LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Nearly three weeks after fire destroyed a major part of the DoubleTree hotel, nearby businesses say they are struggling to survive. Laredo’s mayor says a new emergency declaration is not needed at this time. Nelly Gueta, co-owner of Don Vicente, said road closures continue t...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A fairly moist airmass occupies south Texas. Lifted air is barely buoyant enough to produce a few patches of light showers. Most places most of the time will simply be cloudy. An approaching wave in the upper level wind flow will produce more lift in air mor...
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - Tennessee state Sen. Brent Taylor is addressing alleged “past indiscretions” that resurfaced a week before Election Day. Taylor is running for both reelection to the state Senate and Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. On Tuesday, the Nashvi...
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WASHINGTON, Ga. ( WRDW /Gray News) - A woman was arrested Tuesday morning after a 4-year-old boy was found dead more than an hour away in an Atlanta townhome, authorities said. Wilkes County Sheriff Darrell Powers said Jasmaine Smoak was arrested and booked into the Wilkes County...
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ELLISVILLE, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - An 18-year-old in Missouri was charged in a hate-motivated attack after allegedly luring a victim through a dating app, according to authorities. Around 2:20 a.m. Oct. 21, the victim went to Bluebird Park to meet a man named Adam, whom he had ...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The charge against a 20-year-old man accused in a Zapata stabbing has been upgraded to murder after the death of 16-year-old Abigail Flores, whose family spoke with KGNS about the events leading up to the attack. Flores died Monday morning from stab wounds f...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Gustavo Ramos Moreno, 40, and Raúl Ramos Moreno, 43, were shot outside a home in the 800 block of Main Street. The brothers’ family said both men were fathers and that the family is devastated. The family started a GoFundMe to help pay for funeral expenses. ...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A witness’s video of a dog hanging off the back of a pickup truck has led to an animal cruelty case, according to Laredo police. Police said the incident began Oct. 4, when a witness saw a pickup truck with a dog dangling off the tailgate by its leash. The w...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Early voting continues through Oct. 30, and District 6 voters are choosing between incumbent Dr. Tyler King and challenger Ubaldo “Baldo” Granados Jr. A community center and aging water lines are among the issues in the race. Dr. Tyler King, the incumbent Ki...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump won a second term by making many promises to voters. Nearly two years after he was sworn in, those voters can judge whether he kept them, and they will decide in days how he has done. When Trump campaigned for president in 2024, he to...
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GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. ( WHNS /Gray News) - South Carolina authorities are asking for additional victims to come forward after a series of late-night burglaries targeting women home alone. Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said investigators were made aware on Oct. 16 of mu...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The McKendrick-Ochoa-Salinas Branch Library in south Laredo has served as an early voting location, with nearly 4,000 ballots cast there so far, according to the Webb County Elections Office. Eddie Bustamante, a Laredo voter, said it is his first year voting...
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AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. ( WSFA /Gray News) - A police officer in Alabama has died in an off-duty crash this week. According to the Prattville Police Department, Cpl. Dakota Lee Davis did not survive the injuries he sustained in a crash on Highway 31 on Monday afternoon. “The loss of...
