Brian Kirkpatrick
General Assignment ReporterBrian Kirkpatrick has been a journalist in Texas most of his life, covering San Antonio news since 1993, including the deadly October 1998 flooding, the arrival of the Toyota plant in 2003, and the base closure and realignments in 2005.
He also served as news director and anchor at KTSA and Metro Networks, and was previously the "Morning Edition" anchor at Texas Public Radio. His early career included work as a news anchor and production assistant for the Texas State News Network/Dallas Cowboys Radio Network in Dallas, from 1988-1993. During his years at TSN, he helped cover the Luby’s mass shooting in Killeen and the Branch Davidian standoff at Mount Carmel. Kirkpatrick read his first newscast on a small radio station in the Hill Country as a teenager in 1981.
Brian returns to reporting after teaching high school journalism at Harlandale High School in San Antonio for the past seven years.
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A cold front is expected to push into the San Antonio this weekend — setting up the chance for thunderstorms, high winds,hail and unseasonably cooler temperatures for all of next week. -
The San Antonio Water System reports the drought is sparking interest among customers about how to install a water-saving landscape.
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About 160 goats are chewing through invasive undergrowth surrounding trees on 7 acres of Brackenridge Park for the next couple of weeks.
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Bexar County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to approve a letter amendment that will allow the Spurs to play two additional home games on the road this season as part of a one-year pilot program.
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Monday is the last day to file a property appraisal protest with the Bexar Appraisal District over the most recent round of appraisals.
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San Antonians have been under Stage 2 water restrictions for one month as of Thursday due to severe drought conditions and complaints about water wasters are increasing.
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The private Keystone School in San Antonio is celebrating its national championship at a competition where high schoolers are quizzed about what's going on in the world.
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Local and state officials were present Wednesday to break ground on a construction project that will turn I-35 into a double decker freeway through eight cities and three counties at a cost of $1.5 billion.
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Bexar County commissioners last week created a new county agency to get local residents in better health and better prepared for the next pandemic.
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The range of events is growing at the newly opened Tech Port Center Arena in southwest San Antonio, creating an economic boom for a portion of the city often overlooked economically.
