Ready for the “sweetest time in Texas?” Here’s everything you need to know before heading to the Poteet Strawberry Festival.
Staff and students at Poteet Intermediate School were evacuated early Thursday due to a gas leak, according to the Poteet Independent School District.
Several school districts decided to hold classes as usual on Monday despite the wintry weather, sparking frustration among some parents.
The City of Poteet could have a temporary fix atop its police department this week while the search for a permanent replacement continues.
A scathing 29-page external review of the Poteet Police Department led city council members there to vote this week to terminate the agency’s police chief, lieutenant and sergeant.
The Poteet City Council recommended the termination of three Poteet police officers during a Tuesday night council meeting.
A man was killed during a mudslide at a sandpit near Poteet on Thursday, according to the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.
San Antonio is buzzing with excitement this weekend, offering a variety of events for locals and visitors alike.
Three people have been taken into custody in connection with a suspected burglary at a strip club near Poteet shortly after the club was raided by authorities and shut down.
The Atascosa County Sheriff's Office raided a "sexually oriented business" which deputies said had no license to operate.
Poteet Independent School District sent its students home early Friday after receiving a bomb threat email, according to the district’s police chief.
KSAT’s Nick Mantas and photographer Eddie Latigo hit the road for Week 3 of the high school football season.
Rosendo Jesus Montoya, now 28, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to capital murder of multiple persons.
David Elder talks with the Executive Director of the Poteet Strawberry Festival to learn more about his role as the 2024 Parade Grand Marshal
A man was arrested in Atascosa County over the weekend after he was caught with more than 40 pieces of stolen mail and more than 20 pieces of fraudulently obtained credit cards, according to the sheriff.
Poteet has a different growing season than California strawberries and SoTex Farms has different soil, which is why the owners say their strawberries taste sweeter.
According to a strawberry specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Poteet-worthy strawberries need a sandier soil and cool temperatures to grow. Those cooler conditions get harder and harder to find, though, as the spring season in South Central Texas carries on.
South Texas favorites David Lee Garza y Los Musicales, Gary Hobbs, Conjunto Cats and Kevin Fowler are among the headliners for the festival, which will take place April 14-16.
The family of Poteet police officer, Jeffrey Richardson, who was killed by a suspected drunk driver while working a contract job in Austin has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the driver that hit him and the bar that served the driver — and they’re seeking more than one million dollars in damages.
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.
Week 4 of the 2022 high school football season was highlighted by offensive fireworks, as Canyon raced past Champion in KSAT 12's Game of the Week, Davenport scored 62 points in a win over Lockhart and Jefferson edged Brackenridge in overtime.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said a suspect arrested by his agency turned weapons into machine guns.
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.
The drought and record-breaking heat are affecting the Atascosa County fire departments’ call volume and budgets this year.
A vigil was put on Wednesday night in the city of Poteet in honor and remembrance of the 19 students and two teachers lost in the tragic deadly shooting.
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.
Despite recent waves of freezing weather, the crops look healthy. That’s thanks to Ronin Garcia and his father, Donovan Garcia, trying different methods to protect their crops.
At the end of the regular season, six teams from the greater San Antonio area finish with undefeated records: Brennan, Steele, Johnson, Alamo Heights, Shiner and Carrizo Springs.
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The penultimate week of the high school football regular season features a colossal showdown between Johnson and Reagan in District 28-6A, while Poth and Natalia prepare for a clash that will decide the District 15-3A Division II title.
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Week 7 of KSAT's Big Game Coverage saw Brennan and Alamo Heights earn crucial victories against undefeated opponents, while Boerne and Carrizo Springs rallied to pick up big wins in district play!
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A District 28-6A clash between Reagan and Madison is one of the most exciting match ups heading into Week 6 of Big Game Coverage.
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A Poteet police officer was arrested after other officers noticed two weapons were missing from the police department’s property room, officials reported Friday.
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This 2021 season preview edition of the Big Game Coverage Newsletter breaks down the biggest storylines in local high school football with teams like Brennan, Southside and Poteet.
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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.
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Two men are now in custody in connection with a theft ring operation in Atascosa County, according to Sheriff David Soward.
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Thousands of people are expected to return to Atascosa County this weekend for the Poteet Strawberry Festival, one of the largest events in the region since the pandemic began. And law enforcement will be out in force to keep roads safe.
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Strawberry growers in Poteet had to get creative in their sale approach after last year's Poteet Strawberry Festival was cancelled due to the pandemic. They're hopeful this year's sales will help buy more plants.
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SAN ANTONIO – Organizers of the Poteet Strawberry Festival will require volunteers and staff to wear face coverings but will only ask guests to do the same. The Poteet Strawberry Festival Association on Monday said they “strongly encourage” the use of masks during the event that will bring food, live music and a carnival to the town on April 9-11. Greg Abbott will lift the statewide mask mandate. KSAT has reached out to the Poteet Strawberry Festival to see if it will update the capacity limit. Organizers said the festival is a “crucial source of funding” for the community.
