Records obtained by KSAT Investigates show several sexually explicit text messages were sent between U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales and his former aide, Regina Santos-Aviles.

Additionally, a police report shows that the aide, Regina Santos-Aviles, told responding officers she set herself on fire because her husband was romantically involved with her best friend.

The San Antonio Express-News reported on a text message from a staffer admitting to having an affair with Gonzales. The staffer died last year after setting herself on fire in Uvalde.

Adrian Gonzales, who was acquitted on 29 child endangerment charges in response to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, spoke to reporters after his trial ended Wednesday night.

The state, led by Uvalde County District Attorney Christina Mitchell and special prosecutor Bill Turner, rested its case Tuesday in the trial of an ex-Uvalde school district police officer.

During the Wednesday hearing, the defense asked Judge Sid Harle to declare a mistrial in the Adrian Gonzales case, but he denied the motion.

Jurors in Adrian Gonzales' Corpus Christi trial were excused from the courtroom Tuesday afternoon after testimony from a witness was called into question by the defense team.

Survivors of the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting and the victims’ families are preparing to head to Corpus Christi for weeks of testimony in the trial of a former police officer.

Fiesta icon J.J. Gonzales, also known as “Mr. Chicken,” died early Sunday morning after a battle with cancer, his family told KSAT.

U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales has refused to answer KSAT Investigates’ questions about his alleged relationship with a staffer who died after setting herself on fire.

The Cattle Country Festival is back and will feature artists like Robert Earl Keen and Koe Wetzel, according to a news release. The event will take place from April 10 to 12, 2026, at “The Boot,” a 400-acre ranch in Gonzales that will offer camping, fishing and shopping for guests from local vendors.

An investigation is underway after an unidentified man was found dead in a creek in Seguin, according to police.

Even though Florida has retained a search firm to help land the school’s next football coach, athletic director Scott Stricklin says he will have final say in the hiring process.

A suspect is now in custody in connection with a deadly shooting early Sunday that also injured another person in Gonzales, according to police.

The trial for former Uvalde CISD officer Adrian Gonzales, who was charged in connection with the Robb Elementary School shooting, will be held next year in Corpus Christi, Texas, his attorney confirmed to KSAT on Tuesday.

The Cattle Country Music Festival has announced its return for the third consecutive year, according to a news release.

Bodycam footage was released on Tuesday of the moment when Uvalde County sheriff’s deputies found the Robb Elementary School shooter’s grandmother with a gunshot wound to her face.

A man was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting at a Northwest Side apartment complex last month, according to an arrest affidavit.

Several law enforcement agencies arrested a man accused in a “major drug trafficking operation,” according to the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office.

Thanks to a thrilling 8-7 victory over Gonzales, the Memorial High School baseball team etched its name in the history books, securing the program’s first-ever postseason berth.

The City of Lytle issued a boil water notice for all residents on Thursday after a prolonged leak, according to a Facebook post from Mayor Ruben Gonzalez.

A longtime administrator with the Gonzales Independent School District is accused of using district resources to print flyers for a candidate for school board, state records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

The San Antonio Police Department has fired an officer for failing to pat down a teenager who shot and killed himself in the Bexar County Jail earlier this year.

Returning to Gonzales, Texas is the Cattle Country Music Festival set for April 10-12 next year. Last year, the festival featured hit artists including Eric Church, Whiskey Myers, and Koe Wetzel.

After Tuesday's nail-biter, Republican incumbent Tony Gonzales eventually took the runoff win for U.S. District 23 by just 407 votes. The race was filled with attack ads between Gonzales and social media content creator and political newcomer Brandon Herrera.

A quick rundown of Tuesday night's results and winners, who now advance to the General Election in November.

The race became a referendum on the San Antonio Republican’s vote to support a bipartisan gun control package after the Uvalde school shooting.

Herrera is likely to ask for a recount but as it stands, Gonzales will face Democrat S. Limon in November.

YouTube personality pushes back on attack ads he says were taken out of context.

A 12-acre solar project north of Seguin is operational, and a San Antonio-based operator is at the project’s helm.

Two high-profile defendants will have hearings in the same courtroom Monday.

More than 400 pages of emails between DA Joe Gonzales and Wren Collective show conversations about policy and SAPD Chief William McManus.

Major country music bands and singers will make their way to Gonzales in April for the three-day Cattle Country Music Festival.

Allergist Erika Gonzalez says officers have been busy with allergy patients since early December, but it's about to get worse.

Bexar County Commissioners are set to vote in the upcoming 2024 fiscal year budget, The DA's office is asking for more than $52 million, which includes pay raises and new positions.

1 to 2 inches of rain is likely, which would be the most rain for a two-day period since October 2021

Allyanna Hernandez was last seen walking at midnight on Saturday in the 1600 block of St. Vincent Street.

Bexar County Court 13 Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez won an appeal over her right to display a rainbow flag in her courtroom.

The newest restaurant concept at the Pearl finally has a set opening date — Sept 2.

A man was killed and his 11-year-old child was injured after their vehicle was hit by tires that flew off an 18-wheeler, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

The jury sentenced Gonzales to death after a prosecution expert testified that he posed a future danger to society. The expert now says his data was wrong.

The 66-year-old victim of the Uvalde massacre has been released from the hospital, just over a month after the shooting at Robb Elementary School.

Float Fest has released its highly anticipated lineup for the two-day summer 2022 event.

Multiple school districts in the San Antonio area have announced they will be temporarily canceling classes this week due to staffing shortages.

