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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Bexar County commissioners have teed off on plans for the 2026 Valero Texas Open golf tournament. The third oldest PGA Tour tournament will be hosted by the Oaks Course at TPC San Antonio on the far North Side. -
Louis DiSabato led the zoo from 1968 to 1994. -
All signs point to an early spring. -
The parents of 8-year-old Cile Steward are asking a judge to stop Camp Mystic from reopening and halt construction, alleging unsafe conditions and efforts to alter the site after the deadly July 4, 2025, flood. -
It's the oldest post in Texas and boasts the coldest beer in the Lone Star State. -
The big issues at Tuesday's Bexar County commissioners meeting covered recent actions by ICE and tax breaks for manufacturers. -
The software is expected to help election workers speed up the processing of voter registrations and mail-by-ballot applications. -
A relentless drought continues for a seventh straight spring in the San Antonio area. -
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Voting technology to register voters and manage elections would be covered by the agreement.