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POTEET, Texas – Poteet police and the Texas Rangers are investigating a possible shooting near an old taxidermy building. Officers were dispatched around 5:30 p.m., Thursday, to a scene near Highway 16 and Amphion West Road. A KSAT crew at the scene said they saw a body being rolled away in front of VR Outfitters, a meat processing and taxidermy business. Police have not confirmed the possible shooting. KSAT is working to gather more information about the case and will update this story on air and online when new details are available.
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SAN ANTONIO – After organizers announced this week that the Poteet Strawberry Festival would return this spring, many questioned about the safety protocols and expressed concern over the idea of being around a large crowd. In a statement to KSAT 12, the Poteet Strawberry Festival Association has clarified why the festival was brought back and released their safety plan. Carol Rivera a member of the association told KSAT 12 that the decision to bring the festival back in 2021 wasn’t made lightly. As a result, the association has been hit hard by the pandemic and had no income in 2020, according to Rivera. In addition, the non-profit organizations, small businesses and the local strawberry farmers all affiliated with the festival were also hit hard.
SAN ANTONIO – There is a countdown displayed on the Poteet Strawberry Festival website announcing the return of the event in April. In a Facebook post, a digital flyer says “We’re Back” with the dates April 9, 10 and 11. There are hundreds of comments on the post with some saying that they were excited for the event’s return while others questioned whether it was a good idea because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We reached out to festival organizers for comment, but have yet to hear back. Currently, Atascosa County where Poteet is located has close to 300 active cases of the new coronavirus and 18 people have died from COVID-19 complications.
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(From left) Pastor Juan "John" Florez, of the Hosanna Baptist Church, in Poteet, Texas. POTEET, Texas – A Poteet-area pastor died at 66 on Saturday, church leaders and area law enforcement agencies confirmed on Sunday. Pastor Juan “John” Florez, of the Hosanna Baptist Church, died Saturday, according to an announcement from the Poteet Police Department. “We were just notified that Pastor Juan Flores of Hosanna Baptist Church passed away last night. This is Pastor John.
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POTEET, Texas – All students in the Poteet Independent School District will go back to a remote learning model after district officials say COVID-19 cases in Atascosa County have continued to climb. To date, the county has had 1,862 cases of the virus with 17 deaths and 137 cases within the last 14 days, according to the county’s website. The district said staff members will return to work on Monday and will be tested for the virus. Poteet ISD students will be staying home due to the high number of cases in Atascosa County and in an... Posted by Poteet ISD on Saturday, November 28, 2020On Nov. 25, the county’s emergency management office announced that the county’s mask mandate ordinance is running in total effect. “We are all a team and must work together until this crisis ends.”Related: Poteet Strawberry Fest canceled entirely in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic
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SAN ANTONIO – See what teams made the cut in KSAT 12′s Top 12 for Week 12 of high school football. CLASS 1A-4ARank Team Record 12 Wimberley 8-3 11 Falls City 7-2 10 Poteet 8-2 9 Devine 8-2 8 Hondo 9-1 7 Navarro 7-2 6 Cornerstone 8-1 5 D’Hanis 6-0 4 Boerne 7-2 3 Shiner 8-0 2 Jourdanton 9-1 1 Poth 8-0CLASS 5A & 6ARank Team Record 12 Memorial 2-0 11 Steele 4-2 10 Brackenridge 2-0 9 Champion 4-2 8 Alamo Heights 4-2 7 Southside 5-0 6 Brennan 5-1 5 Warren 5-1 4 Reagan 5-1 3 Smithson Valley 5-1 2 Johnson 6-0 1 Judson 4-1WEEK 11 HIGHLIGHTS
SAN ANTONIO – See what teams made the cut in KSAT 12′s Top 12 for Week 11 of high school football. CLASS 1A-4ARank Team Record 12 Wimberley 7-3 11 Falls City 7-2 10 Poteet 7-2 9 Devine 7-2 8 Hondo 8-1 7 Navarro 7-2 6 Cornerstone 8-1 5 D’Hanis 6-0 4 Boerne 7-2 3 Shiner 8-0 2 Jourdanton 8-1 1 Poth 7-0CLASS 5A & 6ARank Team Record 12 Steele 3-2 11 Roosevelt 4-1 10 Brackenridge 1-0 9 Brennan 4-1 8 Southside 4-1 7 Wagner 2-1 6 Warren 4-1 5 Reagan 4-1 4 Smithson Valley 4-1 3 Champion 4-1 2 Johnson 5-0 1 Judson 4-1WEEK 10 HIGHLIGHTS
SAN ANTONIO – See what teams made the cut in KSAT 12′s Top 12 for Week 6 of high school football. CLASS 1A-4ARank Team Record 12 Sabinal 4-1 11 Poteet 4-1 10 Devine 4-1 9 Cornerstone 4-1 8 Hondo 4-0 7 Boerne 3-2 6 Fredericksburg 4-1 5 Jourdanton 4-1 4 Wimberley 4-1 3 Yoakum 4-0 2 Comfort 5-0 1 Poth 5-0CLASS 5A & 6ARank Team Record 12 Southside 0-0 11 Brackenridge 0-0 10 Veterans Memorial 0-1 9 Steele 0-1 8 Clemens 0-1 7 O’Connor 0-0 6 Madison 0-0 5 Brennan 0-0 4 Brandeis 0-0 3 Champion 1-0 2 Wagner 0-0 1 Judson 0-0WEEK 5 HIGHLIGHTS
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ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas – A man wanted in an August 30 fatal shooting in Poteet was taken into custody early Wednesday morning, the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office said. Ashton Garcia, 18, turned himself in around 4:30 a.m. to the sheriff’s office after being sought for the last ten days in the shooting death of John Martin Alaniz, ACSO officials said. A task force comprised of Texas Rangers, Atascosa County Sheriff’s Investigators and Jourdanton Police Department Officers worked to locate Garcia and safely take him into custody, a press release said. ACSO said Garcia was also wanted by the Jourdanton Police Department on prior charges of evading arrest with a motor vehicle and possession of marijuana. Garcia was taken into custody by Jourdanton Police and the Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office.
