Brian Kirkpatrick
Brian Kirkpatrick has been a journalist in Texas most of his life, covering San Antonio news since 1993, including the deadly October 1998 flooding, the arrival of the Toyota plant in 2003, and the base closure and realignments in 2005.
He also served as news director and anchor at KTSA and Metro Networks, and was previously the "Morning Edition" anchor at Texas Public Radio. His early career included work as a news anchor and production assistant for the Texas State News Network/Dallas Cowboys Radio Network in Dallas, from 1988-1993. During his years at TSN, he helped cover the Luby’s mass shooting in Killeen and the Branch Davidian standoff at Mount Carmel. Kirkpatrick read his first newscast on a small radio station in the Hill Country as a teenager in 1981.
Brian returns to reporting after teaching high school journalism at Harlandale High School in San Antonio for the past seven years.
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The National Weather Service reported only a slight chance of rain for the Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Brownsville regions. Mostly sunny skies are expected across the rest of the state. -
The city of San Antonio and the Spurs are embracing the NBA's No. 1 draft pick, 7 foot 4 inch rookie Victor Wembanyama from France.
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Automaker recalling 2022 and 2023 model year Toyota Tundra and Tundra Hybrid vehicles. -
The heat wave may have slowed daytime attacks by mosquitos on humans in the San Antonio area, but their bites still pose a danger at night. -
Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai has launched a countywide departmental review to increase transparency and accountability and better serve taxpayers. -
Overall temperatures will range from the 40s in the Panhandle to near 80 in the Rio Grande Valley. -
The threats, including harassment and intimidation, are fueled by misinformation about the 2020 election spread by former President Donald Trump and his supporters. -
In Uvalde, Texas, people gathered Tuesday night to mourn those who were killed at Robb Elementary School.
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The Texas Pecan Growers Association reports the state's pecan crop is looking good this harvest time. -
Missouri-based Tyson Foods, Inc. issued a recall for approximately 8.4 million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced over the Fourth of July weekend.
