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Peggy O’Hare

Peggy O’Hare

Reporter/Staff Writer at San Antonio Express-News

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Pope condemns Ken Paxton's bid to shut charity that aids migrants - San Antonio Express-News

Pope Francis had harsh words for the state of Texas’ attempts to shut down a Catholic charity that offers humanitarian assistance to undocumented migrants on Texas-Mexico border. In an interview with the CBS News program “60 Minutes,” he called for a more compassionate attitude toward migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico. RELATED: Paxton moves to shut down Catholic border nonprofit that helps migrants The pope was referring to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s efforts to shut down a Catholic…
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Dog attack victims back move to toughen penalties for pet owners - ...

Victims of two vicious dog attacks joined a San Antonio city councilwoman Wednesday to show support for her proposal calling for tougher penalties for owners of dogs that repeatedly escape their property. Councilwoman Marina Alderete Gavito, who represents District 7 on the West Side, also is asking San Antonio Animal Care Services to sterilize all dogs taken into custody by the agency before allowing owners to reclaim those animals. And she wants ACS to allow people to use pseudonyms to protec…
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San Antonio dog attack victim speaks out as maulings rise - San Ant...

Doris Mixon Smith has been deeply troubled by a series of gruesome dog attacks that has plagued San Antonio over the past year. The widow and grandmother, 79, lost most of her left arm and suffered gashes to her face when her next-door neighbors’ pit bull escaped its fenced yard and mauled her while she was gardening on her far West Side property almost seven years ago. Her doorbell security camera captured the violence. The dog’s two owners were later convicted by a Bexar County jury of danger…
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Five years later, still no answers in Anaqua Springs Ranch slayings...

Five years ago this week, a mother and her two daughters were found shot to death in a $1 million home in Anaqua Springs Ranch, a gated community in Leon Springs. Today, the case remains open. No arrests have been made. Here’s a look back at the case, which drew nationwide attention. RELATED: Not so picture perfect: Nichol Olsen, Charlie Wheeler and the Anaqua Spring Ranch tragedy Who were the victims? Nichol Leila Olsen, 37, and her two daughters, Alexa Denice Montez, 16, and London Sophia Brib…
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Letter to Sugar Bowl organizers: Don't let UT play its song - San A...

The University of Texas spirit song, “The Eyes of Texas,” is again in the spotlight as Black leaders in Texas are formally requesting that the anthem not be sung at the Jan. 1 Sugar Bowl, where the Longhorns will face the Washington Huskies. The Texas Legislative Black Caucus and the Texas State Conference of the NAACP sent a letter on Dec. 21 to College Football Playoff Executive Director Bill Hancock and the football organization’s board of managers, asking that the song not be performed becau…
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In latest San Antonio dog mauling, pit bulls tear off woman's ear -...

In San Antonio’s latest dog mauling, three pit bulls escaped their fenced yard on the near East Side and attacked a pedestrian, tearing off one of her ears and biting her face, head and arm. The victim, Effie Washington, was mauled just before 2 p.m. on Nov. 26 in the 1300 block of Norfleet Street, according to a San Antonio Police Department report. RELATED: ‘I just want my legs back,’ says victim of San Antonio dog mauling The dogs’ two owners, whose names were withheld by police, witnessed th…
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San Antonio lawmakers are bent on muzzling dangerous dogs - San Ant...

Two state legislators from San Antonio have refiled the Ramon Najera Act, a bill that would toughen criminal penalties for owners of vicious dogs and shield the names of people who report the animals to authorities. The legislation passed the Texas House and Senate in May, but Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed it in June, calling it heavy-handed and unnecessary. So its sponsors are trying again. State Rep. Liz Campos and state Sen. José Menéndez, both Democrats, resubmitted the bill after the Legislature’…
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Families stunned, angered by motive for deadly San Marcos fire - Sa...

The parents of the five people killed in an arson fire at a San Marcos apartment building in 2018 sat silently in shock, fumed or wept when they learned that a seemingly trivial incident — a dispute over a discarded mattress — led to their children’s deaths in the inferno.In the five years since the crime, the families considered every scenario that could have prompted such a horrific act.None of them could have imagined a minor conflict about abandoned bedding played a central role in the disas…
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Chuck Blount, who drew a loyal readership with his stories, has die...

Chuck Blount, a longtime San Antonio Express-News journalist who won a loyal readership with his barbecue pit master skills and his popular stories about local restaurants and bars, died Thursday at a local hospital after a short illness. He was 47. His wife of 20 years, former Express-News copy editor Debbie Erwin, posted the news on her Facebook page. “My husband Chuck Blount passed away peacefully,” she wrote. “Rest easy, my sweet prince.” No funeral services are planned. A celebration of Bl…
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State temporarily closes S.A. tattoo studio with child artist - San...

Nite Owl owner Diane Castillo said she’s renewed her state license and paid an overdue...
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Evil Olive under investigation after Clayton Perry served 14 drinks...

Police said the San Antonio city councilman was captured on Evil Olive’s surveillance...