Drink. Drive. Lose your job with BCSO: Sheriff says it’s that simple.

When Bexar County Sheriff’s deputy Michael Magana resigned in lieu of being terminated in July 2019, it had been nearly two years to the day since his arrest on a charge ...

BCSO investigating second rifle theft from deputy

Bexar County Sheriff’s officials said Monday the agency is investigating the theft of a rifle from a deputy, the second incident of its kind to afflict BCSO since late la...

1,150 NISD employees applied to work remotely this school year, nearly a quarter were denied

Nearly a quarter of all employees at San Antonio’s largest school district who applied to work remotely this school year amid COVID-19 concerns were denied, according to ...

Records detail deficiencies in San Antonio nursing home’s COVID-19 control practices

While a few complaints filed against the nursing home were cleared, the facility was still deemed noncompliant with multiple aspects of care.

Flight instructor written up twice by federal regulators months before fatal crash in San Antonio

A San Antonio pilot who was among three killed after his plane crashed near Stinson Municipal Airport in San Antonio this summer had twice been sanctioned by the Federal ...

Photos of arrested jogger and actual suspect prompt questions about description used by SAPD

The release of the mugshot of the felony family violence suspect San Antonio police were actually looking for when they detained and then arrested a jogger last week has ...

Second BCSO deputy in a month issued proposed termination after inappropriate Facebook comment

For the second time since late last month the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has proposed terminating a deputy behind a racially-charged post on Facebook.

Edgewood ISD trustee’s refusal to resign costs district partnership with prestigious mentorship program

Dina Serrano’s decision to not resign from the Edgewood Independent School District board of trustees after sharing a controversial picture on Facebook late last month ha...

San Antonio nursing home housing COVID-19 patients reduces number of residents in effort to improve care

City officials confirmed Thursday the East Side nursing home designated earlier this year to house COVID-19 positive patients has reduced its number of residents as the f...

Constable’s budget proposal would shift 100+ positions from Bexar County Sheriff’s Office to his agency

A budget proposal submitted by Bexar County Precinct 3 Constable Mark Vojvodich calls for more than 100 positions to be shifted from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office to ...

SAFD firefighters suspended for leaving scene of crash; one accused of threatening BCSO deputy

Two San Antonio firefighters received terminations last month that were later reduced to lengthy suspensions after they fled the scene of a car crash in far north Bexar C...

Emerick’s personnel records from Oregon reveal clashes with another health executive

Eighteen months before she resigned as San Antonio’s health director amid tensions with an assistant city manager here, Dr. Dawn Emerick clashed with another health depar...

Facebook post from Edgewood ISD trustee shows man in noose, children pulling on rope

Family of cold case murder victim says Bexar County DA left them in the dark on dismissal

When law enforcement officers in Northern California took Bradford Hudson into custody late last year, the family of Martha Batchelor believed the man who killed and sexu...

SAPD officer who gave homeless man a feces sandwich won’t return to the force following arbitrator’s decision

A San Antonio Police Department officer who admitted to giving a homeless man a feces sandwich will not return to the force after a third-party arbitrator on Friday refus...

Sources: SAPD Assistant Chief Anthony Treviño retiring

San Antonio Police Department Assistant Chief Anthony Treviño will retire, effective Friday, multiple sources confirmed to the KSAT 12 Defenders.

San Antonio nursing home at center of outbreak sued over patient’s COVID-19-related death

Two adult children have sued a San Antonio nursing home for what they say was the COVID-19-related death of their father.

Defenders Debrief: Municipalities charging drivers a fee for crash cleanup

The Defenders’ Tim Gerber joins GMSA@9 to talk about what some San Antonio area municipalities are doing by charging drivers for cleaning up accident scenes.

San Antonio park police supervisor avoided suspension after racist joke about black, Hispanic people

A sergeant with the San Antonio Park Police Department avoided being suspended and instead received a written reprimand late last year after he admitted telling a racist ...

Defenders: Some San Antonio-area municipalities charging drivers clean up fee for car crashes

If you’re involved in a serious car crash, you expect the police and fire departments to respond. What you probably don’t expect is to get a bill for that response, but t...

Records: Bexar County staff misinformed on coronavirus relief grant

Multiple Bexar County employees involved in its application for Coronavirus relief money were incorrectly told last month that a majority of the funds for this area had a...

Defenders Debrief: ‘Broken Blue’ special to air Friday at 7 p.m.

The Defenders’ Dillon Collier and Tim Gerber join GMSA@9 to talk about their upcoming special “Broken Blue” that airs on Friday at 7 p.m.

Squatter accused of forging signatures of dead couple on a fake deed. So why wasn’t she charged?

An area woman investigated in at least six felony cases in Bexar County since 2017 has never been prosecuted, leaving people who said they were victimized by her to quest...

Suspect in West Avenue apartment murder was free on a PR bond, avoided re-arrest despite several court violations

The San Antonio man accused of murdering a woman inside a near North Side apartment Wednesday had been released on a personal recognizance bond months earlier and had rem...