LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A recent human smuggling case is highlighting new and continuing trends in the Laredo area, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). DPS says dashcam video shows a case from this past Saturday, Aug. 29, when troopers found a migrant locked inside the trunk a...
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - A 17-year-old in Missouri was shot and killed while driving on an interstate, according to authorities. The shooting happened Wednesday night on Interstate 170 near Midland Blvd, killing 17-year-old Alyssa Wilson. Wilson was a McCluer North Hig...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A 52-year-old man was arrested on drunk driving and weapon charges following a traffic stop on Oct. 14 on East Del Mar Boulevard, according to the Laredo Police Department. Officers received information at about 9:20 p.m. on Wednesday that a silver Dodge Cha...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Neighbors in the El Azteca neighborhood say they are worried and upset over the installation of buoys in the river . Crews continued placing the water-based barriers at the Las Palmas Recreational Area on Friday, Oct. 16. The installation continued despite t...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A traffic stop turned into a chase on I-35, according to the Webb County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said 51-year-old Jacinda Ann Beverly would not stop near mile marker 25 on Thursday, Oct. 15, and kept driving south toward Laredo. Texas Departme...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A five-vehicle crash in south Laredo sent three people to the hospital Wednesday night, Oct. 14, police said. Police said the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday on Zapata Highway near Frees Street, where road crews were repaving. Officers said five ca...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo officials say it could take five to six more weeks for structural engineering firms from Maryland and Dallas to assess the damage from the Oct. 7 fire at the downtown DoubleTree Hotel and investigate its cause. The building owner brought in the firms ...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Katie Zacharia will be “transitioning out” of her role as White House press secretary, a White House official said Friday, three days after her first briefing. Her introductory press conference lasted 14 minutes. Following the briefing, where she took quest...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump is campaigning across the country ahead of the midterms, with stops planned in several states, including one notable visit to a longtime Republican stronghold. Trump will travel to Wichita, Kan., on Monday. Kansas has not elected a De...
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BEND, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) — President Donald Trump praised the father who helped stop the shooting at an Oregon elementary school. “Well, I’ll tell you what. There was a great hero, and it could have been — as bad as it was — we had a great hero that went in and did the busin...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo Mayor Dr. Victor D. Trevino declared a local state of disaster from Oct. 16 to Oct. 23 due to a severe fire and ongoing collapse risk at the DoubleTree Hotel. The declaration covers a designated collapse zone around Garden Street and San Bernardo Aven...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez has released a new inspirational nonfiction book, “Sheer Will.” The book, close to 300 pages, details Gutierrez’s career and life, including serving as U.S. Secretary of Commerce and as CEO of Kellogg’s. Gut...
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( InvestigateTV ) — A mother’s fight for water product safety changes a decade after losing her son. Plus, “learn to swim” – that’s what one floatie label promised. But critics are concerned some devices actually may teach a false sense of safety. Fight for water product safety c...
