Kristi Noem makes a sad face during an interview.

Texas Dems cheer Noem’s firing but say it won’t halt Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda

‘Despite her removal, Trump’s cruel mass deportation campaign rages on,’ Rep. Joaquin Castro said. ‘The Congress must hold her and her successor accountable.’

by Sanford Nowlin March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

San Antonio News

Tony Gonzales, now under House investigation, admits to affair with staffer

Even so, the San Antonio congressman denied he had anything to do with the staffer’s suicide and said reports on the affair were timed to sink his campaign.

by Sanford Nowlin March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

News

Scandal-plagued Tony Gonzales and Brandon ‘AK Guy’ Herrera head to runoff in congressional race

Herrera said revelations of Gonzales’ alleged affair helped close the gap between the primary rivals in the San Antonio and South Texas race.

by Stephanie Koithan March 4, 2026March 4, 2026

News

Kyle Rittenhouse joins Brandon ‘AK Guy’ Herrera for final moments of campaign trail

The gun-rights advocate acquitted for fatally shooting two Black Lives Matter protesters joined Herrera’s final push to win Tony Gonzales’ congressional seat.

by Stephanie Koithan March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

A self-driving Waymo parks on Austin street corner.

Texas News

Waymo driverless taxi blocks ambulance trying to get to Austin mass shooting

The incident is the latest example of one of the driverless cars blocking an emergency vehicle.

by Sanford Nowlin March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

Members of Bexar County Commissioners Court deliberate during a meeting earlier this year.

San Antonio News

Bexar County Commissioner calls Iran strike ‘extraordinary first step’

Commissioner Grant Moody, the court’s sole Republican, says he has full confidence in President Trump, even though only 1 in 4 Americans approves of the war.

by Stephanie Koithan March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

Children walk between structures at the Dilley detention camp during Trump's first term in office.

San Antonio News

911 calls coming from Dilley detention facility paint dire picture of what’s going on inside

Call records show children struggling to breathe, experiencing numerous seizures in a day and requiring medical care for life-threatening conditions.

by Stephanie Koithan February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

San Antonio News

Bexar County DA’s Office drops stalking charges against former fire union boss Chris Steele

Steele was accused of trying to blackmail an applicant vying to become the San Antonio Fire Department’s next chief.

by Michael Karlis February 27, 2026February 27, 2026

ICE shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez of San Antonio during a traffic incident nearly a year ago.

San Antonio News

Grand Jury votes not to indict ICE agent who shot San Antonio man

The feds say Ruben Ray Martinez intentionally struck an ICE agent with his vehicle, but the passenger in his car said the agent fired shots without warning.

by Sanford Nowlin February 26, 2026February 26, 2026

San Antonio News

ICE deported a nearly 9-month pregnant woman from Dilley over the weekend

Doctors and airlines said it was medically unsafe for the woman to fly so close to her due date. The feds deported her from the detention center near San Antonio anyway.

by Stephanie Koithan February 23, 2026February 26, 2026

San Antonio News

This historic fixer-upper for sale was built in 1890 by renowned Bexar County Courthouse architect

The towering three-story San Antonio property looks like it might be home to a few ghosts — and even fought back a zombie invasion.

by San Antonio Current Staff February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

San Antonio News

‘Unicorn’ house for sale in Southtown has new life after being ripped ‘down to the studs’

Little was sacred when this 1966 San Antonio casita underwent renovations. But the result is a thoroughly updated modern marvel.

by San Antonio Current Staff February 20, 2026February 21, 2026

23-year-old San Antonio resident Ruben Ray Martinez was killed last March, but it took a year to find out it was an ICE-involved shooting.

San Antonio News

ICE fatally shot San Antonio man last year, and it was kept quiet until now

The case appears to be the first known fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen by a federal agent during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

by Stephanie Koithan February 20, 2026February 20, 2026

An aerial view of the East Montana Detention Facility at Fort Bliss on the outskirts of El Paso on Sept. 7, 2025.

Texas News

Six deaths in six weeks: What to know about ICE detentions in Texas

Last year was the deadliest year in ICE detention in two decades. Nearly a quarter of those deaths occurred in Texas.

by Lomi Kriel and Colleen DeGuzman, The Texas Tribune, graphic by Apurva MahajanFebruary 19, 2026February 19, 2026

San Antonio News

San Antonio’s Brick at Blue Star locked out due to unpaid rent

The lockout might spell the end for the music and arts venue, which ran into a string of financial troubles, including allegations of unpaid wages and taxes.

by Stephanie Koithan February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

San Antonio News

Two-month-old ICE detainee Juan Nicolás deported while sick with bronchitis

The baby and his family, held in the Dilley site south of San Antonio, were reportedly ‘abandoned’ at the border with the money left in their commissary account — or just $190.

by Stephanie Koithan February 18, 2026February 18, 2026

San Antonio News

Report: Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids’ letters and drawings detailing conditions inside

The raids allegedly began in response to a recent ProPublica article featuring letters and drawings from children inside the San Antonio-area immigrant detention site.

by Stephanie Koithan February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

Nashville-based guitarist-songwriter Daniel Donato is a rising star in the jam band scene.

Music Stories & Interviews

Ahead of San Antonio show, jam band wunderkind Daniel Donato talks about riding the vibes

The rising star guitarist-songwriter will perform this Thursday at Paper Tiger.

by Mike McMahan February 17, 2026February 17, 2026

News

Two-month-old baby ‘choking on his own vomit’ while detained in Dilley

‘His life is in danger,’ U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said about newborn Juan Nicolás. The child fell ill after spending almost a month — or half his life — in a San Antonio-area family detention facility.

by Stephanie Koithan February 16, 2026February 26, 2026