The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team hosted a week of basic SWAT training for officers from surrounding law enforcement agencies.

A group of Republican party leaders and activists gathered to cheer John McCain as he gave his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.

Nine endangered birds — Attwater’s Prairie Chickens — found new homes on a private ranch near Goliad, thanks to bird specialists from SeaWorld San Antonio and the San Antonio Zoo, who raised the birds from eggs.

A three-alarm fire Monday afternoon at the Atlas Pallet Company in downtown San Antonio sent plumes of black smoke hundreds of feet into the air, drawing onlookers who heard multiple loud explosions as propane tanks ignited.

The four-legged, furry evacuees at the emergency pet shelter may be adjusting to their lodgings, but some owners aren’t taking it so well. Evacuees miss their animals, and are frequently visiting them. Some have even taken their pets back.