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Three burglars who San Antonio police say broke into a smoke shop and carted off armloads of smoking accessories Friday morning seem to have disappeared like a puff of smoke.

Three men stole boxes of vape pens from a smoke shop before leading a San Antonio police officer on a chase and crashing on Broadway on Friday morning, police said.

Three teenagers were arrested for assaulting and carjacking an 80-year-old man in a North Side neighborhood last month.

Someone shot and killed a man in a stairwell at a North Side apartment complex. San Antonio police are looking for anyone who has information about the killer.

A man was shot and killed inside a stairwell at a North Side apartment complex early Thursday morning, according to San Antonio police.

San Antonio police are investigating after a man was stabbed on the city’s North Side early Thursday morning.

A man is dead following fire at a home on the city’s North Side early Tuesday morning, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.

Three people, including a young girl, were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds at a North Side apartment on Monday morning.

San Antonio police are searching for two men accused of shooting at witnesses who were about to report an alleged robbery.

The eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 are shut down on the North Side on Monday morning due to a two-vehicle crash.

The San Antonio Police Department on Friday released the names of an officer and the man she wounded in a shooting at an apartment complex on the city’s North Side.

Someone hit a North Side car lot overnight, ransacking the office and stealing a pickup. The owner says this is just the latest in a series of crimes that targeted his business.

An investigation is underway after a San Antonio police officer shot and wounded a man at an apartment complex on the city’s North Side overnight.

Rosario’s has permanently closed its restaurant on the city’s North Side.

employees of the 9715 San Pedro Ave. restaurant will have the chance to relocate to the new Southtown location.

A man is hospitalized in critical condition after crashing his motorcycle on the city’s North Side, according to San Antonio police.

It’s been nearly one year since a 40-year-old man was shot and killed outside his home, and the investigation has not led to the identity of the person who pulled the trigger in the North Side shooting.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a 38-year-old man who was killed during a robbery on the North Side over the weekend.

A North Side Chase bank ATM is out of order and is pretty banged up after police say three people attempted to pull it out of a bank drive-thru early Monday morning.

A motorcyclist was taken to an area hospital following a crash with a sedan late Sunday night, according to San Antonio police.

One man is dead and another man is hospitalized with critical injuries after a robbery ended in gunfire Saturday afternoon, according to San Antonio police.

A woman was rescued from her vehicle overnight after a rollover crash on the North Side.

An argument over money led to a shooting on the Northwest Side, leaving one man hospitalized and two suspects on the run, according to San Antonio police.

A suspect has been arrested for killing a man outside a North Side gym in 2021 and shooting another man at a neighborhood basketball court last month, according to records.

Laika Cheesecakes on San Antonio’s north side will donate its profits from this weekend to Ukrainian forces a year after the Russian invasion.

A man in his mid-30s is dead after a shooting on the city’s North Side, according to San Antonio police.

San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help in searching for a man who they say robbed a North Side store.

Friends and family gathered on Saturday to honor the life of Frances Carriaga during a candlelight vigil.

Brian Kendall Young, 50, was arrested Friday on a charge of manslaughter.

A dinner run left an 80-year-old man fighting for his life after he was attacked and carjacked on the North Side, according to San Antonio Police,

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a 65-year-old woman who was killed as she crossed the street on the North Side.

A day before the filing deadline for the May 6 election, a spokeswoman for Perry’s office passed out a statement from the councilman saying he will not be running, though he said “this is not the end of my public service.”

The prescribed burns at Camp Bullis are scheduled for Feb. 21-26.

A woman in her 60s and her dog are dead after a driver struck them as they crossed a road on the North Side, according to San Antonio police.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man who was killed outside a food mart in the North Side.

Deputies with the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office found 5 kilograms of cocaine in a vehicle during a traffic stop on the North Side.

One person is dead and another has been detained following a shooting on the city’s North Side late Thursday night, according to San Antonio police.

Three of five of this week's most-visited food stories shared grand opening and reopening details for chain eateries.

San Antonio firefighters responded to a fire at a two-story apartment building north of downtown on Thursday morning.

