Archives for 2016
LAREDO, TX – What happens after a Click It or Ticket (CIOT) campaign is over? Drivers and passengers cited by law enforcement for seat belt infractions and no child car seats go to court and pay fines. Texas law requires everyone in a vehicle to be buckled up, including back seat passengers. CIOT is law
Courtesy Alex Meyer, The Youth Science Leaders of Laredo (YSLL), hosted their premier press conference at the entrance of the Imaginarium of South Texas in Mall Del Norte. The YSLL is comprised of students from local public and private schools who are interested in medicine, engineering, mathematics and technology. The group was founded in July
Courtesy Steve Harmon, (Laredo, Texas)-Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) Master of Science in Nursing degree graduates in the Family Nurse Practitioner (MSN-FNP) Program realized their graduate degree diplomas were significant — but now they also know that they are historic. The eight graduates of the graduate MSN-FNP program earned a 100% pass rate on their
Courtesy Darren Zaslau, DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that St. Paul Saints’ C Tony Caldwell (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending June 19th. This week, Caldwell hit .500 (9-for-18) with four home runs, 12 RBI and seven runs scored. The
Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-The United ISD Middle & High School Leadership/Academic Conference for Migrant Students was held at the SAC auditorium on June 16, 2016. The conference welcomed three of the individuals portrayed in the motion picture McFarland U.S.A. The film recounts the true story of Coach Jimmie White, and how he transformed a group of
Courtesy UISD, AUSTIN, TX – The State Board of Education (SBOE) is issuing a survey in English and Spanish to seek public input about the state’s current assessment and accountability programs and gather suggestions for future program development. The survey will be open online to all Texans through June 30. From October 2015 to March 2016,
Courtesy Larry Sanchez, (Laredo, Texas)-Webb County is teaming up with the citizen group “Alianza de Rio Bravo Por Agua Pura” in a community clean up drive. Residents can drop off permitted items at the Rio Bravo Wastewater Plant on June 21, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. After recent heavy rainfall, this initiative is part
Courtesy Steve Harmon, Two Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) graduate students recently presented their research findings at the Association for Psychological Science 28th Annual Convention in Chicago, Ill. Jonathan Briseño and Kristine González, graduate students pursuing a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology (MACP), presented “Testing the ‘Cultural Fit’ Hypothesis: Findings from Southeast Asian Students
Courtesy Poinstreak Communications, Joplin 6, Laredo 5 The Blasters plated four runs in the bottom of the second, enough to propel Joplin past Laredo 6-5 on Tuesday. With one run already home in the second, 2B Mitch Glasser hit a two-RBI double to give Joplin the lead. One more run would score in the frame,
Courtesy Steve Harmon, (Laredo, Texas)-Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) and PILLAR will host a community-wide candlelight vigil to honor and remember the victims of Sunday’s tragic events in Orlando, Florida. The observance will take place Thursday, June 16 at 8:30 p.m. in the Student Center Plaza facing the University’s Lamar Bruni Vergara Memorial Garden.
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