LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Fire Department said a carbon dioxide alarm prompted the evacuation of the Alamo Drafthouse theater. Everyone got out safely, and no one was injured. Fire officials said the alarm came from one of the theater’s fountain drink machines. Crews shut off and isolated...
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BATTLE GROUND, Wash. ( KPTV /Gray News) — A child sustained minor injuries Monday morning when a sedan passed a stopped school bus and hit the student while crossing the road, according to authorities in Washington. Clark County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded around 8:51 a.m...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Police shot a dog Tuesday, Oct. 13, after officers said it charged at them while they responded to a report of a dog bite. Officers received a call at 12:30 p.m. reporting that a pit bull had bitten a 22-year-old man in the leg near Springfield and Olive. Th...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Eighty-seven Eastern Iowa veterans traveled to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to visit the memorials built in their honor. The first Eastern Iowa flight of this kind took off in the 1990s. There have been 61 flights since then. Among the 87 veterans on board was...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo man is facing a felony charge, accused of pointing a gun at his neighbor. Police say the incident happened around 1 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, near Amanecer Road and Estrella Drive. A woman called police, saying 22-year-old Juan Ernesto Villarreal Juni...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The deadline to register to vote in the midterms ends Tuesday for Kansas, Maine, West Virginia, Oregon and the District of Columbia. Ninety-eight people born in 50 different countries became American citizens Tuesday morning at the federal courthouse in dow...
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ADDIS, La. ( WAFB /Gray News) — A man accused of firing a shot at high school students during a homecoming prank says he feared for his safety and did not know the people outside his home were teenagers. Josiah Arrington was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a fir...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. ( WHNS /Gray News) - South Carolina authorities say a hunter has been charged after a donkey was shot and killed over the weekend. According to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, officers were called to a property in Anderson County after a repor...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Fire damaged a unit at a South Laredo apartment complex Tuesday morning, Oct. 13. The fire happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 400 block of Riverhill Loop. Officials with Laredo Fire said one unit took the brunt of the damage, while other units in the same buil...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - “Journey,” now screening in Laredo where it was filmed, follows Roberto, a Laredo college student deported to a country he barely knows. Roberto, the main character, grew up in Laredo, does not speak Spanish, and is undocumented before being sent to Mexico b...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The next few days could determine what happens to the burned DoubleTree and when nearby streets can reopen . Mayor Victor Treviño said the city needs an expert opinion by the end of this week on whether the building can be safely stabilized. If it can’t, the...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - U.S. Border Patrol’s Laredo Sector says agents encountered an unaccompanied child who became ill and showed signs of exhaustion on Aug. 18. The agency posted the case on its Facebook page . Border Patrol said agents encountered several people, including the ...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A 22-year-old man was arrested early Oct. 11 after he allegedly ran from an officer who approached him during a patrol of downtown bars. At about 12:46 a.m., an officer approached and spoke with a man identified as Diego Benavides. Benavides allegedly ran th...
