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 widen US 59 Loop fr...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - It is power versus electricity fighting to claim the throne. The Challenger: Cigarroa Toros senior Carlos Aburto puts the team on his back against Juarez Lincoln. 4th and short — everyone inside Shirley Field knew exactly who was getting the ball — and still...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Webb County Elections Office closed its doors at 6 p.m. on Oct. 5, marking the last day to register to vote. The office stayed open an extra hour to give people more time to register. Office staff kept the line moving efficiently. Registration forms were...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Northerly winds are transporting drier air into south Texas. This will bring plenty of sunshine, low humidity, cooler nights, and warm afternoons during Tuesday and Wednesday. A disturbance over the southern gulf will likely move north toward the gulf coast ...
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TOLEDO, Ohio ( WTVG /Gray News) - An Ohio firefighter appeared in court Monday, three days after her arrest for allegedly refusing to remove a man from handcuffs , stealing his car and phone, and breaking into his home. The alleged victim is a fellow Toledo firefighter and a capt...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A suspect remained at large Monday, Oct. 5, after a Texas Department of Public Safety chase ended in a crash Sunday night, Oct. 4 . A neighbor who lives near the crash scene described the moments as the chase unfolded. Damage was visible Monday morning to a ...
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(Gray News) - “In Living Color” alum and stand-up comedian Reggie McFadden has died at 57. McFadden’s sister, author Bernice L. McFadden, confirmed his death to The Hollywood Reporter on Oct. 4. He had been living in Tanzania, and she said she did not know how or when he died. “I...
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COLUMBIA, S.C. ( WIS /Gray News) - Two people are facing charges in connection with the death of a 4-year-old in South Carolina. The Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Zokeiyah McCray, 36, and Helen Benbow, 59, were arrested Friday and charged with homicide by child abuse....
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Veterans and community partners broke ground Monday, Oct. 5, on the Veterans Center of Excellence, a new project on a site that once held a building that served as a guardhouse at Fort McIntosh and later as a children’s museum. The building had sat vacant an...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Border Patrol and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) personnel were in the area of Houston Street, where officials confirmed five people were pulled from a stash house on the 300 block. Border Patrol said two of the people are from Mexico, two are from ...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Oilton post office, open since the 1930s, closed its doors, requiring residents to drive about 7 miles to Bruni to get mail. Agustina Leal, who lives in Oilton, described the office as a lifeline. “There’s a lot of elderly veterans who live here, and the...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 83 near Wooster Street are blocked after a two-vehicle crash, the Laredo Police Department said. Police said oil is on the roadway. It was not immediately known whether anyone was injured. For more headlines, click here ....
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EL CENIZO, Tex. (KGNS) - Fingerprint evidence led to the arrest of an El Cenizo man accused in a chase and smuggling case. Deputies arrested 19-year-old Joshua Rocha Thursday at his home. Investigators say on Aug. 30, a Mercury led deputies on a chase through Rio Bravo before sev...
