Bexar County News

With a catchy new name and wads of cash, the LSTAR has left the station. The Lone Star Rail District announced Monday that it's moving closer to a goal of connecting San Antonio to Austin and beyond with a commuter rail line.

The fathers of a San Antonio couple killed last month in a bicycle accident have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the motorist involved in the wreck.

Chief Deputy David Soward says a 12-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his 6-year-old cousin Sunday afternoon while the two were inside an Atascosa County home.

Four years ago, Beatriz Perez received probation when she admitted to trying to kill her husband with a poisoned sandwich after accusing him of having an affair.

All students, parents and families are urged to follow good hygiene habits and common sense.

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.

Fired Youth Worker Charged with Sexual Assault 11/4/09 Associated Press November 4, 2009 San Antonio, Texas - A contractor at a Texas juvenile treatment center has been fired after authorities charged her with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy who escaped from the facility last week.

Bexar and several surrounding counties are among 69 in Texas added to a list of primary natural disaster areas by the U.S. Agriculture Department because of drought-related losses.

Charged in the 1997 murder are Charged are Joe L. Casas, Gilbert Cardenas, and Alfred Deleon.

A man was killed inside his home near Windcrest early Sunday morning, Bexar County officials said.

Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Adkisson on Sunday launched his bid for a fourth term by lambasting Gov.

San Antonio police got some help in the search for an 18-year-old wanted for robbery after finding a dropped wallet near the scene of the holdup.

A San Antonio man charged with three killings in the 1990s went on trial Friday in one of them.

An online list of H1N1 deaths lists one for Val Verde County, but state health officials have been unable to provide additional details about the case.

A teacher in San Antonio who allegedly quoted the Bible to lure teenage girls into being intimate with him is charged with aggravated sexual assault.

San Antonio police arrested two teenagers suspected of robbing two other teens who were skateboarding Saturday night on the East Side.

It turns out that the ex-military and business leadership forces that gathered to win the U.S. Air Force cyber command, also known as the 24th Air Force, for Lackland AFB last May have only just begun.

Mary Alice Monse stands in front of an airbrushed image at her home in Christine of her husband, slain Atascosa County Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Monse Jr.

A Tyler teacher who was the victim of a fatal stabbing in his classroom called a friend days before the attack concerned about the teenage suspect held in his death.

A 16-year-old girl accused of making threats against another girl on MySpace will not be charged.