WILMINGTON, N.C. ( WECT /Gray News) - A 90-year-old woman says she almost lost $10,000 to a scammer before a North Carolina police officer stopped her at a bitcoin kiosk outside a gas station. Mary Ann Nunley, 90, says the cryptocurrency scam began July 27 with a text message. “I got a message on...
safety
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Firefighters are battling a hotel fire off I-35 in Laredo. The fire was reported after midnight Wednesday in the 800 block of Garden Street. UPDATE — 2:57 a.m. Officials say 94 guests have been evacuated from the hotel. Four people were transported to Laredo...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police are asking the public to help identify a man wanted in connection with a robbery. Investigators say the man was wearing a gray or blue shirt, dark pants, and red shoes. He also has a tattoo on the right side of his face. Anyone with information...
government
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Chamber of Commerce will host a mayoral candidate forum at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at the Laredo Country Club. Candidates on the ballot include incumbent Mayor Dr. Victor Trevino, District 8 council member Alyssa Cigarroa, Alfonso “Poncho”...
government
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) — Chaos ensued during Tuesday night’s data center moratorium vote by the city council in Memphis, Tennessee. More than 100 people showed up to the meeting to hear the outcome on the proposed ordinance. “This is just a total hazard. We’ve basically...
safety
HINESVILLE, Ga. ( WTOC /Gray News) - A man is facing multiple felony charges after leading deputies on a high-speed motorcycle pursuit through three southeast Georgia counties, authorities said. Long County deputies were patrolling Georgia Highway 196 near Joe Kennedy Road at abo...
parks
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Residents of El Azteca are raising concerns after stakes appeared near neighborhood parks and green spaces, marking locations they believe a border wall project could affect. Jose Julio Ortiz, a neighborhood resident, said the wall could block Water Street a...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An extremely wealthy Chinese immigrant and his wife amassed a brood of 21 children through a surrogacy scheme and raised them in a “house of horrors,” prosecutors alleged Tuesday. Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, were arrested at their sprawling mansion i...
News
BATON ROUGE, La. ( WAFB /Gray News) - A tropical disturbance in the Gulf is getting better organized as forecasters say they are watching for possible tropical storm or hurricane development. Morning satellite imagery Tuesday showed a noticeable increase in thunderstorm activity ...
Local
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Dry air from the north lowered humidity and brought mostly sunny skies today. Our skies will remain partly to mostly clear as a tropical cyclone develops far to our east, tracking into the gulf coast between Louisiana and the Florida panhandle late Friday or...
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. ( WLOX /Gray News) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the parents of 18-year-old Nolan Wells , along with other community leaders, held a press conference to call for a federal investigation into Wells’ death. California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Florida C...
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PHOENIX ( AZFamily /Gray News) - A man in Arizona accused of murdering a woman on a a hiking trail more than three years ago will likely avoid the death penalty through a plea deal. Court records said that Zion Teasley pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in court Friday in conn...
safety
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A truck fire slowed traffic along Loop 20 on Oct. 6. The fire was reported around 6:30 p.m. on the overpass above Clark Boulevard. Crews had it under control by about 8:30 p.m. Police said no one was hurt. The cause of the fire has not been released. For mor...
