Brian Kirkpatrick
General Assignment Reporterbrian@tpr.org
Twitter: @TPRBrian
Brian 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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It's the biggest mass hiring in the San Antonio area since Toyota began producing vehicles here in 2006. -
Medina Lake has been the hardest hit waterway in the area since a drought started seven years ago. -
The Pedernales River climbed roughly 25 feet in just a few hours, reaching its highest level since 1979 as floodwaters swept through the Texas Hill Country. Officials say the flood threat isn't over, with a regional Flood Watch remaining in effect through Friday morning. -
UT San Antonio students, shoppers and workers describe taking cover as the 100 mph EF-1 tornado ripped part of the roof from an apartment building and scattered debris across the Northwest Side. -
Flooding from heavy overnight rains left parts of Medina and Uvalde counties dealing with closed roads and high-water rescues Tuesday morning. -
Forecasters say that 2 to 6 inches of rain could still fall by Thursday night, with isolated areas potentially receiving up to 8 inches. -
The San Antonio Board of Realtors reports the market has become balanced between buyers and sellers. -
Low-cost adoptions are offered through most of July. -
Forecasters are watching a cluster of activity in the southwest Gulf as it moves closer to Texas. -
Sales tax collections are a good economic indicator of how consumers are spending.
