Vincent Davis

San Antonio

General Assignments and Features Reporter at MYSA

General Assignments and Features Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News

General Assignments and features reporter for EN Communities and Metro section at the San Antonio Express-News.

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Articles

Seniors lead by example instructing nursing students at this S.A. senior center

4 days ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

Ali Smith and her fellow blue scrubs-clad nursing students weren't sure what to expect when they stepped inside the Doris Griffin Senior Center One Stop Center for their latest assignment. Administrative assistants greeted the students - all from the Galen College of Nursing San Antonio - and then Smith and her classmates fanned out across the center, where members invited them to take part in a flurry of activities.
Meet the man whose mission is to keep San Antonio moving

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

The Air Force veteran and his wife were in need of help. The veteran couldn't walk without assistance, and the federal Department of Veterans Affairs had signed off on paying buying him a motorized scooter. The problem: It would take two and a half months before the scooter was shipped to him.
Racism couldn't stop San Antonio colonel from making his mark

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

In the early 1950s, change was rippling through society. Separate but equal laws divided American civilian sectors by race. The United States military branches were dealing with dismantling regulations that segregated non-whites from whites. That ripple was felt at Donaldson Air Force Base in South Carolina. In July 1953, Edward D. Young Jr. was among about 15 men who were candidates to become second lieutenants in the Air Force. Five of the candidates, including Young, were Black.
Grandaddy represented his family in style

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

In a tattered photo album, pressed between clear plastic and a three-hole binder, is a half-dollar sized photo that my mother, Valeria Cardona Trinidad, always said was of her father, Wiley L. Ross Sr. There's a debate among family members whether the sepia-toned photo is actually him. If it is, he is dapper and eternally young, his bowler hat tipped to the side. He casts a wide smile, clad in a tailored, three-piece suit with a striped tie.
Nonprofit, city team up to ease heat threat for South San residents

4 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

For many summers, Sara Cano couldn't get a good night's sleep. Her 91-year-old mother, María de Jesus Lopez, and her sister and mother's caregiver, Rosolva Cervantes, lived in a home with faulty air conditioning in the South San neighborhood. She worried they could suffer from heat-related health issues as temperatures rose during the Texas summer.
He's telling San Antonio's story, one photo at a time

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

Encased in black photograph frames, faces of San Antonio shine in the glare of overhead studio lights. There's a girl tasting vanilla ice cream at the San Antonio Rodeo. A bearded man, who lives on downtown streets and picks up litter at Travis Park, gazes into the distance. A young woman, her face framed by long locks, gives a wide, half-moon smile. They share space with photos of stay-at-home parents, retirees and small business owners.
A former Rey Feo hasn't lost his love for Fiesta or philanthropy

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

When Fernando Reyes' great-grandmother took him to Fiesta for the first time, it was a revelation. The wide-eyed youngster marveled at the sights and sounds of the carnival that traveling workers had set up downtown. The aroma of cotton candy and roasted corn lingered at the fairground, brimming with games and rides. Screams echoed from amusement rides that twirled, swirled and whirled riders in the air.
Music, dance and romance: Remembering San Antonio’s disco nights

2 months ago | star-telegram.com | Vincent Davis

The remains of disco lay buried across San Antonio, beneath layers of dry wall, brick and mortar. When I drive on certain streets, I see more than a strip mall, nail shop or warehouse - I see spaces where every night was a bustling, hustling dance party in a long-ago era. About the authorA 22-year veteran of the Air Force, Vincent T. Davis embarked on a second career as a journalist and found his calling.
How the city's Scout SA program shines a light on untold tales

2 months ago | expressnews.com | Vincent Davis

In 1881, 17-year-old Albert Friedrich opened a barroom that accepted antlers and horns as payment for drinks. The tavern evolved, changed locations and eventually became the Buckhorn Museum and Saloon at 318 E. Houston St. in downtown San Antonio. In 1946, the Art Moderne building at 2603 Broadway St., was built as the home of Tai Shan Restaurant, owned by Ted and Rose Wu, who were prominent entrepreneurs in San Antonio.
‘It’s a calling’: Organist helps lift every voice at historic S.A. church

2 months ago | star-telegram.com | Vincent Davis

It's at 11 a.m. on Sunday at Second Baptist Church on East Commerce Street, and that means La Faye Duren is in command of the church's towering pipe organ. Clothed in a white robe with a red yoke, her face illuminated by the small lamp above her sheet music, Duren's bearing is regal as she sits at the organ's keyboard and begins to play.