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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The 2024 Great Texas Air Show is open to the public on Saturday and Sunday at JBSA-Randolph on the far Northeast Side.
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Si el clima lo permite, Alamo Plaza será uno de los lugares para ver el eclipse la próxima semana
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The Alamo is not in the area of totality of the solar eclipse, but its wide-open plaza is expected to be a great viewing spot from which visitors may savor the rare event.
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Kerrville advierte a los visitantes del eclipse solar: entrar será difícil, pero salir será más difícil.
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Several more events by San Fernando Cathedral are planned through Sunday evening.
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The police chief strongly suggested that visitors arrive a few hours early before the eclipse and be parked by noon. Parking locations will be marked around the city, including the Kerrville Sports Complex.
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UK-based JCB manufacturing plans to build a nearly $266 million plant on San Antonio's South Side.
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The Baptist Health System reached a milestone with its new $300 million medical facility at Westover Hills.
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The best rain chances appeared to be from after midnight early Thursday morning until at least mid-afternoon on Thursday.
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More than $137,000 was approved for flood safety improvements to a road where a woman and girl drowned on their way to school in October 2021.