The latest episode of Pickup Lines features Bexar County District Court judge and proud single mom Mary Lou Alvarez.

A district judge rejected Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against Bexar County, which sought to shut down a program using county funds to help immigrants living in the U.S. illegally access legal support.

A San Antonio woman who critically injured a 15-month-old girl in her care was ordered to begin serving a 20-year prison sentence immediately on Monday, after a judge denied her motion to further delay sentencing.

A four-day-old baby was taken from his mother and kept at the Bexar County Courthouse last month, before Child Protective Services or the District Attorney’s Office were involved in the case, records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.

Bexar County 45th Civil District Court Judge Mary Lou Alvarez is the subject of several allegations made in a new public reprimand from the state’s judicial governing body.

A months-long probe by KSAT Investigates raises questions about whether some judges have been forced to take on additional workload.

Fun facts, puzzles, coloring pages make up the new children’s courthouse activity book.

Currently, Bexar County has no children’s shelter or pediatric psychiatric hospital. So, these kids are being placed in hotels.

A teenage girl shot in the neck at a Northwest Side hotel early Wednesday morning was supposed to be in the care of Child Protective Services, testimony during an emergency hearing revealed Thursday.

The Texas Attorney General's efforts to secure a temporary injunction striking down San Antonio ISD's vaccine mandate for staff members were unsuccessful on Friday.

Hi and welcome to the third edition of the Open Court newsletter. I’m KSAT journalist Erica Hernandez. I’m writing this free newsletter every other week and when big news breaks.

Civil district court judges are ready to proceed with in-person jury trials, but things have been slow to start.