Laredo News
HONOLULU ( KHNL /Gray News) - A man died in Waimānalo after a large tree trunk fell on him as Hurricane Lowell passed by the islands of Hawaii. Police responded to Sherwood Beach at around 8:35 p.m. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the victim was living in a tent at the park. “That in...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Today afternoon temperatures will range in the mid 90s to around 105 under sunny skies. Heat indices will be in the 105-115 range with a moderate to extreme heat risk. Low (10-20%) rain chances through Friday. Elevated fire weather conditions will continue t...
GRANVILLE, Vt. ( WCAX /Gray News) - Authorities say a Vermont mother and her 20-year-old son were killed in a home explosion that happened during a birthday party. Vermont State Police identified the victims as 46-year-old Sarah O’Sullivan and her son, 20-year-old Liam O’Sullivan...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Three more people are under arrest in a Webb County vehicle tampering investigation . Laredo police said 62-year-old Nora Alicia Rivera, 40-year-old Reyna Estefania Treviño and 22-year-old Abelardo Rivera were arrested Thursday, Sept. 3, at police department...
PRENTISS, Miss. ( WDAM /Gray News) - A high school student and football star has been identified as the victim of a late Sunday night shooting and car accident in Mississippi. Chancellor “Chance” Daniels set foot on the Sumrall High School football field for the last time Friday ...
ROCKY HILL, Conn. ( WFSB /Gray News) - A high school volleyball coach has been charged with driving under the influence after a deadly crash Sunday night in Connecticut. Police identified the driver as 23-year-old Sarah Bezdelovs. The superintendent of Rocky Hill Public Schools c...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - An investigation continues in a neighborhood affected by a fire that destroyed multiple homes , including one that held more than 20 years of memories for Valerie Garcia. Garcia spent her teenage years in that home. Her children later spent their early child...
MADISON, Wis. ( WMTV /Gray News) - One person died and five others were injured after a driver’s “sneezing fit” caused her to crash into an Amish buggy, according to authorities in Wisconsin. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said it received a 911 call around 3:35 p.m. Friday r...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Porsche caught fire Monday morning, Sept. 7 , at a Laredo gas station, and fire officials say the cause was accidental. The fire happened around 8:30 a.m. at the Stripes gas station on East Delmar Boulevard, according to Laredo fire crews. Laredo fire crew...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Fire Department is responding to claims that its crews could not get water to fight a house fire that killed one person and destroyed three homes in the 300 block of Hidden Lane. LFD said it received a call around 3 p.m. for a house fire. When cre...
GULFPORT, Miss. ( WLOX /Gray News) - A 71-year-old man in Gulfport is accused of killing two people at an AT&T store, according to authorities. The shooting happened Monday around 11:14 a.m. inside the store at Crossroads Mall. A witness at the scene told WLOX that they saw the s...
ATHENS, Ga. ( WHNS /Gray News) - A man in Georgia reportedly spent months believing he was engaged to a female sheriff’s deputy he had never met, eventually giving the catfish suspect money and even allowing the use of his vehicle. Police said the woman never existed. Investigato...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - A 27-year-old man is facing attempted murder charges after police in Tennessee said he beat his mother with a baseball bat because she wouldn’t fix him a meal. DeAngelo Billingsley is being held at the Shelby County Jail on $52,000 bond. He is c...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo mother is facing charges after a stranger found her six-year-old son wandering alone in the street, police said. Police said a Good Samaritan spotted the boy, who is nonverbal and has special needs, walking in the roadway near the 100 block of Villa...
IOWA CITY, Iowa ( KCRG /Gray News) - The family of a University of Iowa marching band member said their son has been taken off life support after he collapsed in the heat during Saturday’s Hawkeye football game. Derek Phillips collapsed in the heat and suffered a sudden cardiac a...
MILTON, Georgia ( InvestigateTV ) — Flock Safety has felt the heat this summer from coast to coast as criticism of its automated license plate readers and AI-powered security technology has increased, and a growing number of alleged misuse cases have further turned up the tempera...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Fire officials say people inside tried to put out the flames themselves before crews arrived at the scene of a deadly Central Laredo fire . A 35-year-old man was hospitalized with burns to his arms. An 82-year-old man was found dead in the debris. Two dogs a...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Police Department will hold a news conference to address a pause in funding for Flock and what happens next if funding is not restored. The news conference, held Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 9:40 a.m., will take place in the second-floor conference room a...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas ( KBTX /Gray News) - A man was arrested Saturday during the Texas A&M football game after he was caught allegedly taking nonconsensual videos underneath a female fan’s clothing, police said. Manuel Ramirez, 61, was arrested and charged with invasive visual ...
