LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo ISD board of trustees held the line on taxes after a proposed rate increase failed on a tie vote. Trustees met Thursday, Aug. 20, to consider a tax rate increase of about five-and-a-half cents. District leaders said the increase would have cost the average homeown...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo College is wrapping up the Laredo Police Department’s “Frontier to Future” exhibit next Friday, Aug. 28. The exhibit features major cases, advances in police technology and a memorial honoring fallen officers. Because of gaps in the archives, the department is asking ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) predicts it will screen close to 17 million people during the Labor Day holiday period. AP News reports that Friday, Sept. 4, is expected to be the busiest travel day. More than 4,500 other flights were delayed, with Sout...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Twenty-five years ago, on a beautiful September day, Priscilla Huff walked into her office at a small news agency and realized that she was watching the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. A quick conversation with the boss and he sent ger to Capitol Hill. In th...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ( WBRC /Gray News) - Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles faces two new charges after Tuscaloosa County Jail staff allegedly found suspected synthetic marijuana in his property, according to court documents filed Thursday and Friday. Miles is charged with failure to affi...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Cyclists gathered at the Pentagon on June 13, 2026, for the 9/11 National Memorial Trail Bike Tour, marking 25 years since the attacks on the World Trade Center. Joseph Holland, of Roswell, New Mexico, was one of a few dozen cyclists who took part. “My friend’s son was work...
TYLER, Texas ( KLTV /Gray News) - Patrick Mahomes Sr. is seeking approval to see his son’s NFL games, according to a motion filed Friday in the 7th District Court in Tyler, Texas. Court records show Mahomes Sr. filed the motion requesting permission to travel out of state to see seven of his son’...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A new pilot program starting Sept. 5 will extend World Trade Bridge operational hours by three hours on Saturdays, running from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. The three-month pilot program is a joint effort by customs officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The city of Laredo i...
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UISD confirms AC repairs at Bonnie Garcia Elementary4h ago
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A car crashed into a pole near Guadalupe Street, prompting a heavy police presence in the area. Video from the scene shows the car crashing into a pole near a gas station. Laredo police were at the scene. One car was towed away. There are no reports as of now about what coul...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Texas Department of Public Safety troopers are out in full force for “Operation C.A.R.E.” Highway patrols are targeting dangerous drivers throughout Laredo for the holiday weekend. State officials say road safety actually starts inside local establishments. Sgt. Erick Estrad...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump said he will cease trading with every country the U.S. has a trade deficit with if the Federal Reserve does not cut interest rates. Trump made the threat on Truth Social Friday following a jobs report that most economists believe will encourage the Fe...
(Gray News) - “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton was fired by Sony days after he was suspended. The suspension came after TMZ posted photos that appeared to show Thornton wearing a Wheel of Fortune jacket while on a computer in an airplane. On the screen was what looked like a chat room se...
NEW YORK (Gray DC) - Three hundred and forty-three New York City firefighters died on September 11, 2001. Danny Suhr was one of the first. His widow, Nancy, has spent 25 years learning to live with loss and is now sharing what she’s learned. “He’s part of my life every single day. Everyday. 25 ye...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police have identified a 17-year-old suspect after a mail carrier was targeted in a paintball shooting in April. Officers responded to a call at the U.S. Postal Service on East Del Mar Boulevard on April 28. A mail carrier told police that on April 23, she was driving...
Reporter recalls witnessing 9/11 attacks as a child in New York5h ago
21 students hospitalized with heat-related illness after middle school is evacuated due to bomb threat6h ago
NORTON, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) - A northwest Kansas school district’s unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down, thanks to an effort from a group of inmates at the Norton Correctional Facility. At the end of the 2025-2026 school year, Norton Community Schools, USD 211, had an unsettled de...
HICKORY, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - Charges are pending after a train slammed into an SUV at a North Carolina crossing, killing one person. According to Hickory police, Norfolk Southern train hit the passenger side of a dark-colored Cadillac SUV just before 3:30 a.m. on the tracks crossing 17th St...
