Laredo News
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Juarez-Lincoln Bridge was temporarily shut down Friday morning, Sept. 11, to honor the lives lost in the Sept. 11 attacks 25 years ago. Bridge Two normally sees cars and buses passing through. Multiple agencies attended the event, including U.S. Customs ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - We brought huge 16 de Septiembre energy to the studio this week with show-stopping moves from Gabriela Mendoza-Garcia Ballet Folklórico—plus the crew totally ambushed me on-air with the sweetest birthday surprise! We kept the party going across town with Hig...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredoans are being challenged to climb for a cause. Organizers of the third annual 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb are calling on fitness groups across the city to participate Friday, Sept. 11, at Sames Auto Arena. Participants will climb 110 floors, or 2,200 ste...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo held its 14th annual suicide prevention vigil on Thursday, Sept. 10, bringing the community together to honor lives lost and remind those in crisis that they are not alone. The vigil took place outside the Pillar Clinic. Attendees carried candles and ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony happened at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge as U.S. Customs and Border Protection honors the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the 25th anniversary. Expect significant morning traffic impacts: all northbound a...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The western edge of a moist airmass aloft is moving away to our east. Drier air aloft will move above our area Friday with mostly sunny skies. A weak upper level disturbance will be nearby as it moves northwestward during Sunday, bringing a slight chance of ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing for its annual commemoration ceremony of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge, also known as Bridge Two, will be temporarily closed from 6:45 a.m. until 8 a.m. Fri...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Texas A&M International University is holding a week of activities to inaugurate Christopher Maynard as the university’s seventh president, according to Javier Zambrano, vice president for institutional advancement at TAMIU. Maynard’s investiture ceremony is...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The City of Laredo Utilities Department will begin work Thursday, Sept. 10, on a 36-inch water line tie-in, according to the department. Crews are expected to work at the intersections of Kearney Street and Tilden Avenue, as well as Tilden Avenue and E. Pric...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will close portions of the northbound lanes of Cuatro Vientos Road. The closures start at 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, and run until about 3 p.m. The closures will continue Friday, Sept. 11, during the same hours....
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - An overturned 18-wheeler is blocking the northbound frontage road of SH 255, Camino Colombia Road. The blockage is just north of the US 83 North intersection in Webb County, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. The incident was reported at 2 ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Republican mid-term convention moves into its second day after the White House called the first day successful, following the president’s one-hour and 47-minute speech on the opening evening. On Thursday, Sept. 10, a number of Republicans running for the...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A flood advisory is in effect until 10 p.m. for central Webb County, according to the National Weather Service. The advisory was issued due to flooding caused by excessive rainfall. Minor flooding is expected in low-lying areas and areas with poor drainage. ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The western edge of a humid airmass over the gulf has been sufficient for showers and thundershowers with and in advance of the sea breeze to reach our area in scattered fashion. Drier air will filter in from the west during Friday, ending most of our shower...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - September is National Recovery Month, and one Laredo organization says the fight against addiction often starts closer to home than parents think. Serving Children and Adults in Need (SCAN) says alcohol remains the most commonly reported drug misused by teen...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Border Patrol’s Laredo Sector reportedly rescued a man struggling to stay afloat in the Rio Grande. Agents said the man was attempting to cross the river illegally on Aug. 29 when he began struggling to stay above water, going under several times. A Marine U...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo Animal Care Services (LACS) is looking for a forever home for Tillie, a terrier-pit bull mix puppy. Deidra Hernandez, public information specialist for LACS, said Tillie is about 3 to 4 months old. Hernandez said Tillie is expected to grow to a medium...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - We are in marginally moist air on the western edge of a moist airmass over the gulf. Two weak upper level disturbances are moving west from the gulf and bring a slim chance of a sea breeze shower at the end of Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. It would take...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association (WBCA) has named longtime former state Rep. Tracy O. King as its Mr. South Texas for 2027. King represented Laredo and Webb County in the Texas House for nearly 30 years before retiring last year. Webb County...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Fiestas Patrias, a celebration for Hispanic Heritage Month, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 12, in Laredo. The event includes music, dancing, food and family activities. Sandra Rocha-Taylor and Gabriela Mendoza-Garcia discussed details of the celebration, w...