LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo ISD has opened RISE Academy, a new vocational campus for students with special needs, expanding a program that previously operated out of single classrooms at each LISD high school. RISE Academy opened this school year and occupies one wing at 2600 Palo Blanco, the fo...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Workforce Solutions South Texas hosted the 2026 Youth Career Expo, giving students a chance to explore different career paths and see what’s possible after graduation. KGNS attended the event looking for the next generation of faces and voices to help tell c...
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MEMPHIS ( WMC /Gray News) - Authorities arrested 13 people after they were allegedly caught stealing $250k of chicken from a semi-trailer. According to a press release, Javunte Johnson, 33, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm; an arrest warrant was executed for ...
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POTOSI, Mo. ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - A Missouri man will spend a total of 17 years in prison after his malnourished older son, who had autism, choked to death while eating his own feces because of starvation, according to authorities. The Washington County Prosecutor’s Offic...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A deepening layer of gulf moisture is moving west into south Texas. This brings and opportunity of scattered showers and thundershowers triggered mainly by the west advancing afternoon sea breeze each day. While the showers will be scattered, the ones that d...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo veterans have waited more than a year for a promised resource center. The Veterans Affairs Committee is now locking in on a new site — an empty lot near the airport — after an earlier site fell through. New site targeted for ‘one-stop shop’ The commit...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police are searching for a hit-and-run driver who allegedly hit a city public works employee and left the scene. According to the Laredo Police Department, the incident happened just before noon at the corner of Corpus Christi Street and Cedar Avenue....
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A group of retired U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers is donating books to Laredo students. The group gathers monthly, and members say the meetups are about more than friendship. They also look for ways to give back to the community they call ...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A newly released video shows the end of a high-speed chase that led to the arrest of a man accused of human smuggling, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said. DPS said the incident happened Sept. 10 in north Laredo. The video shows 21-year-old Josu...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The City of Laredo Utilities Department said it has temporarily restored water service to affected areas of Westgate Plaza. Utilities crews continue working on the issue, according to the department. The department said it will keep the community informed as...
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WASHINGTON ( InvestigateTV ) — A unanimous vote in a powerful committee on Capitol Hill has moved a proposed bill calling for a ban on the retail sale of nitrous oxide for a full vote of the House of Representatives. Nitrous oxide, a product known as “laughing gas”, is used for l...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A federal judge sentenced 40-year-old Christian Estrada , a former Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) trooper, to 10 years in prison for attempting to lure a child for sex. Estrada pleaded guilty in April. Prosecutors said Estrada, a Texas DPS trooper a...
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NILES, Mich. ( WNDU /Gray News) - Authorities said the bodies of two missing Michigan mothers were found inside a Jeep that was submerged in the St. Joseph River. The women were identified as Vanessa Bautista, 24, and Alexa Navarro, 23, on Wednesday. Police said the bodies were a...
