Bexar County

William 'Cruz' Shaw III will be sworn in as the elected judge over the 436th District Court — the first Black man to sit in that seat.

The Bexar County Elections Office reports nearly 218,000 voters have cast ballots early.

The number of sites the Bexar County Commissioners approved on Tuesday was fewer than the 388 ordered by a state district judge.

Both audits were voted on or contracted a year ago, but only one was released.

Bexar County has approved a $2.9 billion budget that includes a badly needed funding increase for the medical examiner's office, which recently handled two of the worst mass trauma events in the nation this year.

Spurred by myriad problems at the jail, the report detailing recommendations of improvement was first due in February, and is now expected in September.

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Since in-person jury trials resumed, the court has seen active pending cases drop by 13%. They estimate they will be back to pre-pandemic levels early next year.

Surveillance cameras have been installed in an east Bexar County Neighborhood following hundreds of pounds of garbage being dumped.

The 1813 battle was the bloodiest in Texas history, yet little is known about it, including the actual location