In Laredo, two school districts have achieved high ratings. The Texas Education Agency has given them top marks. To reach the top level, a district must achieve a certain score. A perfect financial record is nearly attained by one of the districts. This district's score is very close to perfect. Further information on these ratings can be found through KGNS.
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BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas ( KBTX /Gray News) - Two young men and a firefighter from Texas are being praised as heroes for jumping in to help a couple whose pickup truck crashed through a fence and plunged into a pond. Jim Hesse was driving with his wife, Shirley Nallie-Hesse, in Brazo...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - On this week’s Coach’s Corner, Alexander Bulldog head football coach Benny Cabello joins us to talk about their huge win against the San Benito Greyhounds, his players’ development, and his legacy at the 3600 block of Laredo. For more headlines, click here ....
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) - A Florida woman is facing charges after deputies say she threw a bucket of feces onto a neighbor she accused of sleeping with her husband. Yirsi Esperanza Machado Rivera, 50, was arrested on charges of burglary and battery after she allegedly...
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MUHLENBERG COUNTY, Ky. ( WFIE /Gray News) - Multiple law enforcement agencies are investigating the disappearance and death of an 11-month-old boy in Kentucky. Family members said 11-month-old Grayson went missing from the Cleaton community on Saturday. A reporter with WFIE was i...
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HOUMA, La. ( WVUE /Gray News) - Four people were stabbed to death and a child was critically wounded Saturday night in Houma, Louisiana, authorities said. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office identified Kaegan Jude Solet, 47, as a “person of interest” in their investigation of ...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Cool airmasses have reached as far south as the central Great Plains. The dome of very warm air over the southern Great Plains will block the cool air from reaching further south. Little day to day change in our weather this week. There are no obvious weathe...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Webb County Commissioners Court will meet Monday, Sept. 14, to consider a highway expansion project, a veterans transportation grant and possible pay raises for elected officials. US 59 Loop expansion Commissioners will consider approving paperwork to wi...
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GREENVILLE, S.C. ( WHNS /Gray News) — The Greenville Police Department said the boyfriend of late actress Hayden Panettiere and his brother were detained following an assault inside a restaurant Saturday night. Police said officers were called to the Wild Wing Cafe on Woodruff Ro...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police arrested a man early Sunday, Sept. 13, after responding to a call in the 4500 block of Sepulveda Lane. Officers went to the scene at around 1:40 a.m. Police said a caller reported that a female had been struck in the head with a handgun and tha...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Both chambers of Congress return to Capitol Hill this week for the first time since July. It will also be the last time the House and Senate are both in session until mid-November. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has canceled the remaining two weeks of th...
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NEW MADRID, Mo. ( KFVS /Gray News) - Students at a Missouri elementary school are working to collect postcards from all 50 states in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. New Madrid Elementary School counselor Casey Rost said students have received postcards from a range of state...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - It’s something we don’t think about until we do. We expect to be able to brush our teeth, take a shower, and wash our hair without any trouble. Yet, within the past few weeks, for some Laredoans, turning on the faucet has been a roll of the dice. When that h...
