Medina County News

Police Chief Johnny Martinez said Tuesday that he has fired two patrolmen accused of using excessive force.

Lightning struck a home on the far Southwest Side Tuesday morning, sparking a fire that damaged the home's kitchen, authorities said.

Medina County voters made the right decision by giving their overwhelming support to the creation of a taxing district to support a hospital in their rural community.

Each day without rain, the sparkling water of Medina Lake recedes farther from the homes at its edge, forcing those who take a dip to traverse a dusty moonscape of rocks and docks left high and dry.

A San Antonio-based flight school has cancelled plans to expand to Hondo Municipal Airport, upsetting officials there who'd long touted the project's economic promise.

Everyone agreed - " the 2009 Medina Lake Home & Garden Tour held recently to benefit the building fund of the Medina Lake Betterment Association, Inc.

A man condemned for the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old woman whose remains were found west of San Antonio almost two years after she vanished lost an appeal of his conviction and death sentence at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a week-long search for bodies in Medina County.

Sheriff's deputies, Department of Public Safety officers, and Texas Rangers are continuing their search at a piece of land in Medina County.

There is a major search going on in Medina County. It's all happening around a couple of mobile homes off FM 471 and 463 near Natalia.

It's all happening around a couple of mobile homes off FM 471 and 463 near Natalia.

The Edwards Aquifer Authority has officially declared a drought for the San Antonio region, requiring groundwater permit holders to reduce consumption by 20 percent for at least the next 30 days.

A 6-month undercover operation has resulted in the arrest of 10 suspects on felony drug charges.

An autopsy has been ordered in the Easter Sunday shooting death of a 3-year-old boy at his family's rural home west of San Antonio.

A young boy was shot and killed as his parents prepared for an Easter egg hunt Sunday afternoon.

The following arrests were made by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Public Safety for the period of March 24 through March 30.

Ohio health officials have linked a woman's death to the nationwide salmonella outbreak linked to tainted peanut products.

A major drug dealer is busted after a drug raid uncovers a large amount of cocaine.

A Brownsville middle school teacher continued to be held Wednesday in a Cameron County jail pending her transfer to Medina County on charges related to the stabbing of her husband.

A Brownsville teacher who police say stabbed her husband in San Antonio is now behind bars.