Kory Cook
General Assignments Reporter-
The San Antonio Botanical Garden has planted the first 1,000 of 50,000 native trees planned for the Guadalupe River corridor in Kerr County as part of a five-year restoration effort following the devastating 2025 flood.
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The Grammy-winning Tejano music star declared victory in Texas' 15th Congressional District, where Republican incumbent Monica De La Cruz was seeking a third term.
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton has canceled his planned Nov. 2 campaign stop at the Alamo, whose rules prohibit political gatherings on its grounds. His campaign has instead scheduled stops in Conroe and Allen.
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San Antonio filmmaker Nick Mery’s “One Night Stand in Tokyo” follows South Texas jazz drummer Brandon Guerra as he collaborates with Japanese musicians. The documentary screens at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in November, continuing Mery’s exploration of cultural connection and identity.
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The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Haunted Observatory Night invites visitors to meet the ghosts of scientists, learn about overlooked contributions to astronomy and stargaze through telescopes.
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A San Antonio woman brought her six-year-old niece to immigration court after the girl’s lawyer withdrew. The case comes amid a loss of federally funded legal services for immigrant children and a broader push to accelerate immigration court proceedings.
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Rigoberto Ramón Miranda-Orozco ayudó a organizar el transporte de los migrantes que fallecieron en un camión con remolque bajo un calor sofocante en San Antonio en junio de 2022. El desastre causó la muerte de 53 personas e hirió a otras 11.
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Rigoberto Ramon Miranda-Orozco helped arrange transportation for migrants who died in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio in June 2022. The disaster killed 53 people and injured 11 others.
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More than 42,000 people cast ballots in Bexar County on the first day of early voting, up 32% from the 2022 midterms. Voters shared what brought them to the polls, citing concerns about the economy, immigration, health care and the direction of the federal government.
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Veteran journalist Scott Pelley returned to his hometown of San Antonio to discuss the future of journalism and the importance of a free press. At the Press Forward summit, the former 60 Minutes correspondent described political and corporate pressures on newsrooms and warned that threats to editorial independence could undermine democracy.