Float Fest, the popular Central Texas floating and music festival, will drift back in 2022 after a few years off.

One person is dead and several others are injured after a suspect opened fire in a crowd during a celebration of life near Houston, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez.

The spill gate failure on Aug. 3 at the hydroelectric dam in Lake Gonzales has people feeling the economic effects of the drained lake.

A spill gate failure on has put the future of Lake Gonzales and its wildlife in jeopardy.

UPDATE 8/19/21: The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man killed after a South Side carjacking Saturday as 56-year-old Mario Renteria.

The state district judge assigned to the upcoming public corruption trial of ex-constable Michelle Barrientes Vela said she views comments made over the weekend by the district attorney’s former campaign consultant as a political threat against her.

The Texas Department of Safety has discontinued the AMBER Alert for 12-year-old Aaron McBeth.

Andrew has covered athletics of all levels for more than five years and is dedicated to shining a spotlight on local San Antonio athletes and their stories.

According to the Congressional Research Service, the federal government owns less than 2% of the land in Texas. “Texas ... has been ravaged by the coronavirus and this recent Executive Order will hurt an already suffering community. Therefore, I urge the Biden administration to rescind this federal order and reevaluate the impact of this measure with input from relevant stakeholders and experts,” Gonzales said in a news release. Of the leases that are active, slightly more than 2.5 million acres are producing or have produced oil or gas. The letter does not mention where the four Texas Democrats stand on Biden’s decision to revoke the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline.

In the third week of COVID-19 vaccine allotments, 23,975 doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccine will be sent to Bexar County hospitals, according to the state’s health department. The Bexar County hospitals set to receive the shipments include University Health System, Christus Children’s Hospital of San Antonio and Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center, Methodist hospitals and the UT Health San Antonio clinic, Wellness 360. State health officials believe the vaccine will be offered to the general public beginning Spring 2021. Read more about vaccines on KSAT.com:Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant? CVS administers COVID-19 vaccine to nursing home residents, employees starting MondayKSAT Explains: What you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines

By midnight, Biden had racked up 205 electoral votes to Trump’s 171, according to the Associated Press. Congressional District 23UPDATE: Republican Tony Gonzales wins election to U.S. House in Texas' 23rd Congressional District, AP reports. Gonzales' lead, which ballooned to 14,000 votes before midnight, is a much healthier advantage than past races in the district’s history, but it remained too close to call with only 78% of precincts reporting. “With thousands of ballots yet to be counted, the Gonzales campaign’s attempt to declare victory is premature,” Jones' campaign manager Lacey Morrison said. Flores stunned the Texas political landscape by winning the District 19 state senate seat.

Due to a growing backlog in pending domestic violence cases, Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said Thursday he plans to ask the commissioners court for additional resources and staffing. Since the coronavirus pandemic began, experts have been concerned about an increase in domestic violence incidents and shelters have seen an increase in demand. The first dashboard shows the number of incoming family violence and sexual assault cases comparing September 2019 to September 2020. The second dashboard shows the increase in pending cases since March 16, when the pandemic led to a pause in jury trials. A local domestic violence symposium kicked off Thursday in an effort to help the public recognize red flags for domestic violence and how they can help.

Many Texans blame both major political parties for a protracted fight over a new coronavirus relief package. How can that be happening?”It’s been a dizzying few days for Texans waiting to see if more assistance will come. But it is unclear if anything will pass soon, leaving struggling Texans to continue to scrape by with no end in sight. As families struggle to keep their water running and business owners pull in heavy losses, Texans are “heartbroken” and angry with the federal government’s lack of support. Gonzales said the Hispanic community he represents has a large number of small business owners, some of whom are struggling to stay open.

The recount of the Republican primary runoff for the national battleground seat of retiring U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, has reached an end, and Tony Gonzales remains the winner. Raul Reyes, who had finished 45 votes behind Gonzales in the July 14 runoff, announced Friday evening that he was abandoning the recount. Gonzales is now set to be the undisputed nominee for the seat, one of Democrats’ best pickup opportunities across the country. Coming out of election night, Reyes was down by just seven votes, a deficit that grew to 45 as the final ballots came in and the results were canvassed. In the weeks since the runoff, Gonzales repeatedly claimed victory and criticized Reyes’ recount effort as a hopeless pursuit, saying it was taking away from the party’s ability to unify against Jones.

SAN ANTONIO – A family is in mourning after their loved one, a U.S. Marine veteran and Border Patrol agent, died after testing positive for COVID-19. Gonzales’ family said he began feeling sick in June. A procession was held for the 15-year Border Patrol agent on Thursday from San Antonio to Del Rio. “Passing through the Border Patrol station from Uvalde to Brackettville, beautiful. And he’s always in our hearts,” said Isabela Gonzales, Gonzales’ daughter.

San Antonio – Looking back at his first year as the Bexar County District Attorney, Joe Gonzales said that after he won the 2018 election, he knew that he was facing a big job. “We knew that we were going to have to hit the ground running,” Gonzales said Friday. “One of my concerns was bringing criminal justice reform to Bexar County, and I believe that we’re doing that,” he said. Gonzales’ office records indicate that the number of cases is 1,166. Several high-profile criminal cases set to be tried in San Antonio in early 2020During his campaign, Gonzales promised that addressing family violence cases would be among his priorities.

The Senda de Vida shelter in Reynosa is over capacity, filled with migrants and refugees from around the world. U.S. officials will only let a handful at a time cross the border.

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