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Laredo officials await safety assessment after hotel fire
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Nearly 24 hours after a fire spread across multiple floors of a 14-story Laredo hotel, officials have not said when people could return to retrieve their belongings or when nearby streets will reopen. The fire broke out around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, at...
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Laredo mayoral candidates outline competing visions for growth and water security
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Four candidates running for Laredo mayor laid out competing plans on business permitting, water security and economic growth at a forum hosted by the Laredo Chamber of Commerce. Alyssa Cigarroa said outdated city systems, including GIS maps that are not up t...
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San Antonio Trump rally draws Webb County supporters
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Supporters traveled from across Texas, including several from Webb County, to hear President Trump speak in San Antonio. Webb County supporters describe motivation Alex Norris, a member of the Webb County Young Republicans, said he has lived in Laredo his wh...
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Hurricane Hunters fly into Tropical Storm Isaias
BILOXI, Miss. ( WLOX /Gray News) — Hurricane Hunters flew into Tropical Storm Isaias on Wednesday after launching from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. The crew gathered data sent to the National Hurricane Center as the storm moves closer to the Gulf Coast. The crew...
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Laredo mayoral candidates debate water, economy at chamber forum
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Four candidates for Laredo mayor discussed water infrastructure, business permitting and city revenue during a forum hosted by the Laredo Chamber of Commerce. The candidates are incumbent Mayor Dr. Victor Treviño, District 8 Council Member Alyssa Cigarroa, A...
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Father speaks after 1-month-old’s mom accused of slamming baby’s head against the floor
LINCOLN, Neb. ( KOLN /Gray News) — A baby girl is continuing to fight for her life after suffering a number of serious injuries that could have ended it. The month-and-a-half-old child has been recovering at Children’s Hospital in Omaha. According to police, the infant suffered l...
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84-year-old accused of creating and selling explosives from home, deputies say
LAKE CHARLES, La. ( KPLC /Gray News) - An 84-year-old man in Louisiana was arrested for allegedly creating and selling explosives from his home, according to deputies. On Oct. 2, detectives searched the home of John W. Sinkankas in relation to an ongoing joint investigation. Inve...
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More Clouds in Our Skies Thursday, Warm
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - As tropical Storm Isaias intensifies into a hurricane in the gulf, it will track far east of Texas, likely making landfall Friday night in Alabama or the western Florida panhandle. Un related to Isaias, an easterly flow of somewhat more moist air between ~4,...
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Trump uses anti-trans slur to attack Democratic US Senate candidate
CHARLESTON, S.C. ( WCSC /Gray News) — President Donald Trump used an anti-transgender slur to refer to Annie Andrews, a Democratic Senate candidate in South Carolina. In a post on Truth Social this week, Trump wrote, “Annie ‘Tr*nnie’ Andrews is running against our wonderful Darli...
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Christian school employee charged with sexually assaulting student
ST. CROIX COUNTY, Wis. ( WEAU /Gray News) - A man is accused of sexually assaulting two students he met while working as a school employee in Minnesota. Derrick Pfeffer, 42, is charged with 10 felonies in St. Croix County, Wisconsin: Repeated sexual assault of the same child (at ...
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‘That scares me a bit’: Bow hunter shot in chest by target shooter just days into hunting season
LANSING, Mich. ( WILX /Gray News) - Days into bowhunting season in Michigan, questions about safety are being raised after a hunter was shot in the chest. The hunter was hit by an errant round from a target shooter while they were sitting inside a hunting blind, according to offi...
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Hotel guest describes escape from DoubleTree fire
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A DoubleTree hotel guest describes the moments he thought he wouldn’t make it out alive after a fire broke out . KGNS spoke with Adrian Espinoza, who was inside the hotel when it happened. Espinoza said he was in the shower and kept hearing banging noises. H...