Leon Valley News

Though small-town police departments usually work with limited resources, Helotes has recently seen positive growth surrounding their law enforcement agents.

Admit it: there's a little thrill about frugal Christmas shopping. It's a bit of a coup to find the sweater that looks like $100 but actually cost $20 or the gift that looks like it came from a swanky boutique but is kinder on the wallet than a dinner out.

When Leon Valley first discussed using high-tech cameras to catch graffiti artists in the city in August, the expense was a concern for many council members.

The new Leon Valley Tree Advisory Board joined together with the city to help with a new zoning ordinance that was presented to the City Council Nov.

LEON VALLEY Plans for a proposed overlay zoning district to transform part of Bandera Road into an architecturally attractive, mixed-used, streetscape area that is pedestrian and bicycle friendly got a favorable response Saturday from more than 50 residents, business people and property owners at a special City Council.

Carl's Jr. restaurant opens this week at 7249 Bandera Road in Leon Valley with a promise to deliver "buurgers and biscuits with a taste as big as Texas" while continuing its charitable giving through its Making it Happen campaign.

Until manufacturers of the H1N1 vaccine catch up with their earlier predictions, school districts cannot move ahead with their plans to protect their students against the swine flu.

With Leon Valley's new construction moratorium extended through mid-December, the city is taking a harder look at the possible changes that could come to the small town that sits enclosed by the sprawling city of San Antonio.

On Saturday, at Leon Valley City Hall from 9 to 11 a.m., a workshop will be conducted by Halff and Associates, Architects and Planners, on the proposed overlay district plan that will reshape our commercial corridor along Bandera Road as well as the proposed Town Center areas at Poss & Grissom roads.

Student artists will exhibit and sell their original artwork and limited edition prints at the 14th Annual Los Leones Student Arts Festival Saturday at Leon Valley Conference and Community Center, 6427 Evers Road.

It was a packed house at Leon Valley's Community Center Oct. 27, when Bexar County Commissioner Paul Elizondo and Bexar County Flood Control Divison Manager Art Villarreal met with citizens to address their concerns about the potential buyouts along El Verde Road and Jeff Loop.

Taggers in Leon Valley had better watch out. City officials are tired of all the graffiti and have now revealed a hidden-camera plan to catch taggers in the act.

The city of Leon Valley has purchased three game cameras, generally used to spot deer and other game in the woods, and will set them up in hopes of catching graffiti vandals in the act, 1200 WOAI's Berit Mason reports.

For the members of the hit Discovery Channel show "Ghost Lab," every day is Halloween.

Artworks such as this by participants in the 2008 Los Leones Arts Festival are produced by students, from elementary through high school, in the Northside Independent School District.

San Antonio City Council is facing a new hurdle as it considers the proposed expansion of the South Texas Nuclear Project, as representatives of suburban cities which rely on CPS Energy for power are threatening to attempt to block the measure, 1200 WOAI news reports.

After some five hours of sometimes heated debate, the Metropolitan Planning Organization voted late Monday not to remove tolling as an option for future construction and expansion of US 281 and Loop 1604, 1200 WOAI news reports.

The Huebner-Onion House, Leon Valley's chief historical site, remains behind fencing to protect it from vandals.

Claire Koskie, 13, who has diabetes, receives a temporary tattoo from Sigma Iota Alpha sorority member Esmeralda Contreras during the Walk to Cure Diabetes.

After roughly five months of trying to succeed in the used vehicle sales business, Fiesta Auto Center in Leon Valley has closed its doors.