A woman whose home was deemed unlivable is staying in a warm place with electricity for the first time in two weeks.

CPS Energy crews worked all morning and into the afternoon Wednesday to restore power to homes on the North Side.

A man who was shot and killed in a shooting outside a far North Side bar has been identified.

A security guard was hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting on the city’s North Side, according to San Antonio police.

The community is coming together to support a woman and her four cats and other former tenants whose homes were deemed unlivable after a fire last week on the city’s North Side.

A man who fatally shot another man during a robbery in October 2021 has been sentenced to prison.

At one point, Tuesday morning, some 4,000 homes and businesses were without electricity. CPS Energy says the outages were due to stormy weather which triggered fires and other problems with its poles.

Authorities have arrested a man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home, pistol-whipping her and forcing her to withdraw money from an ATM.

District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry had a virtual pretrial conference scheduled Tuesday morning in Bexar County Court at law 12 for both charges stemming from the Nov. 6 crash: DWI and failure to stop and give information.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified a man who was shot and killed after kicking down the door to an apartment just north of downtown.

San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are searching for a man who crashed a stolen vehicle on the North Side last month and left the scene.

A crash on the city’s Northwest Side left one person dead and another hospitalized after a driver ran a red light, according to San Antonio police.

The chain is known for slinging coffee drinks, smoothies, sandwiches and flatbreads in a vibrant atmosphere featuring concert posters and neon murals.

Previously, Freetail fans had to travel to its Loop 1604 brewpub for pizzas, sandwiches and snacks to accompany its craft beers.

100 people at Northside ISD's Brandeis, Clark and O'Connor high schools will be tested this week.

SAPD has filed a driving while intoxicated charge against San Antonio’s District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry today.

The owner of a Chicago senior living facility has been fined after three elderly women died during a heat wave. The temperatures during the heat wave were in the low 90s.

The city has spent $135 million on acoustical treatment to 1,582 residences within a zone of the San Antonio airport's noise exposure map.

The pirate-themed, inclusive playground, named Mitchell’s Landing, will be located within Classen-Steubing Ranch Park.

Airbnb announced the company will be taking legal action against the person who booked out the home on Pittsburgh’s North Side where a mass shooting took place on Easter Sunday.

Officials from Joint Base San Antonio don't believe that further evacuations will be necessary.

The fire has burned over 2,000 acres since igniting on Saturday.

Officers located the missing cash machine by following drag marks.

Across the state, nine property insurance companies have entered liquidation with some of their policies being picked up by other carriers.

Idaho-based speed-waxing concept LunchboxWax has opened its first San Antonio salon at the Alon Town Centre on the North Side, offering face and body waxing — and an inclusive and comfortable environment. LunchboxWax is a full-service boutique and speed-waxing salon that trains its employees — called waxologists — in practices designed to make the LGBTQ+ community feel comfortable about using its proprietary process. The brand uses a three-step “soft wax” technique that it says is more effective and less painful than traditional waxing. “I always wanted to go into business for myself, and once I came across the LunchboxWax concept, I knew it was perfect for me and the San Antonio community,” Reetz said in a release. “I fell in love with the brand and the idea of empowering women to grow professionally and personally.

ACS picked them up in an area not far from San Pedro Avenue.

Travelers can expect construction and detours on Broadway Street for three years as part of a $43 million redevelopment project.

Suburban voters reaching both deep into the South Side and across much of the North Side doomed Proposition B in the May 1 election.

City of San Antonio inspectors issued XTC Cabaret, a North Side club, more citations over the weekend when they found the club operating without a permit. On Friday March 5 the club received another violation after inspectors found XTC Cabaret was open without a valid certificate of occupancy. The club's power had been disconnected on March 2 according to the city's citation report but inspectors found the club had power during the inspection. RELATED: Here's when San Antonio Redditors knew COVID-19 would change their livesSaturday the club received another citation for operating without a permit. However the city disconnected the club's water and power because the business lost its occupancy permit which means they had been operating the business illegally, Copa-Wiggins said.

