Von Ormy News

Prosecutor Samantha DiMaio told a Bexar County jury Friday that Eloy Hernandez Jr.

Wilson County News July 29, 2008 FLORESVILLE - The Alamo Chapter 1836, Military Order of the Purple Heart, will bring the Texas Fallen Heroes Memorial here on Friday, Aug.

Tejano star Emilio Navaira nearly died when he crashed his tour bus on a Houston freeway back in March.

Because it's Fourth of July weekend, there's live music galore. Much of the action, from Willie's picnic to the Vans Warped Tour to First Friday, is covered elsewhere in Weekender.

Wilson County News July 25, 2007 VON ORMY i 1 2 When Kirk Otto went outside to mow his grass on the afternoon of July 10, he had no idea it would lead to a three-day hospital stay and a battle for his life.

It was a sight Evangeline Menchaca Skees thought she'd never see. Menchaca Skees, 80, a longtime far Southwest Side resident watched with two dozen other neighbors as Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff signed an ...

With a ceremony at the Bexar County Commissioner's Court meeting Friday, the tiny, formerly unincorporated village to the southwest of San Antonio is officially its own city.

“It's a great sense of unity and optimism for the future.”

Residents in the rural Southwest Bexar County community of Von Ormy voted to incorporate as a city Saturday night and regulate decisions that affect their future. via MySA.com

“One of the nicest guys you'll know”

A man demanding payment on a debt shot and killed the owner of a Von Ormy salvage yard Monday before turning the gun on himself, authorities said. via MySanAntonio.com

Bexar County investigators discuss a Monday morning shooting at a salvage yard off Interstate 35. via MySanAntonio.com

“We want to focus on the current residents and bring jobs and tax revenue to the community.”

A J's Food Store is the social hub of a Southwest Bexar County community on the edge of expansion. via MySanAntonio.com

“It's a very monumental thing for her to have accomplished”

A week after Police Chief William McManus ordered a second internal investigation into Assistant Chief Rudy Gonzales, already on paid leave for his alleged relationships with a prostitute and cocaine ... via MySA.com

“I don't know if it was from the neighborhood or from Rudy going into that bar.”

San Antonio Assistant Police Chief Rudy Gonzales was friends with a bar owner who federal authorities say was involved in cocaine trafficking for 15 years and who was accused of paying for Gonzales to have sex ... via MySA.com

“Currently, he is still critically ill”

Flowers were placed today at the Von Ormy home of Tejano star Emilio Navaira. The next 24 hours will be an extremely critical time for Tejano music star Emilio Navaira as doctors at Houston's Memorial Hermann ... via MySA.com

“I think there is always somebody out there looking to make an extra buck, legal or not”

A Von Ormy man was arrested for allegedly making $20 bills and selling them for a bargain price. via MySA.com

A suspect is in custody in connection with the murder of two people in a south Bexar County mobile home park, 1200 WOAI's Michael Main reports. via KQXT-FM San Antonio

Jesse Rivera, 61, is accused of pulling a gun and firing across from his granddaughter's elementary school following a road rage fight. via WOAI.com

“Apparently to them it wasn't important. It wasn't their kids”

Jose and Esmeralda Herrera were brutally murdered in their home Sunday night. There's a new investigation connected to a double murder that took place in South Bexar County Sunday night, and a 911 dispatcher is ... via WOAI.com

“I'm hoping that we'll get some funding from the state, but we don't know yet”

More than five years after rising floodwaters prompted evacuations below the 96-year-old Medina Dam, officials still are scrambling to raise the $11 million needed for improvements to keep the dam from ... via MySA.com

“The protection of our residents in the southwest quadrant of our county is worth the $3 million investment in improving Medina Lake Dam”

Bexar County Commissioners have approved $3 million in funding to strengthen the stability of Medina Lake Dam. via Bizjournals