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It may be chilly and damp outside, but some San Antonians are already getting into the Fiesta mood.
The Conservation Society of San Antonio is slated to unveil the 2022 Night in Old San Antonio Fiesta medal on Monday.
The event at 10:30 a.m. will be livestreamed in this article. Delays are possible, if there is not a livestream available check back at a later time.
David Durbin, Monarch Trophy senior artist and medal designer, said the medal was inspired by Talavera pottery and “captures this zest for life with its bright colors and floral embellishments.”
“Our medal is dedicated to celebrating life every day. Viva la Vida!”
The 2022 NIOSA Fiesta medal is $13 online or at the NIOSA office at 227 S. Presa, or $16 at select retail outlets. Only 3,000 medals will be released, so they are expected to sell out quickly.
NIOSA is scheduled for April 5-8 inside La Villita.
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A driver had to be extracted from their vehicle and taken to the hospital after a three-vehicle crash on the South Side on Monday morning.
The crash happened just before 5:15 a.m. on New Laredo Highway and Pitluk Avenue, just south of Southwest Military Drive.
Police said a Dodge Ram truck was traveling southbound on New Laredo Highway when it sideswiped a Subaru hatchback that was heading north.
The truck went into the northbound lane and crashed — almost head-on — into a big rig, which didn’t have a trailer.
The driver of the Dodge was pinned inside the truck and extracted by SAFD. The driver was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in critical condition.
Police said the driver of the big rig had minor injuries, and the people in the Subaru were not injured.
Weather is not believed to be a factor in the crash. The investigation is ongoing.
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A conflict that apparently started on the dance floor of a West Side bar has led to the shootings of two men.
San Antonio police say both victims were grazed by bullets early Monday outside El Patio bar, located in the 1000 block of Frio City Road.
Police say the two victims had been dancing with two women inside the bar and that upset two other men, who it seems had ties to the women.
At some point later, a fight broke out in the parking lot.
Police say one of the jealous men pulled out a gun and fired at the victims shortly before 2 a.m.
One man, who is in his 30s, was grazed on his arm.
The other, who is in his 20s, was grazed on the head, then taken to a hospital as a precaution.
Police did not make any arrests.
They say the victims already were gone when officers arrived.
A woman has been arrested after she cut a man with a kitchen knife during an altercation inside a South Side home early Monday morning, San Antonio police said.
The incident occurred around midnight in the 300 block of East Lambert Street, not far from Probandt Street and Steves Avenue.
According to police, a 59-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman were fighting over drugs inside the house when the woman cut the man’s arm with a kitchen knife.
The man was treated at the scene by emergency crews. The woman was taken into custody by officers on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, police said.
The woman’s name and age have not been released.
SAPD said they also found multiple syringes inside the home. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, police said.
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