Viola B. Barrios, founder of Los Barrios Mexican Restaurant, was laid to rest Monday April 28. She was slain in a home invasion on April 24. People remember her as a woman of faith who helped those in need.

Seven ladies, eight weeks, 10,000 flowers: All for ONE Battle of Flowers Parade. The major Fiesta event simply couldn’t go on without the flower makers of Fiesta Floral.

The Somerset High School Band performed at the Battle of Flowers Band Festival and wanted to prove it’s worth after winning a couple UIL contests recently.

Michele Moad-Hageman went on a quest to create a truly flamboyant hat for the Fiesta Hat Contest hosted by the Woman’s Club of San Antonio.

Jonathan Piedra is a freshman majoring in architecture at San Antonio College. But his first priority is to keep up his spiritual duties as a Jehovah’s Witness, while also laboring for good grades. This video complemented a print story by Melissa Ludwig/ Express-News.
It’s part of an on-going series about the likelihood that people of different [...]

People had old-fashioned fun Sunday at the Sticky Wickets Croquet Tournament. The proceeds benefit the programs of the Blessed Sacrament Academy.

These framegrabs ran in the paper with a story about the college experiences of Jonathan Piedra, a student at San Antonio College.
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Merlin German, who for three years survived being burned over 97 percent of his body in Iraq, died April 11 and was remembered by the Brooke Army Medical Center community in a memorial service.
Note: Picture by Lisa Krantz/Express-News

Students at Woodlawn Hills Elementary gathered for a hot air balloon demonstration to reward 5th graders for outstanding TAKS test scores. But the windy weather kept the balloon grounded.

In the Barony of Bjornsborg, Medieval fighters can still claim a title and ladies still clamor after Rennaisance fashion. I enterprised this story idea and pitched it to an Express-News reporter who wrote a print story to accompany the video.