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Call KENS: 'It smells like someone threw up' | SA residents complain about local business causing bad odor
SAN ANTONIO — A large pile of old chips and hot cheetos had a central San Antonio neighborhood smelling like a dumpster. It got so bad, neighbors started calling both San Antonio's Code Enforcement and KENS 5 in an effort to get it cleaned up. The pile of food...
Do You Know About the Fake Alamo Rotting Away in Texas?
Remember the Alamo? Of course you do in San Antonio. Today we look at the 'other' Alamo that Hollywood left to rot several decades ago. When it comes to historic places in Texas history. The Alamo is at the top of many people's list to go visit. It's estimated over 1.5 million people go visit it every year. Many don't know another Alamo exists and it's just rotting away.
San Antonio area creeks, rivers, and lakes rise with runoff from recent rains
Area creeks, rivers, and lakes have seen some of their biggest rises in years because of runoff from recent rains. The rains won't bust a years-long drought but are welcome relief, like to those who own waterfront property in the region. The drought has left large limestone outcroppings on area...
Overdose Deaths in Bexar County Hit a Historic High in 2023. Methamphetamine Is Mostly to Blame.
Bexar County reached a historically high number of drug-overdose deaths in 2023, with 509, according to a Public Health Watch analysis of provisional federal data. Three hundred twenty-seven of those deaths involved methamphetamine — also an all-time high — according to the data, compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were 498 overdose deaths in 2022.
Texas mental health advocates push to expand 988 crisis call services in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — Millions of Americans have sought emotional support by dialing or texting 988 since the rebranded suicide prevention lifeline launched two years ago. Mental health advocates in Texas have been pushing for a 988 call center to be established in the Alamo City. Counselors with 988 have...
While San Antonians cherish the arrival of rain, downpours force Frio City Road businesses to evacuate
SAN ANTONIO — When it rains, it pours along Frio City Road. Video shared with KENS 5 by a business owner shows deep pools of water forming on his property in the 2000 block of Frio City Road just 20 minutes after the rain began this week. Neighbors say the city created this problem when crews repaired a portion of the road in 2015.
Meet the Olympic athletes with ties to San Antonio and Texas
SAN ANTONIO – The best athletes from Texas, the United States and the world are in Paris to light up the 2024 Summer Olympics in the historic City of Light. While some Olympic events such as soccer have already kicked off in France, the Olympic Games symbolically began Friday with the opening ceremony.
City spends over $1 million on cleanup as shopping carts clutter San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO - San Antonio is on pace this year to almost double its cost of cleaning up illegal dumping sites. In 2023 it spent $1,363,525 for the entire year. Just halfway through this year it's already spent $1,095,692. That includes picking up abandoned shopping carts, which have become a...
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