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 Metro’s fixed route...
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BLACK HAWK COUNTY, Iowa (Gray News) - The parents of a Republican lieutenant governor candidate in Iowa are reportedly claiming that he owes them hundreds of thousands of dollars. KCCI reports that court documents filed in Black Hawk County show Derek Wulf’s parents, Duane and Ja...
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BEND, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) - In an interview with Oregon Public Broadcasting , Kaylub Giamanco, 36, the man who took down the elementary shooter last week, described what he saw that day as he confronted the armed teen. Giamanco explained in the interview about crawling throug...
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BARTOW, Fla. (Gray News) — Florida authorities say a young child died following a shooting outside a Burger King Thursday evening. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office , the shooting occurred at a Burger King on East Van Fleet Drive when a father and his 3-year-old son w...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Police responded to two crashes that blocked lanes in both directions at one intersection and partially blocked lanes at another. Police reported the first crash at Santa Maria Avenue and Lafayette Street shortly before 6 p.m. Police said Border Patrol was i...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Police arrested a 40-year-old hospital employee after investigating a report that he secretly recorded someone. Patrol officers responded to a call at a local hospital on Oct. 21 at about 7:26 p.m. Officers wrote a report on an alleged invasive visual record...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The first week of early voting is wrapping up, with some trends beginning to emerge. Webb County Elections Administrator Jose Luis Castillo said voter interest and participation are up in this year’s races. Compared to the 2022 governor’s race, Castillo repo...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Attorney General Ken Paxton held a get-out-the-vote event at the Palenque Grill off San Bernardo Avenue and I-35 Friday afternoon, Oct. 23. The event came less than 11 days before the midterm elections. Part of statewide tour The Laredo stop is one of 12 on ...
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. ( WNDU /Gray News) - A daycare operator is facing charges after a viral video allegedly showed kids fighting inside her home in Indiana. Tysharae Jones, 29, faces charges of battery with injury to a person under 14, neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily inju...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo Navy veteran’s painting has been selected to represent Texas statewide after he said art helped him manage his PTSD. Hector Leal, a U.S. Navy veteran living with PTSD, said painting has become part of his daily life. “Sometimes the problems aren’t p...
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. ( KCTV /Gray News) - A man in Missouri is accused of killing his girlfriend while she visited him in the hospital, according to authorities. James F. Lawson was charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jessica Cyrus. The shooting happened as Cyrus visit...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Webb County Attorney’s Office says it is seeing a growing number of cases involving minors found with firearms. The office recently handled a case involving a 14-year-old found with a firearm inside his home. Officials say teens are often passing or sell...
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Gray DC) - The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Alaska over the handling of the state’s U.S. Senate election, according to a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration. The lawsuit seeks to prevent certification of the election results in the race for Alaska’...
