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These teams are all over the country, including eight in Texas, set up with strict standards and requirements to report back to the state about how they’re helping severe abuse survivors.

During a KSAT Investigates interview, inmate Phyllis Ochoa shares how her polarizing and viral San Antonio song “Where We Roll” was inspired by missing the city while on the run in Arizona.

STAR, which stands for "Safety Team Active Response," is a program serving domestic violence survivors in unincorporated Bexar County. The initiative, which helps survivors after the abuse, is reporting an uptick of clients.

The woman infamous for spitting bars about San Antonio has spent the last decade behind them, and soon she’ll be released on parole. Phyllis Sentiva Ochoa spoke with KSAT Investigates exclusively from the Hilltop Unit in Gatesville, Texas.

Nearly four years after a fire forced the Crisis Center of Comal County to accelerate plans for a new facility, leaders say the organization is close to opening a new, expanded shelter designed to improve safety.

A 56-year-old man is facing charges after pulling out a gun and firing one shot while being taken into custody on a domestic violence call Sunday evening, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said.

The mother of a 21-year-old woman said her daughter endured hours of terror before finding a way to secretly ask for help during an alleged assault by her boyfriend, a San Antonio military dentist now facing multiple felony charges.

A woman is facing a murder charge after Bexar County deputies say she shot and killed the person she was dating.

The holidays bring about feelings of joy and love for some families, but for others, they mean instability, fear, and danger.

On Monday, 250 coats were delivered to Corazon Ministries San Antonio to help domestic violence victims stay warm this winter.

A man was hospitalized and is facing charges after a domestic violence-related call ended with a shooting involving a San Antonio Police Department officer, according to Chief William McManus.

A man is hospitalized and is expected to face charges after a domestic violence-related call ended with a shooting involving a San Antonio Police Department officer, according to Chief William McManus.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. A young victim who survived as a child stuck in a home where domestic violence was happening is speaking up on behalf of children stuck in that cycle.

The Kendall County Women’s Shelter began as a crisis hotline in 2006. As leaders recognized the growing need, they established a shelter in 2012.

KSAT has reported on a sweeping update on the domestic violence case backlog at the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, the felony courts, and now, the misdemeanor courts.

It is a story people will rarely hear: a former domestic violence perpetrator admitting to their actions and talking about the interventions that turned their lives around.

This year’s annual Bexar County domestic violence symposium will be held Friday in downtown San Antonio.

Domestic violence survivors across Bexar County are concerned about how long some criminal cases are taking, with some waiting years.