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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San Antonio Spurs' superstar Victor Wembanyama out for the rest of the season with medical conditionThe team announced that Victor Wembanyama has deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder, forcing him off the roster for the rest of the season. -
American would have two flights per day: A departure from SAT that leaves at 6:35 a.m. and arrives at 10:35 a.m. daily; and a return flight from DCA that departs from Washington at 7:45 p.m. and returns to San Antonio at 10:20 p.m. Both flights would use an Airbus A321. -
Benjamin Franklin had one. So did George Clooney in the 1980s. Now Avery Quiroz, a 9-year-old boy from Windcrest, is ready for his fashionable fame. -
The National Weather Service reports a high-pressure system in northern Gulf of Mexico is preventing Saharan dust from blowing into Texas, at least until Wednesday. -
If you have watery eyes, a runny nose, and have started to cough and sneeze this holiday season, it could be cedar fever. -
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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Also, Sheriff Javier Salazar asked commissioners to approve more than $3 million in overtime costs to staff the crowded jail from this past June through September, sparking more debate on how to reduce costs there. -
A visit to the annual festival in Uvalde, Texas celebrating the region's honey. The event was cancelled last year because of Texas's worst school shooting.
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Three animals escaped or were stolen from the Dallas Zoo in January, and another died of a suspicious wound. San Antonio Zoo officials said they take steps to ensure that doesn't happen there. -
Let's face it — we can all have a bad day at the office. A football player's office just happens to be a field. According to experts we talked to, it's how you recover that matters. Let's see how Brett Maher does this Sunday following a record four missed extra points. -
By Thursday morning, Texas was already feeling the cold front's strength. The National Weather Service reported that when the front reached Amarillo, temperatures dropped 25 degrees almost immediately. -
Threats against election administrators and county clerks are occurring throughout Texas as the mid-term election on Nov. 8 draws near. A tight governor's contest and congressional races are fueled by intense partisan rhetoric and voter fraud misinformation.
