Hello everyone.
I'm Sarah Forgany with KENS 5 News.
Now. On this February 14th,
Valentine's Day,
we have some big news. Today.
Former South Carolina governor Andy
United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley
announces she is running for president.
She is the first major challenger
to former President Trump for
the 2024 Republican nomination.
And this marks a change for the ex
Trump cabinet official who said two
years ago that she would not challenge
her former boss for the White House.
A shooting at the Michigan State
University campus leaves three
people dead and five others hurt,
and now the FBI is investigating.
Victims were taken to the hospital,
some with life threatening injuries.
The shooter turned the gun on himself
as police surrounded him Monday night.
Police say the suspect is a 43 year
old man with no known connection
to the university.
Police swarmed the campus within minutes
of the first reports of an active shooter,
but students and teachers had to shelter
in place for hours during the incident.
There were cops there and they
told us to go lay in the field.
You're a community that is
knit together by each other.
And we will hold each other up.
Investigators are now working to
find a motive for the attack.
All campus activities,
including sporting events,
are suspended for the next two days.
Here, closer to home,
residents in Uvalde left a school
board meeting last night frustrated.
They wanted to know why the
district was not following through
with an independent review of
the Rob Elementary shooting.
The district twice told grieving parents,
an independent firm,
JP I,
was investigating school police
officers actions that day.
But during last night's meeting,
interim UC ISD Superintendent
Gary Patterson questioned if
another review would be available.
It would be valuable since the findings.
Would likely overlap with four
other independent investigations
already underway or complete.
Multiple families were left homeless
overnight after their homes burned down,
first on the northwest side on Valwood view.
Firefighters say that fire
started in the back of the house,
possibly by a heater.
Three people escaped,
but the family says sadly they
lost their dog in the fire.
And on the southwest side,
a mobile Home Park fire
displaced another family,
this one on Applewhite Road.
Investigators say the homeowners heard a pop,
then saw smoke.
All five people and their pets were not hurt,
but the home was badly damaged.
Now to a massive trailer fire that killed a
four year old girl in southwest Bear County.
Azaria Yamas was trapped inside
that trailer on Shepard Road.
The flames were so intense,
dozens of fire crews were not able to
get past the fire until it was too late.
Even a firefighter and a few deputies
were injured while trying to save her.
The girl's father,
Raymond Yamas,
spoke to us. I know there was
a heater right next to her.
When she woke up or she moved it.
At the time I didn't see it.
Yamas and his wife were taken to
the hospital for severe burns.
The search is on now for a thief
who walked into a downtown hotel
and made off with thousands
of dollars worth of equipment.
All the items belonged to a nonprofit that
helps teachers modernize how they teach.
Take a look at these pictures.
Their organization,
technology and music education,
was in San Antonio for convention
and left on Monday.
Executive director Mike Lawson said
a man walked into a conference room
at the town downtown Grand Hyatt
and walked out with his suitcase
last week inside nearly $4000
worth of equipment they traveled.
Investigators say if you know anything,
call police.
The US Senate will receive a classified
briefing on the three objects
the military recently shot down.
The Biden administration has not offered
many details publicly about them,
including whether or not they
come from China,
though it did answer a pretty big
question circling on social media now,
insisting there is no indication
they're connected to extraterrestrials.
San Antonio Couples got an early
start celebrating Valentine's
Day right at midnight.
Congratulation. Cheers and kisses,
all of it right in front of the Bear
County Courthouse just after 12:00
AM when dozens of couples said I do.
The Bear County Clerk is offering
free mass wedding ceremonies today.
The newlyweds were treated to
a special first dance as well.
Three other ceremonies will
take place throughout the day.
Tributes are pouring in for one of
San Antonio's most well known artist,
Jesse Trevino, passed away Monday
morning after a battle with cancer.
Cancer. Trevino.
Won National Awards,
earned a place in the Smithsonian,
and attracted the esteem of presidents.
The Vietnam veteran lost his right
arm in the war, but he persevered,
learning to paint with his left arm,
and created landmark masterpieces
in the Alamo city.
Some of his most famous the
spirit of healing.
It is a nine story tiled mural at
Christus Santa Rosa Children's Hospital.
Kens 5 recognized Trevino back
in 2017 as one of the people
who make San Antonio great,
and here's what he told us that.
You tell me who else is playing
in San Antonio like Jersey 30?
Do you know? I don't know.
Squad the character for sure.
Jesse Trevino was 76 years old.
For today's forecast, checking in with
meteorologist Paul Morales. Alright,
let's take a look out there.
We did have some showers early.
Those were pushing out of the way.
And now I think it's gonna become sunny.
It's gonna be windy and it's gonna be dry.
Do not burn outdoors,
especially Western counties today.
High today, 77 degrees.
But once the sun goes down,
it'll really cool off.
So a breezy day,
but a nice day for this Valentine's.
And that's KENS 5 News now.
Thanks so much for joining me.
I'm Sarah burgani. I'll see you tomorrow.