Courtesy Laredo Police Department,
Laredo Police are asking for your help in locating this “person of interest” in a potential criminal case.  The identity of this man is not known.  He is also believed to be on the brink of leaving town.  Anyone with information can Laredo Police at 795-2800. All calls are anonymous.  Any information as to the identity or location of the suspect would assist police immensely.

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

Laredo, TX—Inspectors from various City departments will team up on Friday, January 29, 2010 to make a sweep of an area in City Council District III educating about and enforcing City of Laredo codes.
The campaign will encompass the following south Laredo neighborhood: Chacon  to Marion between Meadow and Malinche, including Piedra China, Green, Mercer, Wooster, Mendiola, Tapeyste, Buena Vista and Urbahn..  Inspectors from Community Development (Code Enforcement division), Police (Ordinance division), Health (Animal Control division) and Building Development Services (Zoning Inspection division) will be …

Courtesy Raul Leal,
AUSTIN – The Texas Automobile Burglary and Theft Prevention Authority (ABTPA) announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has awarded them the registered service marks for the “Watch Your Car” mark and design (reg. no. 3,733,046 and reg. no. 3,733,047) and for the “You Hold the Key” mark (reg. no. 3,726,962) as of January 5, 2010.
The “Watch Your Car” design consists of a silhouette in the shape of a car with the tires of the car being a cartoon image shaped like eyes. The marks …

Courtesy Bryan Benway,
LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League announced that they will donate $10,000 to Wings if the January 29th “Pink in the Rink” game at the LEC is sold out. This is the second year in a row that the Bucks will hold this event with WINGS.
WINGS (Women Involved in Nurturing, Giving, Sharing) is a non-profit organization that provides top-quality, comprehensive breast cancer treatment services to uninsured and underinsured breast cancer patients. WINGS has served Central and South Texas for over nine years, and now, …

Courtesy Roberto Treviño,
 The Vidal M. Trevino Magnet School will be holding recruitment week for LISD middle school students with eye-catching Mardi Gras style parades at all LISD middle schools.
The VMT recruitment week will kick-off on Monday, January 25, at 12:00 noon at Cigarroa Middle School.
 Representatives from each communications and fine arts department as well as teachers and students will provide a glimpse of what it’s like to attend Laredo’s premiere magnet school. Other similar events are planned every day through Thursday, January 28, also at 12:00 noon.
 A …

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Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
Amateur boxing match to help raise funds for youth sports activities
 Laredo, TX—While Laredo’s bravest usually provide gentle, medical attention to those in need, some firefighters will be delivering hits, punches and a pounding, all for a good cause.  Guns-N-Hoses of Laredo, a non-profit organization made up of Laredo firefighters, will be hosting an amateur boxing match versus BorderTown Pugilist, off-duty Border Patrol agents, in a 10 bout match, raising funds for youth sports activities.
 The match will be on Friday, January 29, 2010 at the Laredo Civic Center Ballroom, …

 Washington, DC. —City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas, in Washington for the 78th Winter Meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, met with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder after the Attorney General’s speech to the Conference of Mayors.  Salinas thanked the attorney general for the commitments he made in his speech to build strong federal-local partnership on the border and the Justice Department’s pledge to enact comprehensive immigration reform.  The mayor suggested that President Obabma’s Administration’s commitments to the border could be strengthened by creating a funding priority …

Courtesy Roberto Trevño,
 Leyendecker Elementary School, in conjunction with the Laredo Chess Club, is hosting the first chess tournament of the year.  The tournament is scheduled for Saturday, January 23, at 12:30 p.m. at the Leyendecker Elementary School gymnasium located at 1311 Garden St.
 The four round Swiss System tournament is open to all scholastic chess players K-12 grade.  The contest will have a USCF rated and a non rated beginners division, each with primary, elementary, middle, and high school sections.
 Check in and late registration is scheduled from 11:00 a.m. …

 Courtesy Eddie Zavala,
  Washington, D.C. –Congressman Henry Cuellar met with high-ranking officials from the State and Homeland Security departments where they discussed the process of obtaining passports and naturalization certificates.
During his meeting with Mario R. Ortiz, regional director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and with Brian Clark, assistant regional director of the Bureau of Consular Affairs Passport Agency, Congressman Cuellar discussed ways of how to streamline the process when applying for a passport, citizenship, or legal residency status.
“I understand and am aware that applying for a passport, citizenship, …