Get an early start to your weekend this thursday at Old No.2 with great Daily Happy Hour Specials that include $2.00 Domestic Beer, $3 Jack Daniels, and $3 Well Drinks.   Live Music this thursday will be from 10p.m. to 2a.m.  Friday Night Old No.2 will feature Push which is set to start at 10p.m.  Make sure to stop by on Saturday to view the Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles Wild Card Playoff Game kick off is at 7 p.m. so make sure to get there early  live music will …

Andres “Andy” Reyes Candidate for Webb County Judge invites you the Grand Opening of his Campaign Headquarters located at 201 W. Hillside ste. 26 at the Colonade Square Plaza.  This is an opportunity to show your support by attending and picking up your Reyes Campaign Material such as yard signs and stickers.  Their will be plenty of food and refreshments.  The event will start at 6p.m. and will end at 8p.m.  Music will be provided by Grupo Velocidad from Laredo.

Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
Have you signed the petition yet to help bring a bookstore back to Laredo?
 Reading books illuminates our minds and our community.  Sadly, that light is about to go out with the closure of Laredo’s only bookstore. 
 To keep the light on, please visit www.laredoreads.com and sign the petition.  Or visit the Laredo Public Library and sign the petition in person.  Take the kids, they can sign the petition too!

LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League will host the rival Colorado Eagles Friday night (Jan. 8th) in a rematch of the 2005 and 2007 President’s Cup Finals. Group tickets start at just $10, call 718-BUCK (2825) to order now!
The first 2,000 fans to enter the LEC Friday night will receive a FREE Bucks 2009-10 Program Planner.
The Bucks will hold a Health and Fitness Fair during Friday night’s game. Health and Fitness workers and businesses can get ticket deals for the game, call Keith Moore at 523-6593 …

Courtesy Joe Baeza,
 On Thursday December 31, 2009 the Auto Theft Task Force served with four felony warrants for Theft S/J/F, ($30,000 Bond) and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity F/3, ($30,000 Bond) on Jose Manuel Antonio Arrellano, 23, and Ramon Coronado Contreras, 36, who were both involved in the theft of a 2001 Dodge Voyager van along with a third suspect back in November 16, 2009 from the Mall Del Norte parking lot located at 5300 San Dario. The third suspect Felipe Camacho, 18, is also pending both warrants as well, …

 
Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
 (LAREDO, TEXAS, JAN 5,’10) – The Laredo Public Library will once again be transformed into an art gallery when it displays the Teacher’s Discovery Traveling Exhibit, Art Beyond Borders, throughout the entire month of January. This exhibit is a partnership between Teacher’s Discovery and The International Museum of Twenty-first Century Arts (TIMOTC), an organization that was born from a series of international exhibits that premiered at the United Nations Headquarters.
 This exhibit will feature 24 of those works of art in a vibrant, educational, eye-opening exhibit. The surrounding community …

Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
“Operation Clean-Up” hits District II

Laredo, TX—Inspectors from various City departments will team up on Friday, January 8, 2010 to make a sweep of an area in City Council District II educating about and enforcing City of Laredo codes.
The campaign will encompass the following southeast Laredo neighborhood:Santa Barbara Street to Ligarde Street, between New York Avenue and Ejido Avenue, including Napaleon, Mismark, Boulanger and Barrios.  Inspectors from Community Development (Code Enforcement division), Police (Ordinance division), Health (Animal Control division) and Building Development Services (Zoning Inspection division) will be walking …

 Courtesy Eddie Zavala, 
 Sessions to benefit doctors and hospitals who do business with CMS

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar today announced that a representative from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will be in Laredo on Thursday to meet with doctors and hospitals who do business with CMS.
 The meeting will be held at 2 pm at Texas A&M International University, Western Hemispheric Trade Center, Room 125.
Congressman Cuellar will be accompanied by CMS representative Carmen Irwin as they meet with the medical service community to learn more about …

Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
 Laredo, TX—January 5, 2010—Yesterday afternoon, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas was admitted to Doctor’s Hospital to undergo routine medical exams. Salinas should be released from the hospital either tomorrow or the day after. Salinas will return to work shortly, working hard for the citizens of Laredo.