Courtesy Bryan Benway,
LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League announced at a press conference on Thursday that Team Captain Serge Dube has retired from professional hockey after seven seasons. The announcement was made to the media and a large number of fans at the Laredo Entertainment Center.
Dube will continue to work in the Bucks Front Office as a Ticket Executive.
The 30-year-old Dube is the franchises All-Time leader in games played with 381, and has two Championship rings with the Bucks.
“Serge Dube will be greatly missed on the …

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,
 LISD’s Health Science/Career and Technical Education (CTE) Program will be hosting a Health Science Camp for LISD middle school students on Monday, October 12, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.  The camp will be held at the Dr. Dennis D. Cantu Health Science Magnet School at Martin High School located at 2002 San Bernardo.
 The purpose of the Health Science Fair is to increase student awareness of LISD’s Health Science Program and to encourage careers in Health Science field.
 The camp has been carefully planned and will be conducted under …

Courtesy Monica Garcia,
 Prosecutors with the Special Victims Unit of the Office of the District Attorney began presenting their case yesterday to a jury in the trial of a San Antonio man accused of beating his girlfriend and forcing her into prostitution.
 Defendant Jose Antonio Martinez of San Antonio is accused of having run away with his fifteen year old girlfriend and bringing her to Laredo.  According the trial testimony, the two were staying at the Loma Alta Motel on San Bernardo Avenue but soon ran out of money, which led the defendant …

Laredo, TX–The City of Laredo Health Department WIC Program will offer new, healthier foods to its participants starting October 1, 2009 as major improvements to the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program are rolled out across the state.
WIC is adding fruits, vegetables, whole grain products and baby foods to the list of foods women, infants and children receive under the program. This is part of a new change from the US Department of Agriculture. “The new package has less fat, more fiber and more nutritional variety,” said Nora Martinez, MPH, …

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYLVIA (CELY) GUZMAN!   If you see her at Webb Constable Rudy Rodriguez office greet her for us.

Citizens of Pct. 4 accompanied their Commissioner Sergio “Keko” Martinez at his Re-Election Campaign Announcement yesterday outside the Webb County Courthouse.  Showing there appreciation for the outstanding work he has done for them to this point.  With citizens from every neighborhood in his Pct. Commissioner Martinez explained why he is the man for the job.   Commissioner Martinez started his speech  with  the creation of Civil Service for Webb County Employees telling the crowd how employees jobs were now protected.  Commissioner Martinez also touched base on the fact the has voted to …