Jerry Lara /Staff photographerBeginning Monday Jan. 25, San Antonio residents can go to a new testing site on the city's North Side. Dub Farris Athletic Complex will transform into a COVID-19 testing site Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is a free state-supported test collection site. Asymptomatic testing is available. RELATED: When will my H-E-B have the COVID-19 vaccine?

A North Side church with a predominantly Hispanic congregation was targeted by vandals over the weekend, its spiritual leader said Monday. The damage to Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 610 Avalon St., was discovered after threats were posted online about attacks against places of worship nationwide. Services for Gethsemane Lutheran, which are now virtual because of the pandemic, were not affected and continued. Services for Gethsemane Lutheran, which are virtual because of the pandemic, were not affected. On Saturday, leadership within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and Southwestern Texas Synod informed Echandia and other congregations that threats of violence have been made leading to Wednesday’s inauguration of Joe Biden.

Illinois has recorded its first case of a more contagious version of COVID-19, state and Chicago public health officials disclosed Friday. Those range from mass vaccination centers to more sophisticated scientific analysis of new strains and squads of local health workers to trace the contacts of infected people. Many Illinois residents felt hopeful last month when a Chicago doctor became the first person in the state to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. In Illinois, 447,348 vaccine doses had been administered as of Friday, at least 45% of the doses Illinois received, according to the state health department. —Chicago Tribune staff12:10 p.m.: Illinois confirms first case of more contagious COVID-19 variant, health officials sayIllinois has recorded its first case of a more contagious version of COVID-19, state and Chicago public health officials disclosed on Friday.

A 15-year-old boy was hospitalized Friday after a drive-by shooting on the North Side, police said. Officers were called to the intersection of Larkspur Drive and Belair Drive, near Larkspur Elementary School, for a shooting at 12:39 a.m. They found the victim and three friends at a bus stop across from the elementary school. The 15-year-old was transported to a local hospital with a single gunshot wound to the left thigh. They carried the victim to the bus stop, then called police.

A 35-year-old man was arrested after allegedly threatening parishioners at a far North Side church. In early November, Chouinard met a woman at a service at Healing Place Church. He then contacted the victim several times on Facebook before she asked him to stop. FIND OUT FIRST: Get San Antonio breaking news directly to your inboxChouinard sent her a message saying he would "kick down her church doors" with "bullets flying." The victim contacted the church pastor, who feared Chouinard would follow through with the threats.

Neighbors from Chicago's North and South sides are teaming up to take on deeply rooted issues, including segregation and the inequity that comes with it. "We're twins because when you fold the map, we touch one another on the map north and south," Tucker told "CBS This Morning" national correspondent Adriana Diaz. "It's almost like you feel a light come on at a certain spot when you're going north," Tucker said. The pair met through Tonika Lewis Johnson, a social justice artist who grew up in Englewood. Lewis Johnson sought to bring the North and South together, by bringing together map twins like Tucker and Wilson.

A woman was shot and killed Wednesday on the North Side, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. The shooting occurred shortly after 2 p.m. on the 7600 block of Tarrasa, near Walzem Road. Barrera had just finished rollerskating and was sitting in her car, taking off her roller skates, when a man approached her. She was pronounced dead at the scene, Sheriff Javier Salazar said. “Whether they knew her name or not, there was clearly an intent to kill her.”Anita Todd, 50, lives around the corner from where the shooting occurred.

Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputies are searching for the driver of a car after the vehicle crashed into a pole on the far North Side Monday morning. A witness told deputies they were driving by the 2500 block of Boerne Stage Road around 1:15 a.m., when they saw a Toyota Camry skid off of the road into a utility pole. But, when the passerby went to help all the found inside the car was "a lot of blood" and no driver, BCSO said.

click image Instagram / copawinebarCopa Wine Bar, on San Antonio’s North Side, will celebrate the holiday season in style with a four-course dinner featuring traditional holiday cuisine from the European mainland.The courses take inspiration from Spain, Poland, Greece and Germany. Each will highlight a traditional holiday dish from one of the countries.The Christmas Across Europe dinner menu will consist of Spanish paella croquettas, Polish potato and cheese pierogis, a warm German gingerbread cake and Greek pastitsio, a lasagna-style dish with ziti in a tomato-and-meat sauce topped with creamy bechamel.Each course will be accompanied by a curated beer or wine selection from Copa’s expansive list, recently voted the top in SA byreaders.The dinner will take place Thursday, December 16 at 7 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the restaurant. The $60 price includes food, drink, gratuity and tax.

