Archives for March 2013
Courtesy Joe Baeza, (Laredo, Tx)- The Laredo Police Department will be working an Impaired Driver Mobilization grant that has been provided by the Texas Department of Transportation in which police officers will be working overtime in enforcing DWI laws by locating and identifying intoxicated drivers. According to NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 10,228 people were killed
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)-Each year, the Region One ESC Child Find Art Contest attracts the brightest and most talented artists that local school districts have to offer. And this year was no exception. The annual event, sponsored by the Region One ESC Child Find program, a component of the Region One Education Special Education
Courtesy Xochitl Mora, (Laredo, Tx)- Gilmar Construction will be closing down the turning lane on International, south of Bob Bullock Loop 20 to construct a turning lane median. The lane closure starts Friday March 8, 2013 and will run thru March 15, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. everyday. Drivers are asked to find alternate routes
Courtesy Joe Baeza, (Laredo, Tx)-On February 6, 2013 Officers responded to Factory 2 u located at 1201 Farragut St for a theft that had just occurred. Upon arrival they met with the manager who had identified the person who had committed the theft and had trespassed as being Marcos Adolfo Barba . Officers obtained a voluntary
Sequester is only a part of the story in D.C. While the sequester was a major topic of discussion, Mayor Raul G. Salinas, alongside City Manager Carlos Villarreal, and the Laredo delegation told the rest of the story on the first day of their advocacy trip to the nation’s capital. Joined today by Members of
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)- Members of the United South High School Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) recently attended the Teach Tomorrow Summit State Competition in San Antonio . It is the largest career and technical competitive event in Texas with over 1,600 high school students representing 20 regions. USHS did extremely well as they placed in
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)-THANKS JULIUS FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Nye Elementary kinder student Julius Luna, pictured here, was one of the first students at his campus to donate to the South Texas Food Bank. In honor of National School Breakfast Week (March 4-8, 2013) the United Independent School District Food Service Department is collecting
Courtesy Roberto Treviño, Laredo, Tx- Laredo Independent School District will be hosting a recruitment night for all area eighth grade students and their parents on Wednesday, March 6, at the Laredo Civic Center from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The event is aimed at recruiting students who may be interested in attending one of LISD’s three
Courtesy Veronica Cantu, (Laredo, Tx)- Ada Joella Ballesteros, a teacher at George Washington Middle School , was surprised this morning when H-E-B representatives walked into her class and announced that she was a 2013 Finalist for the H-E-B Excellence in Education Award. Ballesteros is one of five educators across the State who was selected as a
Courtesy Maribel Valdez, (Laredo, Tx)-The “Teens in the Driver Seat Organization” of the Vidal M. Treviño School of Communications and Fine Arts together with Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar announced that the 5th Annual Mercurio Martin IV, 5K Run and Walk has been scheduled for Sunday, March 24, at 8:30 a.m. at Historic St. Peter’s
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