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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With the federal moratorium on evictions during the pandemic set to expire, two San Antonio Councilmembers are hosting a drive-thru rental and utility assistance event Saturday, July 31. -
The local chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club on Wednesday rode up to a Leon Valley brewing company to toast National Buffalo Soldiers Day.
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The Alamo Plan encompasses both restoration of historic buildings and new construction projects, all with the goals of fostering reverence and dignity at an important site in Texas history.
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A team of researchers from the San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute combined computer models of asteroid evolution with observations of known asteroids to determine where the dinosaur-killing asteroid might have come from.
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The first segment of construction will focus on expanding the freeway from Bandera Road to I-10 at a cost of $148 million. There are plans to improve a total of five segments of the freeway from Bandera Road to I-35 at a cost of $1 billion.
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The San Antonio Botanical Garden is celebrating Pequeño Pepper Day, with culinary demonstrations, a pepper plant sale, and spicy cocktails.
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The longtime general manager, president and CEO of Kiolbassa Smoked Meats died Tuesday at the age of 84. Robert Kiolbassa ran the company from 1960 to this year. His father, Rufus, founded the company in 1949 and Robert started work there at the age of 21.
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The park would be twice the size of Phil Hardberger Park, one of the largest city parks in San Antonio.
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A local company that provides phone and video visitation services to the Bexar County Adult Detention Center claims it lost its bid to renew the county contract because of alleged lobbying by a competitor.
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In June, a total of 4,024 homes in San Antonio sold, an increase from the 3,850 homes sold last year.