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ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas A Poteet man accused of strangling a woman this past weekend in Atascosa County is charged with murder, officials say. Marcelino Eli Esparza, 48, was arrested in Kerr County on Wednesday. Poteet police searching for 18-year-old murder suspectThe Atascosa County Sheriffs Office said Margie Argujo, 48, was found dead in a home just outside Poteet. Esparza was taken to the Kerr County Jail and is expected to be transferred to Jourdanton on Thursday. Investigators did not say how the suspect and victim knew each other, nor did they give a possible motive.
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POTEET, Texas – Police are looking for an 18-year-old murder suspect in Poteet. Ashton Garcia, 18, is accused in the shooting death of 41-year-old John Martin Alaniz. Crime Spree suspect surrenders after being holed up in barn in Atascosa CountyAlaniz died Sunday after he was shot at a home in the 100 block of Avenue H in Poteet. Anyone with information is asked to call the Atascosa County Crime Stoppers at 830-769-2255.
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POTEET, Texas – A 26-year-old Poteet man went on a crime spree in Atascosa County that ended when he surrendered to more than 30 law enforcement officers waiting for him outside of a barn he was holed up in, Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward said. Soward said the crime spree started Monday night when sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a burglary north of Poteet. “Poteet PD lost sight of the truck and it was later spotted by sheriff’s deputies on FM 1470 northeast of Poteet,” Soward said. However, the suspect escaped on foot, Soward said. Pleasanton Police will be filing charges regarding the theft of the 2019 Ram truck, Soward said.
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ATASCOSA COUNTY, Texas – The Poteet Independent School District has suspended extracurricular activities after what the superintendent said was a “breach” of protocols that involved a photo session with a county official and senior players of the football team and cheerleading squad. Superintendent Charles Camarillo posted a letter on Facebook saying the photo session with the county official was arranged by a school official who was in attendance and later tested positive for COVID-19. KSAT confirmed the county official who took the photos was Atascosa County Sheriff David Soward. Camarillo said a breach of protocols occurred when the county official took photos without a mask and added the district has a strict closed practice policy. RELATED: Pleasanton ISD suspends football practices after positive COVID-19 testThe letter said extracurricular activities were suspended for this week out of an abundance of caution.
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POTEET, Texas Multiple former members of the Poteet City Council said they received no information about city administrator candidate Eric Jiminezs criminal history prior to hiring him for the position in late 2017. (KSAT)You better not move or say a word, or youre going to get it again, the woman told Seguin police Jiminez said after Tasering her in a bedroom closet. And he hit the Taser again, the woman told police Jiminez said and did that night. I know to put my chin down to keep my air, which I was able to do the last time this happened, the woman told Seguin police. Nicholas Sanchez, the only current Poteet city council member who was also on the council when Jiminez was hired, declined to comment via telephone last month.
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Poteet city officials stand down, agree to allow councilwoman to stay in her homePublished: May 29, 2020, 6:17 pmPoteet city officials stand down, agree to allow councilwoman to stay in her home
POTEET, Texas Poteet city officials late this week agreed to allow a councilwoman to remain living in her home, days after police threatened to arrest her if she did not vacate the property. The criminal case was later dismissed, according to the suit, but Sanchez remains banned from City Hall, except to attend council meetings. Poteet councilwoman files federal suit to keep city from removing her from her homeSanchez resides in it, along with a disabled military veteran in poor health. City officials have agreed to no longer attempt to remove or relocate any of the inhabitants of the home. An attorney representing the city released a copy of the signed order but declined to comment on it.
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