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On November 20, 2016, Benjamin Marconi, a detective with the San Antonio Police Department, was shot to death in San Antonio, Texas.In the shooting, a motorist stopped his car, got out, and shot and wounded Marconi while the latter was sitting in his marked patrol car in front of the department's headquarters, writing a ticket for another driver during a routine traffic stop.
José Esquivel. José Esquivel (June 10, 1935 – December 12, 2022), a Chicano artist and commercial artist based in San Antonio, Texas, has been called "one of the earliest and most important Chicano artists in Texas." [1] He is best known for his depictions of life in Chicano barrios.
Helen Kleberg Groves. Helen Kleberg Groves (October 20, 1927 – May 6, 2022) was a horsewoman and cattle rancher dubbed the "First Lady of Cutting" by the San Antonio Express-News and inducted in 1988 into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. [ 1] She was born in San Antonio, Texas, and raised in Kingsville, Texas, on the King Ranch ...
Anita Valencia was born in 1932 in San Antonio, Texas to Mexican immigrant parents who owned a grocery store. [1] In 1951, her family moved to a house, where Valencia raised her five children and still lived as of 2017, in the Woodlawn Lake neighborhood of San Antonio to stay close to her younger brother, priest and activist Virgilio Elizondo. [2]
Gary DeLaune. Gary DeLaune (June 20, 1933 – February 6, 2022) [1] [2] was a news reporter and sportscaster for KENS -TV 5 in San Antonio, Texas and former reporter for KLIF-AM 1190 in Dallas, Texas. DeLaune, during his time at KLIF, was among the first reporters to announce that President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas; [3 ...
McVea was one of nine children of Daniel and Mattie McVea. [ 1] He was known as "Wondrous Warren" during his high school football career at San Antonio 's Brackenridge High School. He was a multi-faceted player, playing running back, flanker and a punt/kick return specialist. Of his sterling high school career, a feature story in the November 9 ...
Under Texas law, the mayor, like the city council, is selected in a non-partisan election. [2] When a vacancy occurs, the city council appoints an interim mayor. [4] The mayor, like the other members of the city council, serves a two-year term, with a four-term limit. Since 1975, every mayor of San Antonio has previously served on the city ...
Edith McAllister. Edith McAllister (née Scott) (February 18, 1918 – July 1, 2018) was a San Antonio civic leader, philanthropist, and a founder of the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, Texas. She was also the first woman in the United States to be a campaign chairman for United Way.