An investigation into inappropriate text messages sent to a confidential informant led to a Comal County Sheriff’s deputy’s demotion.

There were just 2,459 errors entering the final weekend of the regular season, on track to finish as the fewest in a non-shortened year since 1960 when there were just 16 teams.

A male Comal County Sheriff’s sergeant who admitted to having a sexual relationship with a subordinate deputy who worked for him at the courthouse complex was allowed to keep his job and retire years later, despite the same agency firing a female sergeant who violated similar rules on employee fraternization, personnel records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

The Comal County Sheriff's Office started a new program in June aimed at building up their reserve deputies in order to better protect elementary schools in Comal ISD.

Kyle Farmer homered and had five RBIs to power the Cincinnati Reds to their high-scoring game in 23 years, a 20-5 rout of the Chicago Cubs.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – Domestic violence is on the rise in Comal County and the COVID-19 pandemic is to blame, officials said. “The numbers are staggering,” said Comal County District Attorney Jennifer Tharp. Tharp said domestic violence arrests were at 66% last year compared to 53% in 2019. Comal County Sheriff Mark Reynolds agrees with Tharp about what’s triggering the spike in crimes. ”The stress brought on by the epidemic, itself, and the increased usage of drugs and alcohol brought forth a number of domestic violence cases last year”, Reynolds said.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – In about a week, Comal County will begin moving inmates into the county’s new $72 million jail. The new facility is replacing the old jail built in 1985 to accommodate the county’s growing prisoner population. While touring the new jail Wednesday, Sheriff Mark Reynolds said the design was the result of extensive research. The jail features a pod design rather than a linear design. “Our pods are designed where everything, almost always everything, that an inmate would need or officers would have cause for, is located within that pod,” Reynolds said.

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – A pending 2013 sexual assault case involving the shooter in Sunday's church massacre in Sutherland Springs has stirred reaction among some residents. Related: Ex-girlfriend of church gunman: 'Devin was a very disgusting person'Reynolds, who took office in January, said he's now reviewing what happened with the still pending sexual assault case and a disturbance call the following year involving Kelley. "Until you're proven guilty, you're not guilty," Fisher said. Related: Latest on Texas church shootingNew Braunfels resident Justin Harris said it doesn't bother him that Kelley was from New Braunfels. "It doesn't really seem like it reflects upon on the town or the people here, or myself.