A 49-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night while attempting to cross a North Side road, San Antonio police said. Officers were called to the 6400 block of Blanco Road around 7:30 p.m. after the victim — later identified as Thanalakshmi Subramaniam — was hit by a Lincoln MKX. FIND OUT FIRST: Get San Antonio breaking news directly to your inboxPolice said the victim was not in a crosswalk and failed to yield to the right of way to traffic. There are no criminal charges pending for the driver, police said. Taylor Pettaway is a breaking news and general assignment reporter for MySA.com | taylor.pettaway@express-news.net | @TaylorPettaway

Inflatable turkeys decorate the front lawns of homes on the North Side of Chicago on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, 2020, in Chicago.

A 38-year-old man is facing an intoxication manslaughter charge in connection with a deadly crash Friday on the North Side. Police have identified the man as Robert Lee Collett Jr. According to police, Collett crashed his large pickup truck into the back of a sedan at around 1:30 a.m. in the 16500 block of U.S. 281 North, near Brook Hollow, killing the 61-year-old female driver of the sedan. She died at the scene, officials said.

A 38-year-old man is facing an intoxication manslaughter charge in connection with a deadly crash Friday on the North Side. Police have identified the man as Robert Lee Collett Jr. According to police, Collett crashed his large pickup truck into the back of a sedan at around 1:30 a.m. in the 16500 block of U.S. 281 North, near Brook Hollow, killing the 61-year-old female driver of the sedan. She died at the scene, officials said.

A San Antonio ambulance driver was among three people hospitalized Wednesday morning after a crash on the North Side. San Antonio police said just after 1 a.m. a gray-colored sedan crashed into an ambulance waiting at a stop light at the corner of Babcock Road and Wurzbach Raod. The ambulance was transporting an elderly woman at the time.

One man was hospitalized after a shooting at a North Side home Wednesday morning, according to San Antonio police. San Antonio police responded to a residence in the 11300 block of Baltic Drive around 6:30 a.m. for a shooting in progress to find a man in his 40s suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower back in the doorway of the home.

A man was hospitalized in critical condition following a shooting Tuesday in the parking lot of a North Side strip mall, San Antonio Police said. The incident occurred in the 7500 block of McCullough Avenue just before noon. A witness told police he heard gunshots and stepped out of one of the strip mall businesses and saw a man jump into a black SUV and take off on McCullough, said SAPD Sgt. Matthew Brown.

About 5:30 p.m., Zetina was in a parked vehicle in the 7400 block of North Oakley Avenue in the West Rogers Park neighborhood when a male walked up to him and fired shots, police said. He was shot in the left side and the left arm, and he was taken to Amita Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where he was pronounced dead.

More than 1,000 flyers from a White supremacist group were dropped throughout the North Side early Sunday. "Racism and hatred are not welcome here," Mayor Ron Nirenberg said, denouncing the flyers in a statement to the San Antonio Express-News. The FBI told the San Antonio Express-News that the bureau is aware and working with Prichard. 14First vice president Ronald Murray told the San Antonio Express-News that the fliers were distributed throughout Hollywood Park, Oak Haven Heights, Stone Oak and nearby areas. The group posted a YouTube video recorded just after midnight Sunday, prior to distributing the flyers.

LunchboxWax, an LGBTQ-inclusive speed-waxing concept, will open a San Antonio location at the Alon Town Centre on the North Side, the first of three outlets planned in the city. The Alon store will open in March 2021. The franchise also promotes an environment that caters to “every body,” aiming to cultivate an environment supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. LunchBoxWax estheticians are trained in female and male anatomy to ensure a knowledgeable and comfortable experience. The two remaining San Antonio shops do not yet have an opening date.