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. ( FOX Carolina /Gray News) - A family member experienced a medical emergency and died while in a car line to pick up a student at a South Carolina high school. Dorman High School Principal Joshua Dawkins sent a message to families on Thursday saying the death happened whi...
PLYMOUTH, Mass. (Gray News/AP) — A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial Friday after jurors said they could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was criminally responsible for killing her three young children. The mistrial, in the seventh day of deliberations, leav...
CBP officers seize over $2.5M in Meth at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo Texas Border Business
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stopped a truck leaving the country and found a stash of guns and ammunition inside. Officers found six weapons, 15 magazines and more than 2,800 rounds of ammunition, along with a rifle scope, concealed in a tractor trailer. CBP ...
CBP: Over $2.5 million in meth seized at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge Laredo Morning Times
( InvestigateTV ) — Several homeowners in south Mississippi say they hired the same man for home repair projects, paid him for the work, and were later left with delays or incomplete projects. Michelle Ring-Hanson and her husband, Gary, said they hired the man last year to remodel their bathroom ...
MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA /Gray News) — Alabama investigators have arrested a Mobile neurosurgeon on child pornography charges. Shawn Broxton Clark, 59, has been charged with five counts of possession of child pornography and five counts of production of child pornography. The production counts are fel...
WELLSBURG, W.Va ( WDTV /Gray News) - A West Virginia high school principal was arrested after hidden cameras were found in a girls’ locker room, according to authorities. Eric James, the principal of Brooke High School, was charged with one count of intentionally intercepting electronic communica...
Suicide prevention vigil, walk, health fair planned in Laredo10h ago
Mystery animal attacks at least 3 times. Here’s what witnesses think it is10h ago
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - It is officially September! A month widely celebrated by those in the deaf and hard of hearing community. Established in 1958 through the World Federation of the Deaf’s inaugural International Week of the Deaf, Deaf Awareness Month is a global initiative. It highlights Deaf ...
(Gray News) - A popular milk brand is recalling cases of its chocolate milk because the cartons could cause the milk to spoil before they are opened. Horizon Organic is recalling more than 50,000 cases of its shelf-stable organic 1% chocolate milk. According to the company, some customers reporte...
(Gray News) - You may want to check your freezer; some frozen berries sold at Walmart have been recalled. Packages of the Great Value brand of organic triple berry blend has been recalled due to possible E. coli contamination. The blend includes strawberries, blackberries and blueberries and come...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Mostly sunny and hot this afternoon, highs in the 90s-100s. Moderate to extreme risk of heat-related impacts through this weekend, heat indices 105-115.Low chances (10-20%) for sea breeze showers and storms through next week. Little to no relief from the heat, overnight lows...
HAWLEY, N.D. ( KVLY /Gray News) - A North Dakota man is facing several charges after police say he forced a 17-year-old girl into his vehicle and assaulted her. Preston Thomas Larson, 18, was charged Thursday in Clay County District Court with two counts of kidnapping, domestic assault by strangu...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A driver is facing numerous charges, including driving under the influence, after crashing and rolling his truck into an Anchorage church Wednesday night. Wyatt Baker, 21, appeared in court on Thursday after he allegedly crashed into the Dimond Boulevard Gos...
DEKALB, New York ( WWNY /Gray News) - A Pennsylvania truck driver is facing charges after police say they stopped him with a trailer of horses that were being taken to Canada to be slaughtered. According to the New York State Humane Association, multiple horses were being transported from Pennsyl...
SUMTER COUNTY, S.C. ( WIS /Gray News) - A double homicide investigation is underway after the bodies of a mother and daughter were found at a South Carolina home. Neighbor Rosalynne Kauffman watched as blue lights rushed down Pudding Swamp Road Wednesday afternoon, where the bodies were found. “J...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WDRB/WAVE /Gray News) — Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday evening in Paris, Kentucky, according to 911 dispatchers. According to Bourbon County Dispatch, he was arrested by Bourbon County sheriff’s deputies between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. Dispatch would not confirm...
