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1 month ago | 
wruf.com | Brooke Park
Alex Lodise had himself a night Tuesday at sold-out VyStar Ballpark in Jacksonville. Lodise drilled a walk-off grand slam to lift No. 4 Florida State to an 8-4 win against Florida. The home run in the ninth completed Lodise hitting for the cycle. He had four of Florida State’s eight hits and four RBI in the second game of the Sunshine Showdown series. Final from Jacksonville.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Brooke Park
Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved an agreement with the Spurs and city of San Antonio that calls on each party to spell out by July how much it would kick in to build a new downtown arena for the NBA franchise. The non-binding memorandum of understanding, which the five-member court OK'd 5-0, also seeks to nail down funding commitments for the renovation of the Frost Bank Center, the Spurs' current home court; the nearby Freeman Coliseum; and the surrounding property.
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1 month ago | 
expressnews.com | Brooke Park
Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday approved an agreement with the Spurs and city of San Antonio that calls on each party to spell out by July how much it would kick in to build a new downtown arena for the NBA franchise. The non-binding memorandum of understanding, which the five-member court OK'd 5-0, also seeks to nail down funding commitments for the renovation of the Frost Bank Center, the Spurs' current home court; the nearby Freeman Coliseum; and the surrounding property.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Brooke Park
Bexar County Commissioners Court on Tuesday declared drug overdoses a public health crisis. Andrea Guerrero-Guajardo, the county's public health director, told the court that more than 40% of the deaths investigated by the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office in 2023 involved opioids. "In recognizing overdoses as a public health crisis, we intend to just refocus our energy and say that this is still top of mind, still on our radar," Guerrero-Guajardo said.
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1 month ago | 
expressnews.com | Brooke Park
Bexar County's lone Republican commissioner, known for being cautious and levelheaded, has waded into an acrimonious national debate over the safety and efficacy of vaccines. An unvaccinated 6-year-old West Texas girl died Feb. 25 in a Lubbock hospital of complications of measles.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Brooke Park
Bexar County sheriff's deputies confiscated over 15 pounds of crystal meth and over two pounds of heroin - worth an estimated $180,000 - in a drug bust that led to the arrest of two men. On Thursday, deputies pulled over Robert Gomez III near Loop 410 South as a part of an ongoing investigation. Gomez, 34, was found with four gallon-sized bags of crystal meth, another bag of what appeared to be heroin and a .38 caliber pistol, the sheriff's office said.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Brooke Park
It's about time for the Lone Star State's signature wildflower to dominate roadside prairies and pastures, but this year's bluebonnet takeover may be stunted in some parts of the state - a result of a pernicious drought affecting much of Texas, experts say. The rain-starved Edwards Plateau and Trans Pecos regions will likely see a muted wildflower showing this spring, according to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center's annual wildflower forecast.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Brooke Park
A San Antonio police officer shot and killed a 27-year-old man wielding a machete inside a West Side home Sunday afternoon. Police arrived around 2 p.m. for an assault in progress in the 6500 block of Tahoka Blvd. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told reporters at the scene that the man had been assaulting his girlfriend. When officers got to the door, the man cracked it open but refused to let police inside.
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1 month ago | 
star-telegram.com | Brooke Park
San Antonio police are searching for the shooters who struck a 17-year-old girl at a Northwest Side bar early Saturday morning. Police arrived around 6 a.m. in the 5400 block of Evers Road and secured the area but were unable to collect much information on what caused the shooting, according to a preliminary police report. Police said the victim was at an after-hours bar when she was shot. The report did not include a description of the suspected shooters or how many were involved.
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1 month ago | 
wuft.org | Brooke Park
Michael Connors was in the passenger seat one morning earlier this year with his wife driving their normal, everyday path in southwest Alachua County when a vehicle pulled out in front of their car. It nearly broadsided them, as Connors' wife Claudette swerved, avoiding a potential collision. The Connors were driving south on Southwest 122nd Street, also known as Parker Road, in the left turn lane to travel east onto Southwest 24th Avenue.
