Archives for 2016
Courtesy The Webb County Better Community Foundation, LAREDO, Texas – The Webb County Better Community Foundation (WCBCF) awarded an academic collegiate scholarship to local high school seniors during a special ceremony held at the Webb County 49th District Court Room on Monday, June, 13, 2016. The foundation reviewed hundreds of applicants from every high
Courtesy Poinstreak Communications, Gary SouthShore 4, Sioux City 3 (11 innings) 1B Alex Crosby led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a walkoff home run, pushing the RailCats to a 4-3 win over the Explorers on Sunday at the U.S. Steel Yard. The blast was Crosby’s first of the season and first hit
Courtesy Mucia Dovalina, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reminding international travelers planning trips across the border during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday weekend into the United States to make sure they have their proper documents and to plan ahead by monitoring wait times and choosing alternate bridge crossing locations
Courtesy Poinstreak Communications, St. Paul 18, Sioux Falls 10 St. Paul DH Tony Thomas (pictured) hit two home runs to lead an 18 hit attack, as the Saints were victorious over the Sioux Falls Canaries 18-0. Thomas went 3-for-6 and now leads the league in batting average at .404. Reliever Benji Waite received the win
Courtesy Steve Harmon, Summer Session II at Texas A&M International University will begin Monday, July 11 and continue through Aug. 11. Expanded summer course offerings provide students a chance to accelerate their degree progress and broaden their learning opportunities. Traditionally, enrollment in summer sessions is popular among both current and future TAMIU students. In addition,
Courtesy TxDot, AUSTIN, TX – A prisoner in his own body. This is how Sean Carter describes his life following his fateful decision 11 years ago to get into a vehicle driven by a drunk driver. When the driver slammed into a tree, then-22-year-old Sean was left severely injured and unable to walk or talk.
Courtesy Veronica Yunes, (Laredo, Texas)-Although school may be out for the summer, there’s still much work that needs to be done to close out one school year and prepare for another. With this in mind, UISD wishes to remind the community that all District Administrative Offices and the Tax Office will now observe a summer
Courtesy TxDot, AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Department of Transportation’s application to designate the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Brownsville to Port Arthur as Marine Highway 69 has been approved by the U.S. Secretary of Transportation. This designation allows TxDOT and Texas ports to develop projects along the waterway that will help relieve roadway congestion along
Courtesy Jorge Quijano, (Laredo, Texas)-Explore the mystery of pre-historic life at Discover the Dinosaurs! Learn, discover and have fun in this unique hands on exhibit that gives you the opportunity to actually see dinosaurs! Discover the Dinosaurs features a walk-through exhibit designed to bring you back in time to a landscape where dinosaurs lived. Along
Courtesy Alex Meyer, (Laredo, Texas)-Centeno Elementary students collected pet food, supplies and sundry items for donation to the City of Laredo Animal Shelter. The effort is part of a larger campaign to promote adoptions, owner education, spaying and neutering. The idea to donate to the shelter came from Jose Ramon de los Santos, a 5th grade
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