ATASCOSA COUNTY

A San Antonio man has been charged after human remains were found in a burn pit behind a home in Atascosa County, according to the sheriff’s office.

A Charlotte Independent School District employee removed from campus last month amid accusations that she provided drugs to students has been charged with nine felony counts in connection to the case, police confirmed Friday.

When the Atascosa County Animal Control responded to a call on Thursday morning, they were met with a toothy and scaly surprise.

A Southwest Side family is grieving after a fire Sunday morning claimed the lives of three beloved family members.

San Antonio fire fighters were working to put out a fire in South Bexar County and portions of Hwy. 281 were closed due to the incident.

The Atascosa County Emergency Medical Services director has been fired after he admitted to law enforcement investigators that he took money belonging to a man injured in a high speed chase and later deposited the blood soaked currency at a bank.

The emergency medical services director for Atascosa County faces a charge of official oppression, Texas Rangers paperwork obtained Monday by KSAT shows.

A 28-year-old man has been charged with killing his parents and leading law enforcement authorities on a 10-hour-long search and chase across multiple county lines, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Law enforcement officers arrested a 28-year-old man for killing his parents in Leming following an hours-long search and chase across multiple county lines, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.

A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the death of a man whose body was found on the side of the road in Atascosa County.

The Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a man’s body was discovered on the side of the road.

A man training to become a police officer has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing, uploading and distrubing images of child pornography.

Jourdanton police continue to investigate an animal cruelty case that lead to the rescue of at least 10 dogs. The dogs were found malnourished and infested with fleas in a property surrounded with trash in early November.

Rodney Wigley, 37, a deputy with ACSO since February of this year, was arrested in Wilson County.

More than a dozen dogs were rescued by Jourdanton Police and Atascosa Animal Control Friday morning. Officials say several dogs are in poor health.

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A registration sticker that was 13 years out of date led to the arrest of one man sought on a warrant out of Bexar County, according to the Jourdanton Police Department.

DPS troopers believe a white Volvo truck tractor or box truck was involved in the crash that left one person dead.

A 47-year-old Poteet man who admitted to being on an “extended methamphetamine binge” led law enforcement officers on a wild chain of events that finally ended in his arrest.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are joining forces after a series of fires continue throughout Bexar and Medina counties, with arson suspects still on the run.

Forty-two fires occurred between April 21 and July 26 and stretch across a 25-mile radius around the county. The majority are just grass and brush fires, but a handful have been by homes and structures.

Multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in the arrest of a man wanted for murder in Pleasanton, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.

The drought and record-breaking heat are affecting the Atascosa County fire departments’ call volume and budgets this year.

The teens led law enforcement on a chase through Atascosa.

Two teens with a truckload of migrants were arrested for human smuggling following a chase in Atascosa County on Monday morning, according to the sheriff.

Two people were killed in a crash between a train and a vehicle in Atascosa County on Friday morning, according to Union Pacific.

Murder suspect Luis Daniel Rodriguez is now in custody, according to Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward.

An escaped prison inmate who was killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers in Jourdanton most likely was heading to the border, police say.

Gonzalo Lopez, a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison transportation bus in Texas last month, was killed in a shootout with law enforcement Thursday night in Jourdanton, Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward confirmed.

High fire dangers continue with dry weather, low humidity and gusty winds across South Texas. Now, a group of citizens in Poteet are standing by to help their volunteer fire department.

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Dozens of students from Somerset ISD are participating in the 68th Annual Atascosa County Livestock Show that kicked off this week.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner has identified a man who died after a two-vehicle crash near Atascosa County.

If you need help finding proper care for cardiovascular diseases, there's a hospital in Atascosa that specializes in a full spectrum of diagnostic services and treatments.

Poteet High School band director Joe Rodriguez was arrested Thursday on two child sex crime charges, Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward said.

Rebecca Flores went from a little girl on her family’s small farm in Atascosa County to traveling with them as migrant farm workers wherever crops needed harvesting.

A homicide investigation is underway in northern Atascosa County after officials said a teen was fatally shot overnight. Two other teens were arrested in connection to his death, according to Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward.

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As chiefs and sheriffs look to fill their ranks, they face stiff competition from other departments. The head of a statewide law enforcement union says Texas is undergoing a shortage of uniformed officers, which he largely attributes to the job becoming less prestigious.

The Atascosa County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to arrests in a string of car burglaries in Pleasanton last week.

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A search is underway for the person who dumped several puppies on the side of the road near a Dollar General in Poteet, according to Atascosa County Animal Control.

A Poteet man has turned himself in to authorities after a fatal shooting at a Poteet taxidermy shop in February.

Two men are now in custody in connection with a theft ring operation in Atascosa County, according to Sheriff David Soward.

A man is facing a slew of charges after leading police on a chase in Atascosa County on Monday.

A 23-year-old Atascosa County man was sentenced to 29 years in federal prison for coercing minors to perform “sexually explicit” acts, federal officials said on Tuesday.

A San Antonio man was arrested Saturday for allegedly stealing hundreds of dollars in cigarettes at a Charlotte Valero store, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.

Some residents in Bexar and Atascosa counties woke up on Tuesday to damage at their homes due to powerful overnight winds.

Atascosa County will hold a COVID-19 vaccine drive that would provide 1,000 shots per day for about a month.

Three families were forced out of their homes. Leslie Ramos said she and her family have been left with almost nothing.

Those planning to imbibe at this weekend's Poteet Strawberry Festival may want to consider appointing a designated driver. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced...

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In nearly two months, the Texas Game Wardens have released information about finding spoiled deer carcasses at three processing facilities – two in North Texas and one in Poteet just south of San Antonio in Atascosa County, which a warden said is "very rare." "Fifteen years on and I've never had anything like this," David Nieto, Texas Game Warden for the San Antonio district, said. Upon inspection, officials found several deer carcasses lying in a pile at the bottom of a walk-in cooler. Officials also busted a North Texas facility on Dec. 18 after finding 22 deer carcasses unfit for human consumption. A couple of weeks later, on Jan. 16, wardens busted a second North Texas facility for having 80 spoiled white-tailed deer carcasses.

click image Instagram / doowahridersThe Poteet Strawberry Festival has announced plans to hold its annual fruit-focused fest in April, pandemic be damned. Last year marked the first cancellation of the fest since its 1948 inception. The hiatus was announced as COVID-19 cases spiked in Texas. It listed April 9-11 as the anticipated dates of the festival's 2021 installment.The post offered no additional information, however, the Strawberry Festival’s website says ticket information will be available soon.Atascosa County, where Poteet is located, currently has 348 active cases of COVID-19. At press time, it had reported 18 deaths from the virus.