SWANSBORO, N.C. ( WITN /Gray News) - Two people and more than 20 dogs were rescued after a heavy fire broke out at a home in North Carolina, officials said. Officials said the house fire drew a multi-agency response. The Swansboro Fire Department was dispatched to the home at app...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo College will receive more than $770,000 in federal funding to expand its forensics program, adding lab space and equipment for students studying crime scene processing. Antonio Lara is in his third week of the forensics program at Laredo College, lear...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - One person died and another was injured in a fire that spread to three homes on Hidden Lane, the Laredo Fire Department said. Laredo Fire Department crews responded to a residential structure fire that extended to two neighboring homes at 309 Hidden Lane. Th...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Traffic along Loop 20 westbound toward Mines Road and the World Trade Bridge is at a standstill, according to the Laredo Police Department. The Mexican system is down, and Bridges 3 and 4 will be closed until further notice, LPD said. For more headlines, cli...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Police Department and Laredo Fire Department are responding to a house fire near 309 Hidden Lane, according to police and fire officials. The Laredo Police Department said officers are on scene directing traffic near the address. The Laredo Fire D...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police are investigating a motorcycle crash that left one man dead along Bob Bullock Loop. New images show the aftermath of the crash, which happened early Sunday morning, Sept. 6. Investigators say 47-year-old Rafael Adalberto Olague struck a concret...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Police Department has located the parents of a child who was found near a construction site in the area of Martingale Road and West Village Boulevard. The child, two to three years old, was missing for 30 to 45 minutes, according to police. Constr...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Police Department and the Laredo Fire Department responded to a car fire at a gas station right before 9 a.m. Located on Del Mar and Bartlett, a white Porshe went up in flames. There are no reports of any injuries or extra damage. For more headlin...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Eastbound lane closures in Laredo are scheduled on SH 359 east of Loop 20 from Sept. 7 through Sept. 30, according to a traffic alert issued by the Texas Department of Transportation. The closures will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day during that ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo Fire Department crews responded to a residential structure fire that extended to two neighboring homes at 309 Hidden Lane. The fire, which took place just after 3 p.m. on Sept. 7, has been extinguished, and crews remain on scene. The incident is under...
MOBILE, Ala. ( WALA /Gray News) - A Homeland Security Investigations special agent was arrested on multiple charges, including rape and sexual abuse. The Spanish Fort Police Department in Alabama said that Kent Blacklidge turned himself in to the Baldwin County Jail on Sept. 5. H...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - A disagreement between a woman and individuals associated with a Jimmy John’s near the Saint Louis University Campus ended with a 14-year-old girl getting shot in the leg, police said. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police, just before...
GREENVILLE, S.C. ( WHNS /Gray News) — More than 80 people were arrested Friday night following a street takeover in South Carolina. Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said the street takeover took place at the intersection of Locust Hill Road and Fairview Road a...
CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. ( WHNS /Gray News) — A 31-year-old man driving a lawn mower died in a crash in South Carolina Sunday morning, troopers said. Officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the crash happened around 6:35 a.m. on S.C. 329 near Ford Road. Both a Craftsma...
COFFEY COUNTY, Kan. ( KWCH /Gray News) — Seven people were sent to the hospital, and a horse was euthanized after a crash involving a horse-drawn buggy in Kansas. The Coffey County Sheriff’s Office said that the crash happened on Saturday evening. The investigation shows that a m...
EVANSVILLE, Ind. ( WFIE /Gray News) – A 53-year-old woman was arrested in Indiana after recording a blood alcohol concentration of nearly four times the legal limit, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office said. The sheriff’s office received a call around 4 p.m. about a possible ...
( Aging Untold ) — A retired Missouri firefighter is hand-carving swords and using the proceeds to help pay down student lunch debt at local schools. Chris Monroe, a bladesmith, started making swords for his grandchildren. Word reached other neighborhood kids and he began making ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. ( WIS /Gray News) - A 3-year-old boy died Thursday after accidentally shooting himself with a gun, and his uncle is now facing charges, authorities said. The Columbia Police Department said the accident happened on Bailey Street near The Colony apartments. Law enfo...
PERSHING COUNTY, Nev. ( KOLO /Gray News) - The Burning Man Project announced the deaths of two people at the 2026 event in the Black Rock Desert. The first death was an attendee in his mid-50s who died after experiencing a medical emergency at Black Rock City, according to the Bu...
