🌱 Universal City nurse’s arrest raises new questions for a local church

What's up Universal City! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Universal City nurse's arrest raises new questions for a local church
• How new restraint rules could change classrooms in your local school district

Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Cloudy, heavy t-storms; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 74 degrees.
• Friday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, temps: high: 80, low: 71.
• Saturday: Humid with a stray t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Nurse charged with sexually assaulting his son was youth pastor for a San Antonio-area church (star-telegram.com) — Universal City residents are learning more about a local nurse now jailed on charges of indecent sexual contact with his infant son after his wife reported him to Universal City police. The story details his past role as a youth pastor at a San Antonio-area church, his continued volunteer work with children there, and ongoing investigations into additional alleged assaults involving hospital patients.
   

• What Texas families should know about new student restraint rules (dallasnews.com) — New state rules on restraining students will directly affect families in the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City school district, where parents previously sued over alleged unlawful restraints on special education students. The Texas Education Agency now bans pain-inducing restraints, tightens when restraint is allowed, and requires regular crisis-prevention and de-escalation training for school staff, especially those working closely with students with disabilities.
   

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Thursday October 1
• Fall Choir Concert @ Steele HS
  J. Frank Dobie Junior High School Schertz, TX 78154
  6:00 pm
Friday October 2
• Grand Re-Opening The UPS Store Schertz →
  Schertz TX
• Benefit Application Assistance with SA Food Bank
  Thousand Oaks Library
  1:00 pm
• Let's Create!: Arts & Crafts Fridays
  Thousand Oaks Library
  3:15 pm
• Volleyball at Clemens HS
  Samuel Clemens High School, 1001 Elbel Rd, Schertz
  5:30 pm
Saturday October 3
• Schertz Hometown Harvest →
  Schertz TX
• hYPer's Fall Shred Day
  The Chamber, 1730 Schertz Parkway, Schertz
  9:00 am
• Let's Move!: Music & Movement
  Thousand Oaks Library
  10:30 am
• Preserve Your Memories: Beginner Scrapbooking Workshop
  Thousand Oaks Library
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I currently live in the Meadows behind the forum.
  Last night while I was at work my daughter put my puppy on the back porch (which she knows not to do) instead of crating her like I have asked. The… (Nextdoor Peppermill)
• Hello friends and neighbors.
  I need some help. My cat has been missing for about two weeks now. Willie is a wobbly cat. This happened when he was inside his momma. The portion of… (Nextdoor Springwood)

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🗞 Nearby News

Converse

• Converse woman says her floors are shifting and doors won't close near TxDOT construction site (ksat.com)
• Texas volunteers clear 43,000 pounds of 'lasagna layer' trash from abandoned lot (thecooldown.com)
• Man arrested after running over officer's foot trying to get away, Converse Police say (kens5.com)

Schertz

• Marriages and Divorces – September 30, 2026 (hccommunityjournal.com)
• Nurse charged with sex crime was youth pastor for San Antonio-area church (dallasnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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