Homeless children from SAMMinistries last month took part in the Pictures of Hope program, where they learned the basics of photography and completed an assignment to illustrate their hopes and dreams with photos.

More than an awesome hangout with rails and ramps, Delta Force Skate Church ministers to young people who are often exposed to drugs, gangs and crime. The Lakeview Baptist Church program has been successful at turning many of them to God.

Resting in a bed at University Hospital, sensation is finally creeping back into the left leg of Candy “Atta Miway” Schmitt, a roller derby player who was seriously injured during a match on Sunday Aug. 10.

Children of enlisted military members ran gleefully from table to table picking out school supplies — all free — during Operation Backpack, an event organized by Operation Homefront of Texas.

Tony Parker and Eva Longoria Parker hosted a casino night charity event to raise money for Eva’s Heros, a nonprofit that helps children with disabilities.

Workers at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens estimate that more than 1,000 visitors with furry friends will have visited the gardens during this year’s Dog Days of Summer, Aug. 2 & 3.

Friends and family recount memories of Robert T. Herres, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and USAA Chairman, after a memorial ceremony Monday at First Presbyterian Church. He died July 24 of brain cancer.

By the final day of the TAAF Games of Texas, multiple athletics records had already been broken, and officials expected even more. The July 24-27 event drew 8,000 athletes competing in 17 sports.

The remnants of Hurricane Dolly drenched San Antonio Thursday. The National Weather Service issued tornado and flash flood warnings for our area, and rain is expected throughout the afternoon.

Children learn about where water comes from, and how to conserve it, in a class at “Summer at the Academy,” an enrichment program at the San Antonio Academy.