Grass fire breaks out in south Laredo after car catches fireYesterday
Water pressure repairs underway in Laredo’s Districts 5 and 6Yesterday
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that “Operation Economic Outcast,” the Treasury Department’s effort to isolate Iran economically, is working, even as China continues trade ties with Iran. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the operation early last week, descri...
HIGHLAND COUNTY, Ohio ( WXIX /Gray News) - A woman is dead and two others were injured, including a toddler, after a horse and buggy was hit from behind on a highway, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The crash happened just after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. Route 50 near Route 753 in P...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Moist air from what had been Tropical Storm Edouard is tracking southwestward and will bring chances of scattered showers, possibly as early as late Friday. Chances will continue during the weekend. With cloudier skies, temperatures while still hot, will not be as high as du...
SMYRNA, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - A child died at an unlicensed child care operation in Smyrna, authorities said. Smyrna police officers responded to a medical call on Lake Farm Road involving the death of a child. The Tennessee Department of Human Services said the provider is under a joint inv...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo Medical Center is no longer a voting site option ahead of November, following a decision by Webb County commissioners. The Webb County Commissioners Court voted to remove LMC as a polling site during its meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 2. LMC was replaced with four new si...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo man is headed to federal prison for dealing fentanyl. Rolando Soliz, 40, was sentenced to more than nine years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release. Investigators said they caught Soliz making hand-to-hand drug deals, then found more than 24 grams...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Consumer advocacy groups say most people know that TSA was formed after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, leading to increased security checks for passengers. But some changes since then have been forgotten. John Breyault, with the National Consumers League, said passengers used...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - An animal cruelty call led to an arrest after Laredo police found two dogs in distress. Silvestre Lopez, 41, was arrested in connection with the case. Police responded last Saturday afternoon to a parking lot near East Saunders Street and North Meadow Avenue. Officers found ...
LPD: Woman arrested after domestic assault, resisting arrest Laredo Morning Times
UISD board meeting ends after walkout over financial advisor voteYesterday
Man dies trying to retrieve remote-control boat from the river, coroner confirmsYesterdayATLANTA ( ANF /Gray News) - The 15-year-old son of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Kim Zolciak was indicted on multiple sex crime charges, according to authorities. Kroy Biermann Jr., known as “KJ,” was indicted on charges including aggravated child molestation; aggravated sexual battery; aggra...
(Gray News) - Eight of the country’s largest grocery store chains are now under federal investigation over their beef prices. Ahold Delhaize USA, Albertsons, Aldi, Amazon, Costco, Kroger, Publix and Walmart were named in an expanded investigation by the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. T...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Gray News) — A man is accused of killing his cousin during an argument about the spice level of the enchiladas they were having for dinner. According to online jail records , 22-year-old Ervin Gutierrez is charged with first-degree murder. KOB reported that Albuquerque police o...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has released a new report reviewing the evolution of U.S. intelligence since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, warning that the threat landscape has changed and more work is needed to keep the country safe. The 9/11 Commission...
TAMPA, Fla. ( WWSB /Gray News) - Two people were killed when an airplane crashed and caught fire Thursday morning. The crash was reported around 8:17 a.m. at U.S. 301 and Maislin Drive in Hillsborough County, Florida, according to deputies. When deputies got to the crash site about seven minutes ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo mechanic has been arrested and charged with deceptive trade practice after a customer said he paid $3,000 for a repair that was never completed, according to the Laredo Police Department. On Jan. 11, a Laredo police officer responded to a theft call at a residence i...
South Texas Food Bank kicks off Hunger Action MonthYesterday
‘This is my dad’s house’: Daughter says caregiver took deed to her father’s home weeks before his deathYesterday
LEBANON, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) – A small plane crash-landed near a Tennessee elementary school on Tuesday evening. The plane crashed near Byers Dowdy Elementary School in Lebanon just before 6:30 p.m. Officers said students were at school when the plane landed, but they were not outside, and n...
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LPD: Man arrested after taking $3,000 for Corvette repairs, failing to complete work Laredo Morning Times
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