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Bexar County officials announced Monday that the county’s businesses now operating at 75% capacity will have to cut back to 50% capacity and all bars must close due to COVID-19 hospitalizations in the region.

Credit: Ryan Garza/USA Today Network via REUTERS In a rare holiday week vote, members of the U.S. House returned to Washington to override on Monday President Trumps veto of a bill that handles the budget and spending of the Department of Defense. The National Defense Authorization Act is a $740 billion bill that dates back to 1961 it is one of the few annual bipartisan pieces of legislation left in Congress. House Democrats named this years NDAA in honor of a Texas Republican, U.S. ...

Police: Man walking home from work killed by hit-and-run driver in Helotes FacebookTwitterEmail A blurry picture of the pickup truck that struck and killed a pedestrian in Helotes.Helotes Police Department Police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that struck and killed a pedestrian in Helotes. Jerry Sanchez, 36, was walking on the 13700 block of State Highway 16, near Helotes Elementary, on Dec. 10 around 8:26 p.m. A pickup truck traveling southbound toward Loop 1604 hit Sanchez an...

Ties to historic Guilbeau family may save ranch buildings on San Antonios Northwest Side FacebookTwitterEmail The citys Office of Historic Preservation said this house at 9290 Leslie Road appears to have been built in the 1880s for members of the historically prominent Guilbeau family. A representative for the family that now owns the property questioned whether it is historic.Scott Huddleston /Staff For the second time this month, the Historic and Design Review Commission is requesting that a ...

Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act passes U.S. House 3 months 2 weeks 2 days ago Wednesday, December 16 2020 Dec 16, 2020 December 16, 2020 2:49 PM December 16, 2020 in News - Local Share: The Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act passed the U.S. House by voice vote on Wednesday.  The bill was introduced by U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-McAllen, and U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, R-Helotes, in 2018 as a companion bill to legislation backed by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and U.S. Sen...

’I don’t wish this on anybody’: Mother hoping hit-and-run driver who killed her son turns themselves in Balerie Sanchez said she planned to go Christmas shopping for her son before she learned he was killed Tags:  Balerie Sanchez said her son, Jerry Sanchez, 36, had many plans in his life. “He was a comedian,” Balerie Sanchez said. “He always made me laugh and was trying to help anyone he could. He was always worried about me and was actually working hard to get his own place, and ...

Re: Dec. 8 article, “Texas lawmakers want election challenge to go on.” There is plenty that divides this country, but I thought there was one thing that would always unite us: trust in, and acceptance of, our free and fair elections. On that issue there is, in fact, unity throughout the country extending from frontline election workers to local and state officials charged with supervising elections, both Democrats and Republicans — even to the U.S. Attorney General. This restores some...

Man’s body discovered Friday after he was hit by a vehicle Thursday night, Helotes police say Jerry Sanchez, 36, was found on a hill in front of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Published:  Updated:  Tags:  The Bexar County Medical Examiner has identified the victim of a fatal hit-and-run in Helotes. Jerry Sanchez, 36, died after being hit by a vehicle Thursday evening, according to officials. His body was found Friday morning on the shoulder of Highway 16. It’s currently unclear wh...

Man found dead on side of road in Helotes; police believe he was the victim of a hit and run collision The victim has only been identified as a man in either his late 20s or early 30s who worked at a local business. He was about to get a ride home from his mother. Author: Erin Rodriguez (KENS 5) Published: 12:59 PM CST December 11, 2020 Updated: 7:51 PM CST December 11, 2020 HELOTES, Texas — A man died who was waiting for a ride from his mother ...

San Antonio and Bexar County poverty rates declined - before the pandemic FacebookTwitterEmail Melbra Skea received a bag at a food giveaway at Iglesia Cristo Vive at 301 Fredericksburg Road back in July. The distribution was hosted by Blessings of Hands Ministries and El Shaddai Ministries, while the food was provided by Be A Champion.Billy Calzada /San Antonio Express-News Poverty rates declined overall in the city of San Antonio and in Bexar County, but remained significant, especially for c...