LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Texas state Rep. Richard Peña-Raymond displayed a handgun during a House Committee on Governmental Oversight hearing examining violent crimes that have not been prosecuted. He explained he was thinking about a threat made against him at the Capitol a few years earlier. “A lo...
parks
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Residents of El Azteca are raising concerns after stakes appeared near neighborhood parks and green spaces, marking locations they believe a border wall project could affect. Jose Julio Ortiz, a neighborhood resident, said the wall could block Water Street a...
safety
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An extremely wealthy Chinese immigrant and his wife amassed a brood of 21 children through a surrogacy scheme and raised them in a “house of horrors,” prosecutors alleged Tuesday. Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, were arrested at their sprawling mansion i...
News
BATON ROUGE, La. ( WAFB /Gray News) - A tropical disturbance in the Gulf is getting better organized as forecasters say they are watching for possible tropical storm or hurricane development. Morning satellite imagery Tuesday showed a noticeable increase in thunderstorm activity ...
Local
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Dry air from the north lowered humidity and brought mostly sunny skies today. Our skies will remain partly to mostly clear as a tropical cyclone develops far to our east, tracking into the gulf coast between Louisiana and the Florida panhandle late Friday or...
News
INGLEWOOD, Calif. ( WLOX /Gray News) — Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the parents of 18-year-old Nolan Wells , along with other community leaders, held a press conference to call for a federal investigation into Wells’ death. California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Florida C...
safety
PHOENIX ( AZFamily /Gray News) - A man in Arizona accused of murdering a woman on a a hiking trail more than three years ago will likely avoid the death penalty through a plea deal. Court records said that Zion Teasley pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in court Friday in conn...
safety
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Northbound Loop 20 lanes are experiencing a slow down due to what seems to be a car on fire. The car is pulled off to the side as black smoke rises. The Laredo Police Department and Fire Department did not send any information regarding the incident. For mor...
News
OSHKOSH, Wis. ( WBAY /Gray News) - A Wisconsin family says they are working to get their beloved family member home after she suddenly became hospitalized during a family hiking trip in Utah. Chris Kamke beat breast cancer over the summer and last month left for Utah with her hus...
safety
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo woman is accused of faking a bomb threat against her own home, according to police. Police say 27-year-old Cynthia Vargas called them on Sept. 2, claiming someone threatened to plant a bomb inside her apartment on Asturias Avenue. She told officers ...
government
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The economic reports from the Trump administration point to a solid economy. But poll after poll finds Americans do not think the economy is in good shape. As the 2026 midterm elections approach, the Trump administration keeps insisting the economy is doing...
government
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Six candidates are running in the District 8 special election after a filing deadline solidified the candidate field. The city secretary said the next step is to draw the order of the candidates on the special election ballot. The ballot drawing will be held...
safety
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Texas state Rep. Richard Peña-Raymond displayed a handgun during a House Committee on Governmental Oversight hearing examining violent crimes that have not been prosecuted. He explained he was thinking about a threat made against him at the Capitol a few yea...
