Archives for May 11, 2010
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, Homeland Security Grant Program Important to Border Security Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez (TX-23), Congressman Silvestre Reyes (TX-16), Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15) and Congressman Solomon Ortiz (TX-27) released the following statement in response to Governor Rick Perry in light of state reports which indicate that
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Yesterday, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas visited the Laredo Senior Citizens’ Home, where he helped to celebrate Mother’s Day with the elderly ladies, presenting them with red and white corsages for each of them, praising them for doing the most important job in the world: being moms and raising their
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Yesterday, City of Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas welcomed both Tim Schmidt, CEO of Laredo Medical Center and Elmo Lopez, CEO of Doctors Hospital, to City Hall, to proclaim the week Hospital Week in Laredo. Salinas praised both hospitals for the excellent care and service they provide to the community; especially, recalling
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, “Operation Clean-Up” hits District VI Laredo, TX—Inspectors from various City departments will team up on FRIDAY, May 14, 2010 to make a sweep of an area in City Council District VI educating about and enforcing City of Laredo codes. The campaign will encompass the following northeastern neighborhood: Saint Croix Drive to Cayman
Courtesy Ashley Patterson, State Department Says Certain Applicants May Qualify for Free Passport Washington, DC – Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) today announced that the U.S. Department of State is calling upon previous passport applicants in Texas , who were delivered by midwives or birth attendants, to register as class members of a class action settlement
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Starting at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, May 12, 2010, through 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 14, 2010, City of Laredo contractor, Aguilar Plumbing, will be closing one lane at a time at 214 Flecha Lane while constructing a six-inch fire protection water tap. The traveling public should slow down, drive with extreme
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, CenterPoint Energy crews have closed the 2900 block of Chacota Avenue, between New York and South Canada, to repair a natural gas leak. The closures will be for the remainder of today, Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Contact CenterPoint Energy at (800) 427-7142 for more information.
Courtesy Joe Baeza, On Saturday, May 08, 2010 at11:53 pm, LPD received a call from the 800 block of Fasken Blvd, for a reported stabbing. Officers at the scene found Zoraida Rangel (22) was staying at this apartment with relatives. The suspect’s boyfriend, who is also father to her 3 month old child, arrived at
Courtesy Joe Baeza, On Sunday, May 9, 2010 at approximately 7:43 a.m. LPD officers were dispatched to a hit & run accident by the intersection of Shiloh & McPherson involving a white Mustang which had fled the scene immediately after the impact. Officers canvassed the area and located the suspect vehicle by McPherson & Loop
Courtesy Joe Baeza, On Sunday, May 09, 2010 at approximately 5:04 am Laredo Police received a call of a shooting at the 2000 block of Aldama Street. Upon arrival officers discovered a 39 year old man identified as Luis Roberto Pacheco lying in the parking lot of an apartment complex with a single gunshot to
