Jerry Clayton
Weekend News Anchor / Producerjerry@tpr.org
Twitter: @jerryclayton
In addition to hosting weekend newscasts on TPR, Jerry writes news and feature stories. His stories are regularly featured on the national NPR news broadcasts, as well as the statewide news program The Texas Standard.
Before coming to Texas Public Radio in 2020, Jerry was an on-demand air charter pilot. His love for flying is life-long. He's a certified flight instructor and has flown various aircraft from single engine Cessnas to the King Air B200 twin turboprop.
He has over 40 years experience in broadcasting and was well known among San Antonio radio listeners as "Fred Zeppelin" as both an airborne traffic reporter and afternoon and morning host on the classic rock station KZEP for 11 years.
Jerry spent his younger days playing drums with the country band "Mason Dixon" and has continued to play in his spare time in several local San Antonio funk, blues, rock and country bands.
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The City of San Antonio has activated the Emergency Operation Center to coordinate efforts as a harsh winter storm affects the South-Central Texas and the Hill Country. -
The utility district requested by Lennar for the Guajolote Ranch subdivision would create a taxing entity to recoup costs of a water treatment plant and other improvements. -
Texas Public Radio’s Jerry Clayton turned to Texas Professor John Tomeček from Texas A&M. He's an expert on coyotes. -
More than 150 opponents of the controversial planned subdivision in northwest Bexar County showed up at a planning commission meeting on Friday.
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The planned removal of several trees in the Lambert Beach area of the park prompted a lawsuit from Lipan Apache Native American Church -
Governor Abbott was reacting to a video shown on Fox News. -
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett made her case to San Antonio voters as newly drawn congressional maps reshaped her political future and a high-profile U.S. Senate race takes shape. -
The protests here and across the United States were held in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renée Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. -
More than 400 potential jurors were questioned about their knowledge of the failed police response to one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. From that pool, 12 jurors and four alternates were selected for the trial. Opening statements are set for Tuesday morning. -
Adrian Gonzales se enfrenta a 29 cargos por delitos graves de abandono o poner en peligro a un menor por su supuesta inacción durante la respuesta.
