Local mother sentenced to 20 years for role in toddler’s disappearance and death
SAN ANTONIO - A local mother who has been at the center of a years-long investigation into the disappearance of her young son has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty. Court records show that D’Lanny Reaneille Chairez entered a guilty plea for injury to a child...
Second top staffer out at San Antonio mayor’s office two months into term
Sign up for TPR Today, Texas Public Radio's newsletter that brings our top stories to your inbox each morning. Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones removed her communications director less than a week into the job last Thursday. Gary Cooper was reassigned from the role on Thursday afternoon following his official start...
Woman arrested for drug smuggling attempt at Grant Parish Jail
GRANT PARISH, La. (WNTZ) – A San Antonio woman has been arrested after authorities say she attempted to bring drugs into a federal prison in Grant Parish. According to the Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office, Quebec Patricia Raphael, 44, of San Antonio, Texas, was taken into custody following an investigation that...
A Bexar County inmate bit a jail officer. Here’s his sentence.
John Henry Castillo, 42, a Bexar County jail inmate, was sentenced to prison Monday for biting a detention officer while transferring jail units last year.
9 Best Tex-Mex Restaurants In San Antonio
We went straight to the source to find the best Tex-Mex restaurants in San Antonio: locals who know their stuff and aren't shy about their go-to spots.
The Massive Thrift Store In Texas That’s Totally Worth The Drive
You know that feeling when you find a $5 bill in your pocket?. Now multiply that by about a thousand, and you’ve got the Assistance League Thrift Shop in San Antonio – a treasure trove where every aisle feels like finding money you didn’t know you had.
Man arrested for stealing over $15K in payroll from far west Bexar County bar,...
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A man was arrested for allegedly stealing more than $15,000 from his workplace by repeatedly depositing forged payroll checks, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. Wilson Octavio Hernandez-Flores, 20, was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on Saturday and charged...
‘Unacceptable’: Mourning families push for answers about West Side cemetery conditions
SAN ANTONIO - The push to clean up San Fernando Cemetery II continues, as more families call for accountability. Many of them say conditions at the cemetery are unacceptable and they want answers. "It appears that they don't want to do anything about it," said Miguel Flores. "It's obvious, because...
Barricaded suspect in East Side home arrested after nearly four-hour standoff, police say
SAN ANTONIO – An hours-long standoff between San Antonio police and a man who barricaded himself inside an East Side home came to an end on Monday afternoon. San Antonio police officers were dispatched to the home on a shooting call just after 11 a.m. on Monday in the 300 block of Longview Drive. The home is located...
Violent domestic fight ends in gunfire, SWAT standoff, arrest on East Side
SAN ANTONIO - A San Antonio man is facing serious charges after allegedly assaulting his partner during a violent domestic dispute, firing a gun, and prompting a SWAT standoff after barricading himself inside the East Side home. Police were called out just after 11 a.m. Monday to the home off...
