Jessica Coombs

Feb 5, 2024 | kens5.com | Jessica Coombs

SAN ANTONIO — SAN ANTONIO — One in three first responders and seven percent of veterans suffer from Post-traumatic stress disorder. San Antonio couple, Angela and Roger Rodkey, are using their personal experience to share the lifechanging support a service dog can give to those struggling to find a path forward. "Life is precious. Tomorrow is not guaranteed," Roger Rodkey explained. The first responder joined the medical wing at Lackland Air Force Base when he was 18-years-old.

Nov 10, 2023 | kens5.com | Jessica Coombs

SAN ANTONIO — Learning how to rebuild trust is just one of many ways K9s For Warriors helps veterans reconnect with life post service. "What we’re really doing is guiding them through the program where they learn how to depend not just on their dog, but the people around them. Prep your mind and give yourself patience and grace, if you can do these things, you can do anything.” K9s For Warriors is the largest military service dog provider in the country.

Nov 2, 2023 | kens5.com | Jessica Coombs

SAN ANTONIO — They are at the heart of our roadway system, but what does it take to make a traffic sign? We stepped inside the City of San Antonio Sign Shop to meet the people behind those lifesaving messages. "How is this roadway behaving, how should it behave?

Sep 11, 2023 | kens5.com | Jessica Coombs

SAN ANTONIO — Remembering 9/11 Monday morning as people from around the country will come together here in the Alamo City for the San Antonio 110 9/11 Memorial Climb downtown at the Tower of the Americas. Like many of us are getting up to start our day, that's how that morning started for the nearly three thousand people who lost their lives.

Aug 14, 2023 | kens5.com | Jessica Coombs

SAN ANTONIO — SAN ANTONIO -- Every year Texas bus drivers get the chance to showcase their written knowledge and ability behind the wheel at the TAPT School Bus Safety Roadeo. North East I.S.D. students can get even more excited about the new school year with one of their drivers officially recognized as the best and safest bus driver in the state. Phil Purvis, a bus driver and trainer at North East I.S.D., took home the title at the statewide competition.