LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Flooding on the Rio Grande pushed floating buoys into the base of the World Trade Bridge Sunday, July 19, prompting a temporary suspension to commercial traffic and a series of road restrictions along the riverfront.The Laredo Fire Department announced the closure around 8:3...
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FINDLAY, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - For one Ohio woman’s 105th birthday, her family surprised her with a motorcycle procession.At 105 years old, Eunice Minard has already lived a lifetime of memories, but her latest birthday surprise came with a little more horsepower.As family and friends gathered ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -The City of Laredo will resume normal commercial operations at the World Trade Bridge on Monday, July 20, 2026, following the removal of a floating debris hazard from the Rio Grande.Mayor Dr. Victor D. Treviño lifted the temporary emergency suspension after the debris was suc...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A Missouri mother is facing multiple felony charges after police say she left three young children, including a 4-month-old baby, home alone for nearly 24 hours.Courtney Lynn Box was charged July 8 with three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a c...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -Commercial operations at the World Trade Bridge will resume Monday after crews removed floating debris from the Rio Grande.The City of Laredo lifted a temporary emergency suspension Sunday after the debris hazard was cleared, allowing normal bridge operations to resume July 2...
HONOLULU (WLOX/Gray News) - A pair of Mississippi band members on a patriotic trip halfway across the world became real-life heroes when they pulled a drowning man from the ocean.Griffin Johnson and Mason Crawford traveled with the Mississippi Lions All-State Band to Hawaii, where they performed ...
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - A man is accused of strangling, punching and robbing a woman while on a date in Ohio in May.The attack happened in the Winton Woods Apartments parking lot on May 30.According to the affidavit, 29-year-old Troy Gover was on a date with a woman when her phone got a not...
CORINTH, Maine (WABI/Gray News) - A person died after a tree came down on their car in Maine during a thunderstorm on Thursday. Penobscot County Sheriff Troy Morton said it happened about 1:30 p.m. on Main Street. A branch broke off and went through the windshield, fatally striking the driver, au...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police responded to a call outside St. John Neumann Church Sunday, July 19.Officers said the incident involved a man in crisis outside the church. Police detained the man, and no weapons were found.Authorities stressed that everything occurred outside the building and...
ZAPATA COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - A pedestrian died on the evening of Saturday, July 18, after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 83, near North Siesta Lane, according to Zapata County deputies.Deputies said three people were attempting to cross the highway when one was hit by a car in a stretc...
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - Deputies found the body of a juvenile Sunday, ending a three-day search, authorities said.Craighead County Chief Deputy Jason Allen said a call came in about 6:25 p.m. Friday about a juvenile boy who went under at an access point off Highway 69 between La...
(AP) - Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought a bit of one of their hits to the World Cup’s first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday that also squeezed in Burna Boy, Ted Lasso and many Muppets.The show at what’s otherwise known as MetLife Stadium, outside New York, was ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — This is how good Spain was at the World Cup: Not even Lionel Messi had any answers.And when it was over, Spain walked off with the trophy. Messi simply walked off in tears.Spain is back atop the soccer world for a second time, after Ferran Torres’ first goal of this y...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kylian Mbappé kept the Golden Boot award and Spain wouldn’t let Lionel Messi get anything else.Shortly after winning the World Cup title Sunday, the Spaniards claimed all three individual player awards, keeping Messi from leaving with any more personal hardware.Rodri ...
STARR COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - On Sunday, July 19, Starr County officials confirmed the county’s first case of New World screwworm, according to emergency management.The larvae were found in a baby calf, officials said.County leaders said they are working with the Texas Animal Health Commission and ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Congressman Henry Cuellar said the temporary suspension of the World Trade Bridge is already costing Laredo business, after federal buoys broke free from the Rio Grande’s riverbed during flooding and drifted downstream to the bridge.On Sunday, July 19, around 11:30 a.m., Cue...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - On Sunday, July 19, floodwaters along the Rio Grande started slowly receding, but a National Weather Service flood warning remains in effect through Monday evening.River levels at key crossingsAs of 2 p.m. Sunday, the Rio Grande near International Bridge 2 peaked at 18 feet,...
(Gray News) - Nolan Wells’ mom says she’s receiving hate mail after the death of her 18-year-old son in Mississippi.Almost two weeks after Wells’ death, his mother, Christine Wonsley, has responded to mail from an anonymous sender.“Whoever sent this to my home, may the good Lord have mercy on you...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Officials in Nuevo Laredo temporarily shut down the city’s Central and North water plants on Sunday, July 19, as the Rio Grande rises and carries heavy debris downstream, including trash, mud and other material.Authorities said the shutdown is intended to protect intake equi...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A hot dry airmass remains parked above our area for now. Dry air just above our shallow layer of gulf air mixes in each afternoon with low afternoon humidity. A tropical depression in the eastern gulf may become a tropical storm early this week. It will track westward. If it...
