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An investigation into inappropriate text messages sent to a confidential informant led to a Comal County Sheriff’s deputy’s demotion.
South Central Texas has been in drought conditions for over 1,280 days with new burn bans being implemented. Additionally, rivers and aquifers face historic lows before tubing season.
A law enforcement expert is questioning how Comal County sheriff’s deputies handled a call involving Brandon Poulos the night before he shot seven San Antonio police officers.
A $8.5 million facility will be built in New Braunfels next year so that criminal mental health issues can be handled closer to home by law enforcement and the courts.
California woman has been declared the first sexually violent predator (SVP) in a Texas county, according to a Facebook post from the Comal County District Attorney’s Office.
A former Canyon Lake High School teacher, who was arrested for allegedly having an improper relationship with a student in 2023, was charged with 18 additional crimes, according to Comal County Jail online records.
Fresh off his first high school football state championship, Smithson Valley head football coach Larry Hill has been nominated for the prestigious 2025 Navy All-American Bowl Coach of the Year Award.
As the countdown to the new year starts, several counties in the San Antonio area are reminding residents of burn bans in effect.
The UIL Class 5A Division I state championship football game will feature a combined 784 wins between both head coaches.
A pair of teenagers are facing charges in connection with two shootings on back-to-back days, according to the Comal County Sheriff’s Office.
Comal County Judge Sherman Krause has issued a disaster declaration in response to the excessive heat and wildfire risk.
A Comal Independent School District teacher has been arrested and charged with improper relationship with a student, according to the Comal County Sheriff’s Office.
For episode 5 of “Your Voice, South Texas,” KSAT visited New Braunfels, a city in the Hill Country.
A driver was extricated from a vehicle following a wrong-way collision in Comal County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
A Floresville Independent School District counselor was arrested and charged with injury to a child following her indictment in Comal County.
The Crisis Center of Comal County is set to break ground on an $11 million facility that will continue to support their mission of helping families and victims of crisis and trauma.
A juvenile burglary suspect died early Tuesday after falling about 70 feet in a quarry pit during a pursuit with San Marcos police.
A Comal County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been terminated after investigators said he crashed his truck on Interstate 35 while driving intoxicated Dec. 24.
A former Comal County Jail inmate claims a lack of medical care she received while pregnant in custody last month contributed to the death of her newborn son.
Voters will select up to five candidates for directors on the Central Comal County Municipal Utility District No. 1. Voters will also decide the fate of four propositions.
Voters across Texas will head to the polls on Nov. 7 to decide the fate of 14 constitutional amendments dealing with property taxes, infrastructure, state parks, farming/ranching, teacher retirement, and more.
A new partnership between the Bulverde Area Humane Society and Stone Oak’s For the Love of Dogs dog grooming salon is making it a mission to help animals waiting to be adopted while assisting new adopter’s wallets.
With record-breaking heat and ongoing drought, business owners across Comal County were concerned about what tourism would look like in Summer 2023. But the Canyon Lake Area Chamber of Commerce said they still saw business.
The Archdiocese of San Antonio removed a priest assigned to a Comal County Catholic church from his ministerial duties following allegations of sexual misconduct and sexual grooming of a minor.
A registered sex offender who was arrested earlier this month on child sex crime charges is once again wanted by law enforcement authorities.
The Comal Independent School District plans to have School Resource Officers at all its campuses in the 2023-24 school year, district officials said Thursday.
Dry conditions across Texas have led to Stage 3 drought restrictions for some areas outside Bexar County.
A registered sex offender is in custody after Comal County deputies said he was caught picking up a young female at her home late last month.
When the owner applied for a state permit that could pave the way for a subdivision, neighbors and environmentalists rallied against it in the name of protecting the area’s rivers and the Edwards Aquifer.
A Comal County Sheriff’s Office sergeant and deputy lost their jobs earlier this year after failing to disclose to their administration that they had been involved in a sexual relationship, personnel records obtained by KSAT Investigates show.
Hot and dry conditions mean the trip down the river is a little different this year. With water levels dropping, the time it takes has significantly slowed down to 3.5 hours.
The Stock Market Game provides students with the opportunity to learn the value of long-term investing through an online educational program offered to teachers in Central Texas.
They makeup some of the unique sounds of the South Texas wildlife, and a KSAT crew recently got a rare look at frogs in their natural environment.
On Thursday night, the state is getting feedback on a plan to dump hundreds of thousands of treated sewage water into a Comal County creek in east Bulverde.
Roland and Carolyn Ashby’s home in the Hill Country is a long way from the migrant camps along the Rio Grande in Reynosa, Mexico.
A handful of school bond proposals are often on the ballot each time local elections are held. Typically, they’re not the contests that get a lot of attention during campaign season, but they’re not insignificant races by any means. KSAT Explains.
With the city facing an explosion in growth, widening and improving streets tops the list of bond priorities.
The Crisis Center of Comal County is looking to rebuild after a fire destroyed the shelter in April 2022, and leaders are also looking to expand services beyond New Braunfels.
Embrey is upping the stakes on its built-to-rent gamble, announcing its third single-family rental community in Boerne — before the other two have even wrapped up construction.
Monday was an exciting day in Comal County as a foster care organization that’s expanding rapidly throughout the state officially opened a family resource center.
The Comal County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 24-year-old woman who disappeared near Canyon Lake last month.
A catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle in the parking lot of a New Braunfels middle school and authorities are working to track down the suspects.
Police often can’t tell if a cannabis vape pen is derived from marijuana or legal hemp, like the delta-8 products on display in gas stations across Texas. That doesn’t stop them from from making felony arrests in high schools.
The children and women’s shelter in New Braunfels is on the path to reconstruction after a devastating fire destroyed the building last year.
Tree branches are littered across the hill country after ice from this week’s storm caused branches to break. Some of those branches struck power lines causing outages across Texas.
Across its entire service area, which stretches up to the edge of Fort Hood, P.E.C. reported 21,815 meters, about 5.7% of its total, were still affected by outages Friday night. In Comal County alone there were 2,250.
A Canyon Lake High School teacher who recently resigned amid an investigation into a possible improper relationship with a student has been arrested.
A search is underway for two teens last seen leaving Smithson Valley High School on Thursday, according to the Comal County Sheriff’s Office.
Principal Mark Oberholtzer told parents in a letter on Tuesday that he had learned the day before about allegations of a teacher, Orlando Naumann, having engaged in “inappropriate communication” with a student. Naumann resigned in the face of an investigation, but has not been charged or arrested.
Seven people were killed in a deadly wreck, and a young passenger appears to be the only survivor, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
The day Pastor Scott Richerson and his wife Brandi had prayed would come finally did when their adoption of 11-year-old Andrew and 5-year-old Xavier was finalized Wednesday morning by a Comal County judge with a last-minute opening on the docket.
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The latest Drought Monitor was released Thursday morning, and while there haven't been widespread, drastic changes, some drought has expanded slightly along and east of I-35.
Human remains found in Comal County have been identified as a man who disappeared 18 months ago in the area, according to the Schertz Police Department.
New Braunfels Utilities will host two community events on Saturday, October 29.
