San Antonio’s new greenway trails offer a view of the city we otherwise might zoom past Posted By Bill Baird on Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 10:30 AM click to enlarge Bill Baird The Howard Peak Greenway system offers a way for San Antonians to experience their city on foot. Inspired by the city’s network of greenway trails, I set out to do what seemed illogical, impossible or just plain idiotic: circumnavigating San Antonio on foot, utilizing the newly christened Howard Peak Greenway system. Where the trails ended, I’d continue along creek beds, roadsides, vacant lots and railroad tracks. Has the perimeter of SA ever been thru hiked? It seemed I’d be among the first, which made the trek an irresistible target, and just crazy e
I will see you again in heaven | Grandparents remember San Antonio teen killed in hit-and-run
Her grandparents said Marissa walked to go get chips from the store near their home. They kept texting her. But she wasn t responding. Author: Henry Ramos (KENS 5) Published: 10:15 PM CST February 19, 2021 Updated: 10:15 PM CST February 19, 2021
SAN ANTONIO A 15-year-old San Antonio girl was hit and killed on Thursday night s icy roadways. Marissa Duran was walking to the store to grab a bag of potato chips, but never returned home.
Police said a driver hit her then kept driving. Her grandparents John and Marianela Duran are heartbroken. John read a text message he wrote to his granddaughter that she ll never receive.
Officials ID 15-year-old girl killed on Southwest Side by hit-and-run driver
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A 15-year-old girl was killed Thursday on the Southwest Side by a hit-and-run driver, police said.
She was walking across Medina Base Road, near Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, when the collision occurred. The Bexar County Medical Examiner s Office identified the victim as Marisa Duran.
There was no sidewalk on the south side of the road where Duran was walking, police said. A 2011 Honda Pilot traveling westbound struck her and fled the scene south on Moon Valley Drive.
A witness pulled over and tended to Duran, but she did not survive her injuries. She was pronounced dead at 10:25 p.m. The Medical Examiner s Office was notified but could not make it to the scene due to the icy road conditions. Next of kin identified Duran.
With final freeze still to come, sunshine bathes a battered San Antonio
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CAM’s director of outreach Valerie Salas (left) and and Centro’s Morgan Handley (right) check in on residents at a camp downtown at midweek to make sure they have enough to eat.Jessica Phelps /San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
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People carry food given out for children at Nimitz Middle School on Friday. School districts in the area fed many people whose food supply had run low as a result of cold weather shutdowns.Billy Calzada /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A Continental Airlines jet approaches San Antonio International Airport on Friday afternoon, signaling that the airport is now open. It had been closed since Monday because of the subfreezing temperatures and snow.Billy Calzada, Staff / Staff PhotographerShow MoreShow Less