A plaque honoring the history of the Civil Rights Movement in San Antonio’s Denver Heights neighborhood was damaged, and a local historian and activist said he believes it was an act of racial vandalism.
The NBA, the San Antonio Spurs and Emirates hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday and officially unveiled refurbished spaces at the Denver Heights Community Center.
San Antonio City Council this week approved a renaming for a portion of an East Side street in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen, the United States Armed Forces’ first African-American pilots.
Denver Heights residents met with the City of San Antonio’s Integrated Community Safety Office (ICSO) on Tuesday to discuss public safety concerns in their neighborhood.
Just after marking the 95th anniversary of its opening, the Carver Branch Library is temporarily closing its doors to undergo a multi-million-dollar renovation.
The City of San Antonio Animal Care Services was provided with additional funds to address animal overpopulation and reduce roaming animal calls. Two newly opened clinics seek to make a dent in those numbers.
The City of San Antonio awarded Animal Control Services more money than it ever had in it's most recent city budget. The goal was to increase call times, educate pet owners and help reduce the number of stay animals in the community.
Weeks after KSAT’s Know My Neighborhood series highlighted safety concerns on a street in Denver Heights, the City of San Antonio made improvements to slow traffic down.
Texas's first female condemned killer received special permission to leave jail and be baptized at New Light Baptist Church in Denver Heights.
Denver Heights is home to at least 10 churches that are more than 100 years old. The churches have played more than a religious role in the lives of the neighborhood's generations.
Beginning in the 1920s, Denver Heights was known as a predominantly African American neighborhood full of doctors, lawyers, teachers, lawmakers and other professionals.
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