Billy Calzada, Staff / Billy CalzadaThirty-eight voting centers in Bexar County have wait times of less than 15 minutes, according to a poll time tracker. Among those with short wait times are San Antonio College's Victory Center near downtown, Adams Elementary on the South Side, Gus Garcia Middle School on the West Side, Encino Library on the North Side and the AT&T Center on the East Side.

Critics noted the price paid by General Iron’s owners pales in comparison to the profits of selling shredded scrap to steelmakers. During the past decade alone, court records show, two members of the Labkon family that formerly owned the North Side operation each collected $64 million from General Iron.

Three men are being sought in connection with a burglary at a North Side gun range in which several weapons were stolen earlier this week. On Monday at around 1:27 a.m., three men broke into Mission Ridge Range and Academy and stole six firearms from the display racks.

A man who died after he was injured in a hit-and-run accident on the North Side has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office. Jose Antonio Zavala-Diaz, 36, was fatally struck at 6:45 a.m. on Oct. 22 when he was standing next to his vehicle in the 10300 block of Sahara Drive, investigators said.

San Antonio Police DepartmentA San Antonio police officer was arrested Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving after he was speeding down a North Side freeway, the department said in a news release. Just before 3 a.m., arresting officers saw 26-year-old SAPD Officer Rafael Hernandez III swerving onto the shoulder near NW Loop 410 and Interstate 10 and driving 100 mph, SAPD said.

The HOV lane opened from La Cantera Parkway to FM 3351 on the westbound side on Interstate 10. The eastbound HOV lane opened earlier this month. FIND OUT FIRST: Get San Antonio breaking news directly to your inboxThe I-10 HOV lanes are the first of three VIA-managed HOV-lane projects in San Antonio. “The opening of HOV lanes is a culmination of several years of community engagement, planning and construction and just one of many projects we are delivering to prepare for the future growth of our region.”Use of the HOV lanes does not require any special permits or stickers. They will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and the passenger regulations will be enforced by San Antonio police.

Staff file photoA man who was arrested after a far North Side standoff at an apartment complex Tuesday has been identified. George W. Schultz III, 32, wass charged with deadly conduct with a firearm, according to court records. His bail totals $50,000.

A man who barricaded himself in an apartment for four hours after allegedly firing shots at the far North Side complex surrendered Tuesday night. In between firing shots, the suspect threw furniture and other items over the balcony. “He’s been silent for the last few hours.”At about 8:30 p.m., the chief announced that the man surrendered peacefully to officers. He said the department’s mental health team was on scene since the start of the incident, including a psychologist. “If the person is experiencing any mental health issues, psychologists and the mental health team would be able to help him through that,” McManus said.

Through Oct. 3, there had been 914 carjackings in Chicago this year, more than double the number seen through the same date in 2019 and the most the city has seen in that period since 2003, according to the city’s online crime data. Out of the Chicago Police Department’s 22 patrol districts, 16 have seen carjackings more than double so far in 2020, and in part of the North Side they have quadrupled.

A motorcyclist who died Saturday morning in a North Side accident lost control after running up a curb, according to police. The incident occurred on 12400 Starcrest Drive around 2:45 a.m. early Saturday morning.

San Antonio police say they are searching for possibly up to 10 armed individuals in connection with a shooting early Thursday morning at a North Side apartment complex that left two people with serious injuries. Officers were called to the Boulder Creek apartments at 12330 Vance Jackson around 3 a.m. for reports of multiple shots fired. When they arrived, they found an abandoned white vehicle with numerous bullet holes and blood trails coming from it.

Two separate DWI crashes overnight sent at least four people to the hospital, San Antonio police said. A five-vehicle pile up occurred just before 10:30 p.m. on the North Side Wednesday night. Police say a possible drunk driver in a red sedan ran into the back of a black sedan on U.S. 281 between Thousand Oaks and Brook Hollow, causing a chain reaction that ended up onto the access road.