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - United Way is preparing for the Spazmatics concert, one of its largest fundraising events, at the barn near Casablanca Road, close to the golf course. Dr. Daniel De La Miyar, United Way’s incoming president, discussed the event. The concert will include a si...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The choice is in your hands. This week’s matchup is a battle between an explosive newcomer and our reigning king of the mountain. Here are the plays up for contention: The Challenger: Zapata’s Alex Labra gets behind the defense to reel in a perfect strike fr...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A drier airmass has moved in aloft. Lifted air is less buoyant to rise to form a tall rain cloud or to maintain sea breeze showers this far west into south Texas. Temperatures will continue to reach above 100F. A weak upper level disturbance over the eastern...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Low water pressure and water outages continued over the weekend in Laredo’s District 5 and District 6 as the city works on a pipe replacement project, according to city officials. Complaints of low water pressure or no water were reported to KGNS over the we...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - City of Laredo and Webb County administrative offices will be closed Monday, Sept. 7, for Labor Day. Some services will continue operating during the holiday. The landfill will be open during regular hours, and garbage pickup will continue on schedule. El Me...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Texas man will spend the next 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material. Federal prosecutors say 25-year-old Estin Cole West was living in Laredo in November 2023 when investigators identified a Google accou...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Mostly sunny and hot afternoon, highs in the 90s-100s. Moderate to occasionally Extreme risk of heat-related impacts through this week, peak afternoon heat indices 105-110. Low chances (10-20%) for sea breeze-driven showers and storms each afternoon and even...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Friday’s action on the gridiron saw plenty of matchups around the Gateway City go into delays. This week’s Coach’s Corner, we sat down with Nixon Head Coach Benny Cabello on the team’s huge 42-7 win against Cigarroa. Both teams were minutes away from playing...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - On this week’s Coach’s Corner Nixon Mustang Head Football Coach Benny Cabello joins us to talk about their huge win against the Cigarroa Toros, Friday’s rain delay and what’s next. For more headlines, click here ....
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -The atmosphere above will become a bit drier Monday and Tuesday. Shower chances will be low during those days. An upper level low and more moist air will edge in from the gulf late this week with a better chance of a shower. For more headlines, click here ....
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - For the first time this season we get the chance to hand out some hardware with our Charlie Clark Hyundai player of the week. The team for this week was an easy choice, whenever you break a 32 game losing streak, well you deserve to be recognized and that’s ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - It was a night where lightning strikes delayed our two in town games and cancelled the third. While Martin hit the road and picked up their first win of the season down in Zapata and three of our squads hit the road facing off with playoff contenders. For mo...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - More than 500 people are living with HIV in Webb County. Federal funding announced Friday, Sept. 4, will go toward growing local resources available to them. More than $300,000 in federal funding will go toward the City of Laredo’s Ryan White Part C Program....
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...
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 d...
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. ...
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...
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 hea...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - City leaders detailed a plan this week to install new pipes and automatic sensors throughout districts 5 and 6, following complaints and observations from the public about water pressure. Utilities Director Victor Tareq Al-Zabet and council members discussed...
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...
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 m...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized nearly $3 million worth of cocaine in two separate busts at Laredo border crossings. The first seizure happened at the Colombia Solidarity Bridge, where a drug-sniffing dog helped officers find more th...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - La Caminata de Gua Gua, a dog walk event, will hold its second annual event on Sept. 12 at 8 a.m. in front of City Hall, according to Victor Trevino of Laredo Proud Inc. The event allows participants to bring their dogs and dress them up for prizes for best ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A 3-year-old poodle mix named Teddy has found his forever home, according to the Laredo Animal Protective Society (LAPS). Teddy was featured Sept. 2 as the Pet of the Week . The weekly segment airs every Wednesday and features a representative from LAPS or L...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A man living in the country illegally is headed to federal prison for having a gun as a convicted felon. Ivan Gerardo Castillo-Castro, 38, of Nuevo Laredo, was sentenced in Laredo to nearly three years behind bars. Investigators say a traffic stop last summe...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - This weekend brought the latest edition of fight fest here in the gateway city with a number of Laredo boxers looking to take that next step in their careers and hoping to pick up wins. We start with one of the bigger slugfests in the mid card as Alfonso Fer...