ZAPATA COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - A surge of water and debris moving down the Rio Grande has prompted warnings and around-the-clock monitoring in Zapata County and border communities.El Cenizo monitoringLeaders in El Cenizo said they are continuing to closely monitor the rising river and staying in co...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) - Authorities in Arizona say a confrontation between two groups of people ended with a mass shooting in which several people were injured.Authorities said the shooting happened early Sunday at Empire Pizza in Tucson.Police say when officers arrived around 2 a.m., th...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The South Texas Food Bank is calling for community support after flooding struck most of its service area, marking the first time in the organization’s history that the majority of its counties have been impacted simultaneously.According to the food bank, six of the eight co...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The House of Representatives enters its last full week before the annual August recess with two committee hearings targeting the Smithsonian Institution set before lawmakers head home Friday.A House Oversight subcommittee will hold a hearing Tuesday to examine claims that t...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Flooding on the Rio Grande pushed floating buoys into the base of the World Trade Bridge Sunday, July 19, prompting a temporary suspension to commercial traffic and a series of road restrictions along the riverfront.The Laredo Fire Department announced the closure around 8:3...
BRAZOS COUNTY, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - Boxer Hannah “Hanarchy” Rapp was killed after being struck by a car while cycling in Brazos County, Texas.The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a major crash involving a vehicle and a bicyclist just before 10 a.m. Saturday.First responders pr...
HONOLULU (KNHL/Gray News) - The brother of former National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard was arrested and charged Friday in connection with a stranger danger incident in Hawaii.Batari Gabbard, 55, was charged with custodial interference in the second degree.Police said he approached multipl...
CORINTH, Maine (WABI/Gray News) - A Maine family is mourning the loss of a 49-year-old woman who was killed by a falling tree branch. She’s being remembered as a devoted mother, loving wife and cherished community member.Amy Tatlock’s husband, Andrew Tatlock, says her family is still struggling t...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -The Laredo Heat advance to the Elite Eight of the USL League 2 Southern Conference Final. Mere Escobar would open up the goal scoring early in this one via the penalty spot. Menny Romero would join in on the goal scoring and that would be the score at the break.Escobar would ...
ZAPATA COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - Zapata County officials and neighboring border communities are monitoring the Rio Grande as conditions along the river continue to change.Loose navigation buoys spotted near the area are still drifting downstream but have not yet reached Zapata County, Sheriff Ramon M...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — England and France delivered a thriller in a World Cup match that was supposed to be an afterthought.A day before Lionel Messi and Argentina were set to try and defend their title in a highly anticipated final, Bukayo Saka scored three goals to lead England past Kylian ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Local, state and federal agencies are coordinating flood response efforts as the National Weather Service projects the Rio Grande to crest at about 33 feet near the Colombia Bridge and about 24 feet at a secondary gauge, Rep. Henry Cuellar said.Several navigation buoys remai...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) - A jury has awarded a mother more than $104 million in a lawsuit against an online ghost-gun seller and its parent company.Laura Herp, mother of Henry Willis, was awarded $4.2 million in economic damages and $100 million in punitive damages in a Kentucky court. T...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Several access points along the river are temporarily closed because of expected river volume, Laredo police said.Laredo police are asking the public not to remove the barricades.For more headlines, click here.
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Four people formerly tied to Impact Charter School in Baker, Louisiana, and the non-profit it shared board members with are now criminally indicted in federal court in Baton Rouge.Chakesha Scott served as the former chief executive officer of Impact Charter Sch...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Heat would jump on to the field for the round of 32 playoff match against Texoma fc. In the first half Laredo would come close with several chances being pushed away by the birds goalie. But all the knocking at the door would finally pay off. In the fifty second minute, ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) – A United States senator is threatening legislative action against Canada over the wildfire smoke choking the Midwest.“I’ll be introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity,” Sen. Bernie Moreno po...
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News) - A Michigan man has been arrested and charged with murder in Alaska in connection with the death of a man nearly 33 years ago.According to the Alaska State Troopers, 54-year-old Christopher Popps was indicted on two counts of second-degree murder on June 25 in ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A Missouri family is mourning the loss of a 5-year-old child after he drowned at an area campground pool.Lebanon police said a 911 call came in just before 7 p.m. Sunday from the Bennett Spring Campground. When emergency crews arrived, two adults were already pe...
NASHVILLE, Ga. (WALB/Gray News) — A daycare teacher in Georgia has been arrested and charged with one count of cruelty to children.According to Berrien County jail records, Debora Schlueter, who worked at the Small World Education Center, was taken into police custody on Thursday. Her charges inc...
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW/Gray News) - A family is mourning the loss of one of its dogs after a violent altercation in a southeast Topeka housing complex parking lot left a pregnant woman hospitalized with serious injuries.Topeka police said officers arrived at the Highland Park Townhomes shortly after ...
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