I'm Sarah Forgany with your
headlines in Kent's 5 News now.
Governor Abbott is deploying statewide
resources because of the threat
for severe weather in some areas.
Storms with damaging winds,
large hail, tornadoes,
heavy rainfall and flash flooding
could impact parts of north,
Central and East Texas.
The governor is activating Texas
A&M's task Force One as search and
rescue unit that is made-up of
50 people and about 20 vehicles.
He's also putting an additional list.
Of state agencies on standby,
San Antonio police are clearing
the confusion over false rumors
that are gaining traction online.
The department took to social media
to deny post claiming there's
a serial killer in the area.
The false post claim a killer
is targeting young women.
Again,
police are saying these claims are
not true and they want to reassure
the public not to be alarmed.
It is the 5th day in the trial for
the killing of a Bear County Sheriff
canine and we're expecting more
testimony from witnesses today.
Yesterday,
DPS Trooper Daniel Gonzalez took the
stand to recount the night he and
deputies encountered Matthew Mireles.
He says Moreles did in fact shoot
toward canine Chucky and says
officers didn't realize Chucky
was hit until they began to treat
the suspect who was also shot.
Mireles is accused of shooting the
dog during a chase with deputies.
There are concerns on the southwest
side over rising crime in that area.
1 homeowner says it all began with gunshots.
A resident in the Fountain Park
South Subdivision has caught
more crimes on camera, he says,
including his own truck being stolen.
Fortunately, no one was hurt,
and that is why Rosendo Hernandez is speaking
up and asking city leaders for help.
The mayor's office told us they're now
working with Hernandez and his district
Councilwoman to address the concern.
New numbers out today show COVID
cases in Bear County are headed
in the wrong direction.
On Monday, we had 232 new cases on top of
the more than 700 reported this past weekend,
and that increase has led to a seven
day average of 400 new cases per day.
This is the highest average
since September 17th Labor Day.
Metro Health will update its
COVID risk level today.
Right now the risk is low and worsening.
Governor Abbott will be pushing
for harsher penalties for human
smugglers when the Texas legislative
session begins in less than a month.
Abbott says he is tired of Texans
smuggling people into the country,
and he wants a mandatory minimum sentence
of at least five years in prison right now.
First, state law.
The punishment is 2 to 10 years, with
human smuggling as a third degree felony.
UT's basketball coach,
Chris Beard,
has been released from jail after he
was arrested on domestic violence charges.
Now Texas is suspending the coach
without pay and this is video of Beard
leaving the Travis County Jail yesterday.
The Longhorns ranked in the top
ten in the country now with their
assistant coach in full control,
an Austin police spokesperson
told our sister station.
It is alleged that Beard
strangled the person at a home.
Beard was ordered to stay at least
200 yards away from the residence.
His attorney says his client is innocent.
And a lot more visitors are
in San Antonio this week.
It marks the beginning of the
Defense Intelligence Information
System Worldwide Conference,
and it's taking place here at the Henry B
Gonzalez Convention in downtown San Antonio.
This is where industry leaders meet
to discuss the future and to see
groundbreaking technical solutions
unveiled across the globe.
That event wraps up this Thursday,
trending online.
San Antonio was named one of the top
ten grinches cities in the United States.
Oh no,
the new study from finance buzz
looked at things.
Like the amount of holiday decoration shops,
Christmas tree lots and gift shops.
They also factored in the number of people
who volunteered and donated to charity.
San Antonio ranked #3 on that list.
Dallas and Houston were also
among the top grinchy cities.
All right,
let's check in with meteorologist
Bob Morales for today's forecast.
Alright, I thought you might say
I was the Grinch too, but anyway,
alright out there this morning,
a few little showers and also some drizzle.
I do think we'll see a little
sunshine this afternoon.
Highs getting close to 80,
upper 707879 and it's gonna be a nice
evening with temperatures in the 60s.
Alright, that's KENS 5 News now.
Thanks so much for joining me.
I'm Sarah Burgani with your
headlines. See you tomorrow.