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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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. -
Local pest control companies report complaints about all sorts of critters showing up inside and outside homes have picked up with the recent heat wave.
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In Uvalde, Texas, people gathered Tuesday night to mourn those who were killed at Robb Elementary School.
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Local and state officials were present Wednesday to break ground on a construction project that will turn I-35 into a double decker freeway through eight cities and three counties at a cost of $1.5 billion.
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Texas hemp shop owners are celebrating recent signals from the Drug Enforcement Administration that delta-8 is not a controlled substance at this time.
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It will be a rainy Thanksgiving Day for much of Texas as a cold front gobbles up the state.
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The Texas Pecan Growers Association reports the state's pecan crop is looking good this harvest time.
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A Vietnam War veteran battling stage IV cancer received a Purple Heart Monday for wounds he received in combat 55 years ago. 77-year-old Robert Briggs of San Antonio enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1962, after graduation from Robert E. Lee High School.
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Just in time for Halloween, San Antonio's Emily Morgan Hotel has been named among this year's Top 25 Most Haunted American Hotels.
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An archaeological dig on the banks of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park in the west end of downtown San Antonio has unearthed the cornerstone of the post Civil War-era St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Tropical Storm Nicholas has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Gov. Greg Abbott said the state has deployed resources ahead of the storm.
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The Texas Hill Country has finished in third place in USA Today's 10 Best Reader's Choice awards for best wine regions. San Antonio-based Cottonwood Wine Tours finished in 10th place for offering the best wine tour.