TUCSON, Ariz. ( 13 News /Gray News) - The Tucson man who was arrested on an American Airlines flight has been fired from his real estate job. 67-year-old Layne Arthur Lundeen made national headlines after he was arrested for being disorderly on the plane. Lundeen was said to have...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. ( WSMV /Gray News) - A Frito-Lay employee in Nashville died after the Metro Nashville Police Department said a bullet from gunfire went through a side metal wall at a Sam’s Club on Antioch Pike. A 55-year-old man, identified as Paris Carlock, of Murfreesboro, was...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge say they’ve taken more than $2.5 million in methamphetamine off the streets. Officers sent a SUV to secondary inspection Tuesday, Aug. 25, after a K-9 alerted during primary inspection....
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Update: A motorcycle driver died Sunday, Sept. 6, after crashing into a concrete divider on Bob Bullock Loop and being struck by an SUV, according to the Laredo Police Department. Police told KGNS a motorcycle traveling on Bob Bullock Loop struck a concrete ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WDRB+WAVE /Gray News) - A Louisville man has been arrested after police said he secretly recorded multiple people, including a minor, using a camera hidden in a shared bathroom. Chad N. Spurlock, 38, has been charged with multiple felony counts, including promot...
PHOENIX ( KPHO /Gray News) — Two men allegedly used millions of dollars meant for students to buy luxury items, including a $30,000-a-month rental in Miami. According to federal prosecutors, Jonathan Larry Ballew, 62, of Phoenix, and Leondo Ramone Davenport, 50, of Cincinnati, we...
LEROY TOWNSHIP, Mich. ( WILX /Gray News) - A 12-year-old boy is dead and his 13-year-old sister is fighting for her life after both were struck by an SUV while riding their bicycles, authorities said. Michigan State Police Lansing Post troopers said the fatal crash happened at 11...
OLYMPIA, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) - Luck may be what helped a Cedar County man survive an accident in Missouri when a bulldozer partially rolled over him. According to the Olympia Rural Fire Department , it happened around noon on Aug. 29. The 76-year-old man was driving up an emban...
OAKDALE, La. ( KPLC /Gray News) - A police officer in Louisiana is accused of attempting to plant drugs and trying to coerce a victim into having sex. Jalen Melbert, 33, of Oakdale, was arrested Monday on charges of abuse of office and malfeasance in office. According to detectiv...
(Gray News) - Rick Harrison, of the show “Pawn Stars,” is recovering after emergency bypass surgery, according to several reports. People reported that a spokesperson for Harrison’s family confirmed Friday that the 61-year-old underwent the surgery after going to the hospital for...
(Gray News) - A man was arrested for alleged unruly behavior on an American Airlines flight, causing it to divert to Baltimore, according to multiple reports. The incident took place on an American Airlines flight that took off from Dallas and was en route to Newark, ABC News rep...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A crash at Highway 83 and Wooster Street around 3 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 5, left one driver hospitalized, Laredo police said. A small car and a pickup truck crashed into each other while both were headed south on Highway 83, according to police. After the cra...
HORRY COUNTY, SC. ( WMBF /Gray News) - A South Carolina man has been arrested after allegedly stealing lottery tickets from a gas station during a job interview and then attempting to cash them in at three stores. Antonio Levon Ricardo Stewart allegedly stole a pack of South Caro...
STEPHENS COUNTY, Okla. ( KSWO /Gray News) — A man in Oklahoma died after driving into a pack of wild hogs. The crash happened sometime between Wednesday night and the early hours of Thursday morning. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said it does not know the exact time of the crash. T...
MESA, Ariz. ( KPHO /Gray News) — A high school football coach in Arizona has been fired after police say he fired a gun during a road rage dispute. Mesa authorities say Natrell “Natal” Curtis, 34, was arrested Wednesday and booked on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly we...
COVINGTON, Ky. ( WXIX /Gray News) - A Kentucky man has been arrested after being accused of assaulting a child at an elementary school. According to Covington police, Bryan Bundy, 61, was charged with second-degree criminal abuse against a child 12 or under after receiving report...
PIKE COUNTY, Ind. ( WFIE /Gray News) - A young girl is being called a hero after helping her friends escape a crash that killed three people last weekend. Amelia Freeland, 8, was said to be riding home from a Girl Scout trip to Holiday World on Aug. 29 when the vehicle she was in...
ST. CHARLES, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - A middle school principal in Missouri is accused of possessing child pornography and has been arrested. According to the St. Charles County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Daniel Ott has been charged with one count of possessing child pornogra...
TIPTON COUNTY, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - Tennessee authorities say three people are facing numerous charges in connection with a steroid manufacturing laboratory in a home that had a large amount of narcotics. According to the Tipton County Sheriff’s Office, a search warrant was ...
