SAN ANTONIO – Get in the know, San Antonio. Here are the stories that impact you and some you’ll be talking about at the water cooler this week.
THURSDAY
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The San Antonio Independent School District has a deal for you: The district is placing several properties on the market. District spokeswoman Leslie Price said with a strong real estate market and the district trying to create additional efficiencies now is a good time to sell old properties. Just in time for spring break, the newest exhibit at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens is sure to bring out the kid in us all. With the help of the area architects and designers, popular children's books come alive in storybook houses. The University of Texas at San Antonio men's head basketball coach, Brooks Thompson, was relieved of his duties Thursday. Thompson coached 10 seasons at UTSA, in which he compiled a 133-178 record. Catch up on the rest of your day with ICYMI.
MONDAY
The grace period for the 10th annual Great Texas Warrant Roundup has ended, and San Antonio police are looking for people with outstanding warrants for Class C misdemeanors. Those are things like traffic and city code violations. A jury has awarded Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit over nude video taken at hotel and later posted online. Attorneys for the owner and former operator of the Marriott at Vanderbilt argued that while what happened to Andrews was terrible, the convicted stalker, Michael David Barrett, should be solely to blame for the video shot in 2008. A woman took off her clothes and climbed on top of an 18-wheeler Monday morning after a crash on a major Houston highway. You know, because some days you gotta dance! Catch the rest of Monday’s headline, ICYMI.
The loss of a legend
Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died Sunday. Reagan died at her home in Los Angeles of congestive heart failure, according to her spokeswoman, Joanne Drake, of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. She was 94.
Riding off into the sunset
Peyton Manning calls it a career, on the football field at least. Faced with a $19 million deadline, Manning has told the Denver Broncos he is retiring after leading his team to a Super Bowl win. Just in case you were wondering, the legendary quarterback made about $12.5 million in endorsements last year.
Who can yell the loudest?
In a split decision, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump each captured two victories in Saturday's four-state round of voting, fresh evidence that there's no quick end in sight to the fractious GOP race for president. On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders notched wins in Nebraska and Kansas, while Hillary Clinton snagged Louisiana, another divided verdict from the American people. On Sunday, Marco Rubio won the caucus in Puerto Rico, and while Clinton and Sanders were duking it out on the debate stage in Michigan, Bernie notched his 8th victory when he won the Maine caucus.
Mother Nature is calling
The first full week of March will be coming in with a bang. Not one, but two, bouts of severe storms are in the forecast. The first will hit Monday night, the other Tuesday evening. Of course you can trust the KSAT web and weather teams will be keeping you up to date on-air and online.
I want to pump you up
Three new bike repair stations are up and running along San Antonio’s trailways. Each station will have screwdrivers, wrenches, tire levers and even an air pump. The city plans to monitor how well the stations are taken care of before a decision is made to install more.
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I shall call him squishy
For your daily dose of cute, let’s learn about this super adorable octopus that was recently discovered. It is the deepest dwelling incirrate, or unfinned, octopod ever found. A remotely operated vehicle was cruising the ocean floor more than 14,000 feet below the surface and ta-da! Researchers found a new little friend. No need for much commentary about it, but d’awwww.
Remember the Alamo
Not even an early morning wake-up stopped plenty of folks from coming out and honoring the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo. The commemorative ceremony was held at 6 a.m. Sunday to honor and remember both armies who made the ultimate sacrifice 180 years ago. A seminal moment in Texas history for sure.
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