Why would Gustavo Aragon flee from a traffic stop with an officer dangling from the side of his car, and was the officer justified in killing him? ... via MySA.com

“There's a large empty-nester population that's now matured, their kids have gone off to school, and they're now wanting to downsize”

Apartment occupancies are on the rise as fewer people have been able to qualify for home loans since the subprime mortgage industry cratered. via Houston Chronicle

“Their out is 'Did the city do it? Then why should we?' We knew that was coming”

Kirby volunteer firefighters have gathered the necessary 150 signatures on a petition to form an emergency services district in the roughly 24-square-mile section of unincorporated Bexar County they serve. via MySA.com

“For us, all that we can afford to send out in the county is one truck and one person”

Kirby Fire Department Website A lack of funds could add up to 20,000 people going without nearby fire protection. via WOAI.com

A man accused of holding police at bay in a standoff is now in police custody. Police took the man, who was suspected of burglarizing a residence on the 2800 block of Fred Haise Drive near Brooke Army Medical ... via KSAT-TV San Antonio

“It's clean, you can only get one at a time”

Michael Kalinowski sees a little reminder of home sitting next to cash registers, mints or menus in restaurants across the country. via MySA.com

An unidentified woman is dead after a San Antonio Police officer witnessed a hit and run Saturday morning. via MySA.com