Medina County News

This small town straddling the Bexar, Atascosa and Medina county lines has a disease.

How does San Antonio cook? This summer, one might say that we're all experts in solar cooking, as we sweltered for weeks under a relentless summer sun.

Driver fatigue is believed to be the cause of a fatal one-vehicle rollover on Interstate 35, just north of Devine, that claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

An attempt by a major fireworks vendor to overturn bans on the sale of fireworks because of dry conditions in the area hit a legal roadblock Monday.

Medina County District Attorney Tony Hackebeil has been asked to investigate whether Hondo City Council members Lucio Torrez, Virginia Gonzalez and Chavel Lopez violated open meeting laws, which they deny.

A Bexar County disaster declaration that began Tuesday morning will expire too soon to make a significant dent in enforcing a fireworks ban unless Governor Rick Perry steps in to extend the timeframe to after ...

With all this talk about water restrictions and aquifer levels, it can really get confusing.

The mix of windy, dry and hot conditions has prompted Medina County Judge Jim Barden to ban the sale, use or transport of fireworks in unincorporated areas of the county.

Two Tarrant County residents were killed and 13 others were injured when a van crashed early Monday on Interstate 35 southwest of San Antonio, authorities said.

Two people were killed and several others were critically injured early Monday in a rollover crash in Medina County.

Government records were found within 13 tons of trash illegally dumped near Palmview.

Local police patrols resumed Thursday in the Medina County city of LaCoste as Richard Gonzales began work as the interim police chief, City Manager George Salzman said.

Aquifer protection: The City Council purchased development rights to more than 16,000 acres over the Edwards Aquifer recharge and contributing zone, part of the effort to protect the region's primary water ...

No love for Valentine Ranch After several years of inactivity, an apparent attempt to circumvent the system has come back to bite developers of PR 37's Valentine Ranch.

LaCoste City Manager George Salzmann is conducting background checks on contenders for the job of interim police chief, which the city council Monday directed him to fill as soon as possible.

The city of Hondo is a small place that people often drive past. In 1930, a road sign was put up: "THIS IS GOD'S COUNTRY.

A new era begins here Monday when Hispanics gain control of a city council long dominated by Anglos, a minority in this community of 9,000 people.

City leaders are looking for a new police chief after the sudden resignation of Andrew Aston forced Medina County deputies to assume law enforcement duties in this town of 1,200. The chief - called a cleanup ...

Five former Natalia school trustees are among those asking courts to block Janie Alvarado, wife of the school board president, from speaking at Natalia High School's graduation ceremony Saturday due to concerns ...

Noisy traffic and incessant dust have become everyday troubles for June Evers at her home beside FM 471, which was only a sleepy route through sparsely populated ranch land when she moved there in 1946.